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stoner rock

stoner rock noun: a subgenre of heavy metal which combines it with elements of psychedelic rock and acid rock.

Noun

stoner rock (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre of heavy metal which combines it with elements of psychedelic rock and acid rock.
    • As with psychedelia, the literary links of stoner rock are not its dominant features, especially insofar as many bands distance themselves from the broadly understood mainstream, which connotes forms of elitism and canonization.2022, Ryan Hibbett, editor, Lit-Rock: Literary Capital in Popular Music, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 130
    Synonyms:
    stoner metal

Synonyms of stoner rock

Words formed from stoner rock

Questions about stoner rock

What does stoner rock mean?
Stoner rock means a subgenre of heavy metal which combines it with elements of psychedelic rock and acid rock.
What part of speech is stoner rock?
Stoner rock is a noun.

Words near stoner rock in the dictionary

  1. stonepits
  2. stoneproof
  3. Stonequarry
  4. stoner
  5. stoner metal
  6. stoner rock
  7. stoner rocker
  8. stoner rockers
  9. stonerag
  10. stonerific
  11. stonerlike

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