Cowpunk
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cowpunk is a noun meaning (uncountable) A musical subgenre that combines punk rock with country music, folk music, and blues.
Meaning
(uncountable) A musical subgenre that combines punk rock with country music, folk music, and blues.
More Meanings
- (countable) A performer in this musical style.
Example Sentences
At times the group's new album, Drag It Up, fights to find a middle ground between the surging cowpunk of 1997's Too Far to Care and the melodic pop of 2001's Satellite Rides.
On that record, Bad Pumpkin, they romped around the fringes of hard rock, toying with cowpunk on one side and zanier stuff (a Television-at-the-beach instrumental) on the other.
Also known as country punk, cowpunk combines punk rock with folk, country, blues, and rockabilly influences. A wide range of punk bands have evidenced cowpunk tendencies, such as the Blasters, Meat Puppets, Violent Femmes, Social Distortion, the Beat Farmers […] and others.
Word Forms
- cowpunks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include countrypolitan, country and western, bro-country, cowpunching, cow-puncher, cowgirl.
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