prepunk en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + punk.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Prior to the punk movement.
In their chugging, off-key tunefulness they're a lot like those ever-searching, prepunk hippie monoliths the Grateful Dead, but I swear, there are moments on Huevos when they're also a dead ringer for early ZZ Top.
1988 May 20, Franklin Soults, “Meat Puppets”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-punk | alternative | lexicographic |