Meanings
nounspace rock (uncountable)
- uncountableentertainmentA subgenre of rock music, characterised by long psychedelic instrumental passages and lyrics dealing with science fiction or outer space.
Apart from individual songs, there were certain bands that became associated with these sorts of extended sonic journeys, showing many traits of space rock without much or any overt interest in space topicality as such.
2017, William Echard, Psychedelic Popular Music: A History through Musical Topic Theory, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 201
Translations
Polish space rock
- space rockrock music subgenre
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