Older mainstream rock music that is considered just wild and "rock-y" just for the purpose of being so. Dad rock is usually used in a derogatory manner towards rock music that (what are now) dads would listen to because it was popular at the time. Bands like The Beatles or Black Sabbath or The Rolling Stones do not apply to this definition because they are not trying to just rock it out; acts like AC/DC or Guns N' Roses or Aerosmith are what usually gets tagged as dad rock instead because they feature typical stereotypes of older mainstream rock: wild vocal performances, focus on stand-out solos and a general sense of trashiness that comes from their sole purpose to be as obnoxiously wild as possible.
That being said, not all classic hard rock acts get tagged as dad rock: even bands like Led Zeppelin could apply to this definition, but people don't usually call them dad rock because they're much more liked and respected than the other groups previously mentioned.
Dad rock is usually misused to describe literally any rock music that is older than 30.
That being said, not all classic hard rock acts get tagged as dad rock: even bands like Led Zeppelin could apply to this definition, but people don't usually call them dad rock because they're much more liked and respected than the other groups previously mentioned.
Dad rock is usually misused to describe literally any rock music that is older than 30.
"I don't listen to any of that shitty dad rock; I only listen to good music like my bloody valentine or The Velvet Underground. "
by xbenci January 3, 2022
Get the dad rockmug. a band classic j (j mcclendon) has been working on in 2015 before forming the glass beach band
color bars are beaming through the blacks of your eyes and in the hum of electricity my heart will hear a melody, we've been here before in some distant memory, i don't want to wake up from this dream
color bars are beaming through the blacks of your eyes and in the hum of electricity my heart will hear a melody, we've been here before in some distant memory, i don't want to wake up from this dream
person a: my second favourite band, casio dad, sounds a lot like my favourite one, glass beach...
person b: thats because they're made by the same people! the lead singer classic j worked on it before glass beach
person a: really?!? no way!
person b: thats because they're made by the same people! the lead singer classic j worked on it before glass beach
person a: really?!? no way!
by billyxjeromeinfinitytrain January 4, 2023
Get the casio dadmug. When a younger lad, who has been unable to attend alcohol oriented happenings, finally gets to go out and therefore drinks enormous amounts . Thereby resembling a middle aged man who finally gets to leave the kids at home and go out for a cold one with the boys - without having to think about the hangover and breathing pure alcohol into the head of his child, the day after. Hence naming this, the dad syndrome
"Mikey is really knocking those beers down eh? - Yeah he has been working the entire month, he has the dad syndrome"
by FarsFedeFerie June 5, 2020
Get the Dad Syndromemug. by Kdawg766633 April 7, 2017
Get the hip dadmug. This man is bald and he is a pornstar
Looks like a creme egg
Quite feisty
Apparently he’s a danger
The father of sonam sangha
Looks like a creme egg
Quite feisty
Apparently he’s a danger
The father of sonam sangha
by JB365 June 1, 2020
Get the sonams dadmug. by bruh1290834 May 27, 2021
Get the Darcy's Dadmug.