punk rock
noun
: rock music marked by extreme and often deliberately offensive expressions of alienation and social discontent
punk rocker
noun
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Critchley believes that music—any music, so long as one really loves it—can lead to mystical experience, and the end of his book is an encomium to punk rock.
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Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Amos Poe, the groundbreaking experimental filmmaker who documented the birth of punk rock in New York, has died.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2025
His second film, The Blank Generation, was co-directed with guitarist Ivan Král, capturing the punk rock scene in New York.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2025
In the middle of the stuffy reception, Jenny commandeers the A/V system, blasting punk rock while a squad of models, clad in her early-aughts emo designs, climb on tables.
—Matthew Huff, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
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Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Amos Poe, the groundbreaking experimental filmmaker who documented the birth of punk rock in New York, has died.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2025
His second film, The Blank Generation, was co-directed with guitarist Ivan Král, capturing the punk rock scene in New York.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2025
In the middle of the stuffy reception, Jenny commandeers the A/V system, blasting punk rock while a squad of models, clad in her early-aughts emo designs, climb on tables.
—Matthew Huff, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Punk rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punk%20rock. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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