Prepunk

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Prior to the punk movement. not-comparable

    "In their chugging, off-key tunefulness they're a lot like those ever-searching, prepunk hippie monoliths the Grateful Dead, but I swear, there are moments on Huevos when they're also a dead ringer for early ZZ Top."

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"In their chugging, off-key tunefulness they're a lot like those ever-searching, prepunk hippie monoliths the Grateful Dead, but I swear, there are moments on Huevos when they're also a dead ringer for early ZZ Top."

Etymology

From pre- + punk.

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