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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(derogatory, informal, humorous) Rock and roll music of a style or subgenre disparaged as uninteresting or out of fashion..
Somebody wrote this ad copy who doesn't know anything about music, probably just listens to your average butt-rock AOR (adult-oriented-rock) station.
Butt-rock is just the stupidest, three-chord rock that you can possibly play, and it works with big crowds like this who don’t know you as a band.
But just before high school, through some new friends, I'd become acquainted with metal and some serious 1980s butt-rock! Musically, it wasn't my taste, but I did take well to the butt-rock ballads and the boys in the bands.
“You're the one who’s the cold fish! And I do care, you know I hate Butt Rock and I came anyways to support you! Why do you think I’m here? I was just a little late.” “It’s called Alternative Rock, not Butt Rock! How many times do I have to tell you?”
Use butt-rock when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Butt-rock means (derogatory, informal, humorous) Rock and roll music of a style or subgenre disparaged as uninteresting or out of fashion..
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Somebody wrote this ad copy who doesn't know anything about music, probably just listens to your average butt-rock AOR (adult-oriented-rock) station.
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