butt-rock
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Said to have begun as a parody of the phrase nothing but rock, reanalyzed as butt + rock.
Noun
[edit]- (derogatory, informal, humorous) Rock and roll music of a style or subgenre disparaged as uninteresting or out of fashion.
- 1994 August 7, James Muretich, quoting Kim Thayil, “This is Soundgarten: Kickstarting Rock in the Right Direction”, in Calgary Herald, page A11:
- 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.
- 1995, Chris Nickson, quoting Matt Cameron, Soundgarten: New Metal Crown, page 175:
- 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.
- 2012, Terryn Sundy, You're Not A Ninja, And No You Can't Spend The Night!, page 136:
- 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.
- 2018, Eve Harms, The Secret Name, page 33:
- “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?”
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:butt-rock.