| 释义 |
cowpunk, n. orig. and chiefly U.S.
Brit. |ˈkaʊpʌŋk|, U.S. |ˈkaʊˌpəŋk|
[‹ cow- (in cow-boy n.) + punk n.1]
A performer of a type of popular music combining elements of country and western with those of punk rock; this type of music; (also) the culture and fashion associated with this music.
1979Washington Post 28 Sept. e6/2 She is a daring new kind of rock singer, one that could be called a Cowpunk. 1984N.Y. Times (Nexis) 10 June ii. 23/1 Critics have been bandying about generic descriptions like cowpunk, techno-country, and prairie modern, but no single term really describes the music of all these bands. 1987City Limits 19 Feb. 17 The cowpunk bubble burst—a fashion movement with little talent and very few country roots subsided. 1992Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 29 Jan. 18/2 This week it's a new 45 from cowpunk/rockabilly band Gila Bend. 2001Wall St. Jrnl. 13 July w10/3 A bejeweled and beat-up cowboy hat worn by the 1980s pioneering cowpunk Jason Ringenberg of Jason & the Scorchers. |
