rock 'n' roll

Noun
  1. associated with: backbeat - a loud steady beat
    is a type of: popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
    subtypes:
    • heavy metal, heavy metal music - loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery
    • art rock, progressive rock - a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing
    • acid rock, psychedelic rock - a musical style that emerged in the 1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience
    • punk, punk rock - rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
    has: backbeat - a loud steady beat
    same as: rock, rock and roll, rock music, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll

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