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space rock

space rock noun: a subgenre of rock music, characterised by long psychedelic instrumental passages and lyrics dealing with science fiction or outer space.

Noun

space rock (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre of rock music, characterised by long psychedelic instrumental passages and lyrics dealing with science fiction or outer space.
    • Apart from individual songs, there were certain bands that became associated with these sorts of extended sonic journeys, showing many traits of space rock without much or any overt interest in space topicality as such.2017, William Echard, Psychedelic Popular Music: A History through Musical Topic Theory, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 201

Questions about space rock

What does space rock mean?
Space rock means a subgenre of rock music, characterised by long psychedelic instrumental passages and lyrics dealing with science fiction or outer space.
What part of speech is space rock?
Space rock is a noun.

Words near space rock in the dictionary

  1. space request
  2. space requests
  3. space research
  4. space researches
  5. space roar
  6. space rock
  7. space rocket
  8. space rockets
  9. space rule
  10. space rules
  11. space satellite

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