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punk rock

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a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.

punk rock

Sometimes shortened to: punk.��a fast abrasive style of rock music of the late 1970s, characterized by aggressive or offensive lyrics and performance

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First recorded in 1970–75

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I’m here because my nephew turned 21 and even though he’s a punk rock, heavy metal dude, he really likes the opera.

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Fans young and old looked at each other in disbelief, their lives changed, their DNA forever altered by punk rock.

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Stern and his crew were surfers who got into punk rock because it was that sort of revolutionary music that the ’70s no longer had.

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Obliging his older brother, Frank used his cash to buy the seminal punk rock vinyl.

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Recently, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea selected punk rock icons X as his choice for greatest L.A. band.

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