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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

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

Keyboards figure, where desert rock traditionally has none.

From The Guardian Mar. 31, 2013

Then she wouldn't have been left on a desert rock without any chance of seeing the world, or ever making any friends or acquaintances!

From Sally Dows by Harte, Bret

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