boy-band

plural boy-bands

1. alternativeAlternative form of boy band.

   The pop songs, which also included hits by the feathery-voiced chanteuse IU and the macho-ish boy-band Bigbang,^([sic]) were aimed at giving North Koreans get a taste of South Korean youth culture, the ministry [i.e., the South’s Defense Ministry] said.

   2015 August 31, Choe Sang-Hun, “To Jar North, South Korea Used a Pop-Music Barrage”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2015

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   "I've had my words completely twisted by a tabloid," cautions [Harry] Judd. "They asked me if I thought we were the new wave of boy-bands and my answer was that I think they're still good at what they do, but I think people like the fact that we play our own instruments. Next day," he continues, "the first paragraph is: 'Harry from McFly hates all boy-bands, he thinks McFly are proper rock.'"

   2004 July 22, Alexis Petridis, “Mad about the boys”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2014

   The Jonas Brothers, with their emo quaffs, skinny jeans and ability to play instruments, were a pop-punk boy-band for wholesome tween girls, a parent-approved contrast to the toilet humor of Blink-182 or the queer vaudevillian performance of Panic! at the Disco.

   2023 April 26, Maria Sherman, “The Jonas Brothers debut songs about fatherhood while an audience relives its youth”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2023