prepunk

English

Alternative forms

• pre-punk

Etymology

pre- +‎ punk

Adjective

prepunk (not comparable)

1. Prior to the punk movement.
   • 1988 May 20, Franklin Soults, “Meat Puppets”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     In their chugging, off-key tunefulness they're a lot like those ever-searching, prepunk hippie monoliths the Grateful Dead, but I swear, there are moments on Huevos when they're also a dead ringer for early ZZ Top.