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cowpunk

noun

Etymology

Blend of cowboy + punk, from 1979.

Definitions

  1. A musical subgenre that combines punk rock with country music, folk music, and blues.

    • 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.
    • 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.

  2. A performer in this musical style.

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