How to Use punk rock in a Sentence

punk rock

noun

• The Damned were the first English punk rock band to tour the U.S.
  — Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022
• These were the last great days of the punk rock movement.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 12 July 2022
• The band plays a mix of '80s metal, rock, grunge and punk rock.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2018
• Westwood first rose to prominence in the U.K. punk rock scene of the 1970s.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Dec. 2022
• The Pretenders served as a bridge between punk rock and the new wave sounds of the 1980s.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021
• The track holds true to the concept of punk rock getting a catchy facelift.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2022
• Coats wasn’t from the punk rock world and didn’t know who Morris was.
  — Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
• As the name suggests, pop punk has its roots in punk rock.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2022
• Gang of Four took punk rock and tilted it further to the left.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2021
• The combo makes every dude look like a punk rock god about to take the stage.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 29 Apr. 2019
• Beto O'Rourke was in a punk rock band, Foss, at one point.
  — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 14 Mar. 2019
• Rollins is known for being the singer/frontman for the punk rock band Black Flag.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
• Soti is more of this punk rock drummer from Long Beach.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
• But many of this past year’s stars sang in ways that recalled punk rock.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2021
• The boys in Blink-182 were wannabe rock stars who happened to play poppy punk rock.
  — Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2021
• Pink, blue and 'punk rock' hair Long hair isn't the only target.
  — Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2019
• Lee Bains and the Glory Fires are known for their Southern punk rock bangers.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022
• Most days, the playlists lean a little more punk rock, Egbert says.
  — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2021
• About three years ago, Fat Mike came to Vegas with the idea of opening a punk rock store.
  — Brett Martin, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• There was just a few of us that knew about it—both skateboarding and punk rock.
  — Brad Cohan, SPIN, 13 June 2023
• Brokaw has roots in post-punk rock bands like Codeine and Come who released indie records in the 1990s.
  — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 16 Jan. 2020
• The outfit combo makes every dude look like a punk rock god about to take the stage.
  — Yoora Kim, Seventeen, 28 Mar. 2023
• Born at the right time for the punk rock revolution, Clements was a big Clash fan.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2020
• Speck expects to see these grungy punk rock bangs make a comeback in 2023.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 2 Feb. 2023
• The part of me that will always be punk rock thought this was exactly what the Clash would do.
  — José Adorno, BGR, 24 Oct. 2022
• Stefani gave the look a touch of punk rock edge, adding a pair of black fishnets to her attire.
  — Julia Teti, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
• As someone who came out of the punk rock scene in New York, later on, that’s what that place was for me.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 31 Jan. 2022
• Passages Jamie Reid, the artist who helped give British punk rock its edgy, rough-hewn look, has died at 76.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
• Meanwhile, the part of Madonna’s punk rock boyfriend nearly went to a young Bruce Willis.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 June 2024
• It’s got skateboarding, it’s got punk rock clubs, it’s got Nineties music.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024