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garage band
noun
: an amateur rock band typically holding its rehearsals in a garage and usually having only a local audience
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Growing up, the star watched his six older brothers play in garage bands, which in turn inspired him to use computer programs to make music of his own.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
But in the musical, they’re saved by a garage band made up of lesbian, trans and nonbinary members who insist that these two women educate themselves to become lesbian community icons.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024
Thompson was a Lincoln Park High School graduate whose first big musical venture came with a teen garage band called the Bounty Hunters, with his friend Kramer on guitar.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2024
By high school in the mid-1980s, he got involved in a slew of projects, from school orchestra to garage bands in a revolving door of rock, soul, and ska outfits.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1972, in the meaning defined above
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“Garage band.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garage%20band. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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