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pub rock

pub rock noun: a kind of popular bluesy rock music, specifically unrelated forms of British and Australian music with a similar sound.

Noun

pub rock (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, UK) A kind of popular bluesy rock music, specifically unrelated forms of British and Australian music with a similar sound.

Origin of pub rock

So called because bands rejected stadium venues and returned to the small pubs and clubs of the early years of live rock music.

Questions about pub rock

What does pub rock mean?
Pub rock means a kind of popular bluesy rock music, specifically unrelated forms of British and Australian music with a similar sound.
What part of speech is pub rock?
Pub rock is a noun.

Words near pub rock in the dictionary

  1. pub grub
  2. pub quiz
  3. pub quiz question
  4. pub quiz questions
  5. pub quizzes
  6. pub rock
  7. pub test
  8. pub tests
  9. pub-crawl
  10. pub-crawled
  11. pub-crawling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pub rock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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