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desert rock

British  

noun

  1. a type of heavy-metal music that has strong country-rock and folk influences

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He served as a vital connector between grunge and desert rock when he briefly joined Queens of the Stone Age, whose lead singer, Josh Homme, had been an adjunct member of Screaming Trees.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2022

It pointed in the direction of “sand and desert rock under the same old wide and aching sky”.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2018

The desert rock band Queens of the Stone Age maneuvered closer to pop music for “Villains,” which was co-produced by hit-maker Mark Ronson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2017

Las Vegas’s many golf courses may seem wasteful, but their water use is strictly rationed: greens remain grassy, but golfers who fail to stay on the fairways find their balls in desert rock.

From Economist ● Aug. 6, 2015

Steve Siebert in his corner, and Andy McCann in his—as far apart as the width of the room would allow—looked like their burros, carved out of desert rock.

From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Thomas K. Holmes

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