Meaning of cock rock | Babel Free

Definitions

A style of rock music performed by male bands, emphasizing aggressive sexuality.

informal, uncountable

Examples

“Ellen performs with incredible force⟳ and strength. Her guitar style is unique and very special, and her slide⟳ work⟳ could probably destroy⟳ any number⟳ of male institutions, particularly the one that says women can't play⟳ electric guitar, plus the feminist myth that all electric music is cock-rock. Ellen could probably squash the main proponents of cock-rock under her thumb-pick.”

“People have⟳ this image of us. They think⟳ we're cock rock. It's time to rein it in a bit. We're not going, Wahey! and pouring champagne on girls' tits.”

“Since first tossing its cartoonish, good-time cock-rock to the masses in the early ’00s, The Darkness has always fallen back on this defense: The band is a joke, but hey, it’s a good joke. With Hot Cakes—the group’s third album, and first since reforming last⟳ year—the laughter has died. In its place⟳ is the sad wheeze of the last⟳ surviving party balloon slowly, listlessly deflating.”

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