Meaning of Towerhead | Babel Free

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A fan of the American R&B and funk band Tower of Power.

slang

Examples

““Our roots are very American,” notes [Emilio] Castillo. And their attitude is classic boomerese. “If you listen to Tower of Power,” Castillo says, “you’ll notice we don’t fit so well with what’s going on in the industry, and you know what? We don’t want to fit.” / “It’s tough to label them, and it’s been tough to market them, and maybe that’s why they appeal to people like us,” says Jack Silva, a fortysomething officer at a New Bedford bank. Towerheads are acutely aware of the generational connection.”

“Towerheads don’t just come to stroll memory lane. They sing along with the band’s […]”

“Lopez-Takhar, 60, and 29 of her Vikette friends have been extraordinarily devoted Towerheads. She said they've seen "10,000" Tower of Power shows since their high-school days.”

“I didn’t really understand the scope of my Towerhead status until a few years later, when (ironically) I read a book on 1980s American alt-rock.”

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