hard rockern.2
/ˌhɑːd ˈrɒkə/, U.S. /ˌhɑrd ˈrɑkər/ Originally U.S.
1. Originally: a person who performs popular music with a fast, vigorous rhythm and a strong beat (cf. rocker n.1 6a). In later use: a person who performs hard rock (hard rock n.2). Also: a fan of hard rock music.In quot. 1942 in the name of a band.
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hard rocker1942
bebopper1946
skiffler1948
bopper1951
rock 'n' roller1955
rockabilly1956
rock star1957
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rock idol1958
rockster1960
funkster1963
country rocker1964
punk rocker1972
punk1976
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cock-rocker1977
MC1979
rapper1979
thrasher1979
New Romantic1980
prog rocker1980
neo-punk1981
pomp rocker1981
rapster1981
rockist1981
hip-hopper1982
scratcher1982
skanker1983
pop tart1984
trash rocker1984
techno-head1985
Goth1986
Britpopper1989
gangsta1989
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society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [noun] > of pop music > of specific types of pop
hard rocker1942
skiffler1948
rock fan1959
rocker1963
discomaniac1966
Deadhead1971
punk rocker1972
punker1973
punkette1974
Krautrocker1976
punk1976
punk fan1976
punkster1976
new waver1977
soulie1978
post-punk1979
New Romantic1980
headbanger1981
skanker1983
grebo1987
old schooler1990
shoegazer1991
technoid1992
thrasher1992
gabba1995
1942 N.Y. Amsterdam Star-News 19 Sept. 19/1 A band that has great possibilities: Spencer's Hard Rockers.
1960 Walther League Messenger Nov. 37/2 Not a hard rocker at all, Johnny [Burnett] moves along with some good pacers and some fine romantic material.
1970 San Antonio (Texas) Light 4 Nov. 49/5 Grace Slick and Paul Kantner of the ‘Jefferson Airplane’ hard-rockers..expect their child in a few months time.
1986 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 21 Oct. d1/4 The songs will appeal equally to hard rockers, yuppies and old-time rock 'n' rollers.
1992 Time 27 July 70/2 Mainstream pop success is a difficult cross to bear for avant-garde hard rockers.
2008 Spin Mar. 56/1 If Australian hard rockers Airbourne aren't the most shameless AC/DC knockoff ever, then Rancid's Tim Armstrong never owned a copy of London Calling.
2. Originally: a piece of music with a pronounced rocking (rocking adj. 4a) rhythm. In later use: a hard rock song.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > other types of piece
tinternel1573
aubade1678
nome1705
accompaniment1728
potboiler1783
raga1789
elegy1808
improvisation1824
pièce d'occasion1830
morceau de salon1854
tum-tum1859
murky1876
test-piece1876
invention1880
monodia1880
serenata1883
monody1887
dumka1895
incidental number1904
a cappella1905
folk-tune1907
realization1911
nosebleeder1921
show tune1927
sicilienne1927
estampie1937
ballad1944
Siciliana1947
hard rocker1957
rabble-rouser1958
display1959
mobile1961
soundscape1968
grower1973
lounge1978
1957 Winnipeg Free Press 17 Aug. 34/1 Paul Anka..is around again helping Micki Marlo to belt a hard rocker, titled What You've Done To Me.
1968 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 15 Oct. 13/2 ‘Hobo’ by The Good Rats is an outta-sight hard rocker that could bring fame and fortune to this heretofore unknown group.
1981 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 19 Dec. Funeral Pyre is an ominous hard-rocker fired by staccato drumming from Rick Buckler.
2013 S. Sullivan Encycl. Great Pop. Song Recordings I. x. 859/1 You Really Got Me..became a crunching hard rocker when Dave began playing his guitar part.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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