A derogatory term for any hard rock music. The term comes from a nationwide advertising campaign on hard rock radio stations in the 1990s that used the tagline "Rock. Nothing but Rock." Listeners quickly changed that to "Nothing Butt Rock". Though it refers to anything played on hard rock stations, it commonly is used to refer to 'hair-bands' or used by people to distinguish the 'bad' butt rock from the hard rock that they like.
by jed14 August 20, 2012
Get the Butt rockmug. All the definitions before this one are in correct. Butt Rock is style of music, that came to fruition during the late 70's and early 80's. It was defined by the fact that the style of dress or 'traditional garb' of those that created and or listened to Butt Rock included tight-fitting pants that emphasized the buttocks. Meaning, pants, Jeans, etc that were so tight one could make out the outline or details of the buttocks. This was hand in hand with the sexual innuendos and double entendre's that could commonly be found in the lyrics to this style of music.
Additionally, the pants were so tight that the outline of a certain part of the male anatomy were visible. This aspect would be referred to and bring about the label of Cock Rock by those familiar with the genre, but ultimately has the same meaning as Butt Rock.
One would argue that these labels could be deemed negative or a positive, depending on your like or dislike of this particular style of music.
Band Examples: Journey, Foreigner, Ac/Dc, Def Leppard.
Additionally, the pants were so tight that the outline of a certain part of the male anatomy were visible. This aspect would be referred to and bring about the label of Cock Rock by those familiar with the genre, but ultimately has the same meaning as Butt Rock.
One would argue that these labels could be deemed negative or a positive, depending on your like or dislike of this particular style of music.
Band Examples: Journey, Foreigner, Ac/Dc, Def Leppard.
Ac/Dc (namely during the Bon Scott era) are a great example of butt rock.
Butt Rock is fun to listen to in small doses, or at an 80's party.
Butt Rock is fun to listen to in small doses, or at an 80's party.
by boxheadhappypill August 8, 2008
Get the Butt Rockmug. A term used by insecure male music fans who dislike bands like Creed and Nickelback because they do not want to admit they like that music, and instead project a homoerotic connation to compensate insecurity.
I heard that song Higher by Creed, I really liked it, but I cannot let anyone know so I am going to tell everyone I heard that butt rock band Creed on the radio.
by John_Utah December 25, 2018
Get the Butt Rockmug. Any music that was produced using predictable assembly line style power-chord structures and lyrics with absolutely zero forethought other than rhyme and easy mass-identification. If a band churns out more than one album per year, odds are favorable that they are a butt rock band. Bonus points if the lead singer attempts to emulate Scott Stapp because although Creed is not (quite) butt rock, there would be no butt rock without them. Pioneers of butt rock include Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd, Three Days Grace, Buck Cherry, and Hinder. The song "The New Sh!t" from Marylin Manson's "Golden Age of Grotesque" album can be interpereted as a poignant critique of butt rock.
It only took me one listen to completely digest that new Hinder tune. Butt rock goes down so smooth! I don't have to think at all!
by SeanH18018 January 18, 2008
Get the Butt Rockmug. I think Butt Rock was coined by older Gen-Xers with a definition like that given above by the writer "Reformed Butt Rocker": Butt Rock is plodding 1970s boogie rock, music of the sort that the characters in the movie "Dazed and Confused" might have listened to. For the people born a decade later, the term came to mean the working class rock of the 1980s--this being the heavy metal that was mainstream enough to get played on MTV in prime time. The common denominator is that the term derides the music that is associated with lower-class stoners, football hooligans and their American equivalents, and other uncouth types. The original definition may be antiquated, but it's still valuable knowledge, linguistically speaking.
Foghat's "Slow Ride" - the Platonic ideal of a Butt Rock song, released during the (original) Butt-Rock peak of 1975.
by Butt Rock Historian August 29, 2006
Get the Butt Rockmug. A form of Hard Rock. Originating from mishearing an advertisement for Hard Rock music, since made into a pseudo-official sub-genre of Hard Rock. Popular bands attributed to Butt Rock are Nickle Back, 3 Doors Down, Five Finger Death Punch, Crush 40, and more.
Typically, the lead singers have a very passionate tone when singing, often to an infectious degree. A lot of songs in this sub-sub-genre have very cheesy delivery/lyrics.
3D Sonic games are home to some of the most well-known instance of Butt Rock, becoming a tradition since Sonic Adventure. With classics like "Open Your Heart," "Sonic Boom," "Fist Bump," & "Sonic Heroes."
Other non-band examples are the Dragon Ball Z theme song "Rock The Dragon," and the BattleToads theme.
Typically, the lead singers have a very passionate tone when singing, often to an infectious degree. A lot of songs in this sub-sub-genre have very cheesy delivery/lyrics.
3D Sonic games are home to some of the most well-known instance of Butt Rock, becoming a tradition since Sonic Adventure. With classics like "Open Your Heart," "Sonic Boom," "Fist Bump," & "Sonic Heroes."
Other non-band examples are the Dragon Ball Z theme song "Rock The Dragon," and the BattleToads theme.
Yo, that's some great Butt Rock!
by ContraZombie4 October 25, 2018
Get the Butt Rockmug. I'd give "butt rock" a different definition. As opposed to late-'80s, early-'90s metal, butt rock is really exemplified by plodding, thudding, vaguely bluesy hard rock from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.
by Reformed Butt Rocker July 8, 2006
Get the BUTT ROCKmug.