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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Chappell Roan put a punk rock spin on the sheer trend at Vivienne Westwood‘s fall 2025 fashion show in Paris on Saturday.
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Hannah Malach, WWD, 9 Mar. 2025
Dropkick Murphys Mohegan Sun, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasville
The premiere Irish-heritage American punk rock band rocks Mohegan Sun Arena with the Menzingers and Teenage Bottlerocket. March 13 at 7 p.m. $47.85-$60.10.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
Paired with the Bay Area punk rock icons of the Dead Kennedys, superhero skankers The Aquabats!
—Charlie Vargas, Orange County Register, 7 Mar. 2025
The filmmaker helmed the Johansen doc Personality Crisis: One Night Only, which featured interviews with the New York Dolls frontman and punk rock pioneer.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
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Hannah Malach, WWD, 9 Mar. 2025
Dropkick Murphys Mohegan Sun, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasville
The premiere Irish-heritage American punk rock band rocks Mohegan Sun Arena with the Menzingers and Teenage Bottlerocket. March 13 at 7 p.m. $47.85-$60.10.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
Paired with the Bay Area punk rock icons of the Dead Kennedys, superhero skankers The Aquabats!
—Charlie Vargas, Orange County Register, 7 Mar. 2025
The filmmaker helmed the Johansen doc Personality Crisis: One Night Only, which featured interviews with the New York Dolls frontman and punk rock pioneer.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Punk rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punk%20rock. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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