A person or people who listens to Rock music and will argue with others about the perfection of their favorite band(s) and will also argue that other bands suck.
Dude Jeff is such a Rock Puritan, he's always trying to tell me that AC/DC kicks ass but he refuses to listen to Zeppelin!
by Glass-Assassin February 24, 2009
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Get the Ashton Rock mug.A sub-genre of rock in which the singers of the bands sing with a pseudo-soulful, southern twang that makes all of their lyrics sound like a cat from Georgia Meowing for 3-6 min. Mostly tools listen to this. One might say it sounds like they are trying to sing with a pint of syrup in their mouth and they are trying to not spit it out, but not swallow it either. Bands that are in this genre: Pearl Jam, Creed, Cold, Kings of Leon, Matchbox 20 / Rob Thomas, Nirvana part 2 or (Seether), Hinder, and much more.
Man I met this dude at this party and he seemed cool enough so I was cool to him. The next day I found out he liked Meow Rock, so I hit him with a bus.
by xxPowerlocxx April 5, 2011
Get the Meow Rock mug.A rock climber, or more frequently someone who’s into ‘bouldering’. The more serious a rock botherer, the more they tend to bother it. They will stare at the rock wall, hug it, groom it, and leave blood, sweat and tears behind on it.
Here come another group of holier-than-thou rock botherers! It’s ok, just keep moving or they’ll stick their heels in your armpit and hang off your jugs.
by irama May 2, 2018
Get the rock botherer mug.Goth rock is a sub-genre of post punk music which originated in the UK in the late 70s (specifically 1979).
The first goth song is said to be "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus because even though the song was supposed to be written tongue-in-cheek, the band performed it with naive seriousness and the audience understood it with seriousness.
Goth rock characteristics include a 4 / 4 post punk beat, a drum machine, baritone vocals (common in men, like Peter Murphy of Bauhaus and Andrew Eldritch of The Sisters of Mercy), flanging guitar used for atmosphere and a prominent bassline. Some goth bands use characteristics of tribal music in their work, too (see: Southern Death Cult and Stairs - Uncertain Journey by Christian Death).
Contrary to belief, goth has not "evolved" and throughout the decades, the sound has relatively stayed the same. However, other dark or spooky genres and bands have cropped up throughout those decades which commonly get called "goth". This is false as goth only specifically refers to bands within that genre, not any band that uses a "dark" image or "spooky" lyrical themes.
Bands like Marilyn Manson and EBM bands like God Module are commonly mistaken for "Goth" when they're part of different genres.
The sound for all three of these groups are completely different, therefore could not be considered to be part of the same genre.
The first goth song is said to be "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus because even though the song was supposed to be written tongue-in-cheek, the band performed it with naive seriousness and the audience understood it with seriousness.
Goth rock characteristics include a 4 / 4 post punk beat, a drum machine, baritone vocals (common in men, like Peter Murphy of Bauhaus and Andrew Eldritch of The Sisters of Mercy), flanging guitar used for atmosphere and a prominent bassline. Some goth bands use characteristics of tribal music in their work, too (see: Southern Death Cult and Stairs - Uncertain Journey by Christian Death).
Contrary to belief, goth has not "evolved" and throughout the decades, the sound has relatively stayed the same. However, other dark or spooky genres and bands have cropped up throughout those decades which commonly get called "goth". This is false as goth only specifically refers to bands within that genre, not any band that uses a "dark" image or "spooky" lyrical themes.
Bands like Marilyn Manson and EBM bands like God Module are commonly mistaken for "Goth" when they're part of different genres.
The sound for all three of these groups are completely different, therefore could not be considered to be part of the same genre.
It is common for a goth to listen to goth rock, darkwave, deathrock and post punk but they can enjoy genres like metal (symphonic and Gothic in particular), industrial, EBM and synth pop too, just as long as they realise that the latter list are not goth genres.
by DeadDeathrocker April 18, 2017
Get the Goth rock mug.1. Any man whom has found financial success in the illegal distribution of crack cocaine. Their success is often short-lived and in order to sustain their explicit lifestyle, they must constantly put themselves at risk of armed robbery, venereal disease, imprisonment, and death.
2. Any man whom made a lasting fortune as a rock balla in the 1980s when crack rock was most popular, a.k.a., an OG.
2. Any man whom made a lasting fortune as a rock balla in the 1980s when crack rock was most popular, a.k.a., an OG.
Pimp C of UGK in "Take Tha Hood Back":
"I'm takin back the streets
Thang on the C
On parole but I'm cold with the heat
Candy coated rock balla
20 chop crawla
Bitches tryna steal my dick
I ain't bout to call her"
"I'm takin back the streets
Thang on the C
On parole but I'm cold with the heat
Candy coated rock balla
20 chop crawla
Bitches tryna steal my dick
I ain't bout to call her"
by john_raw November 30, 2011
Get the rock balla mug.Music With A Dark Atmosphere and Morbid Lyrics. Was first use to describe bands like The Doors, The Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen and The German Singer Nico in the late Sixties. why'll they were labeled gothic they werent goth they were more Proto-Goth and leventated more towards blues then modern goth rock which is more punk orientated. Modern Gothic Rock was born in the late seventies when punk bands like Joy Division, The Cure, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Bauhaus, Birthday Party and The Damned Experimenting With The Dark Atmosphere and Morbid Lyrics The Doors and The Velvet Underground Did a Decade Before, But Added a More Post Punk and New Wave Sound to It rather then The Psychedelic, Avant Garde and Blues Rock The Doors and The Velvet Underground Where Famous For. Goth Music like Acid Rock, Heavy Metal and Punk Created its own Subculture in the late Seventies and Early Eighties when Fans Of the Music starting dressing in all Black, Using Heavy Amounts of Makeup, Dyeing there Hair Black, Fans Of Victorian Era literature and had a weird obsession with B-Grade Horror Films.
Thoughtout the Eighties, Bands like The Banshees, The Cult, Sisters of Mercy, Southern Death Cult Brought Gothic Rock into the Mainstream. In The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony The Cure Became The First Goth Rock Band To Be Inducted into the Hall of Fame. Lets Hope Joy Division, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and The Damned Joined them soon.
Thoughtout the Eighties, Bands like The Banshees, The Cult, Sisters of Mercy, Southern Death Cult Brought Gothic Rock into the Mainstream. In The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony The Cure Became The First Goth Rock Band To Be Inducted into the Hall of Fame. Lets Hope Joy Division, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and The Damned Joined them soon.
Question: Whos Your Favorite Gothic Rock Band?
Answer: Probably Joy Division or The Cure but The Cult is Cool aswell.
Answer: Probably Joy Division or The Cure but The Cult is Cool aswell.
by Skooter51 July 26, 2019
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