Originally: a person who performs popular music with a fast, vigorous rhythm and a strong beat (cf. rocker, n.1 6a). In later use: a person who…

a performer or supporter of bebop.

one who plays skiffle; a devotee of skiffle.

= bebopper n. at bebop, n. derivatives.

A person who performs, dances to, or enjoys rock 'n' roll music; (also occasionally) a rock 'n' roll song or record. In later use also more…

A performer, esp. a singer, of this music.

A highly successful and widely admired rock musician.

A person who performs rock music; (esp. in early use) a person who enjoys listening or dancing to rock or rock 'n' roll music. See also sense 6d.

= rock star, n. 1.

A person who performs rock music. Cf. rocker, n.1 6c.

A performer or fan of funk, or of funky music. Later also: a person who is trendy, fashionable, or cool (cf. funky, adj.1 2b).

Originally and chiefly U.S. A performer of country rock.

A fan or performer of punk rock, or (in later use) a person who adopts the style, appearance, etc., associated with this; = punk, n.1 5b. Also…

A performer or fan of punk rock; a person who adopts the style or attitude associated with punk rock.

A fan or performer of punk rock; = punk rocker, n.

a performer of cock rock (cock rock n.).

A person who performs rap music, esp. one who improvises live lyrics or performs only his or her own material; a rapper. Frequently in the names of…

Originally U.S. A performer of rap music, esp. a vocalist; a member of a rap group who sings rap lyrics. Cf. rap, v.2 8d, rap, n.2 8c, and gangsta…

Originally: a performer of heavy metal or rock music (cf. thrash, n. 5a). Now: a performer or fan of thrash metal (thrash metal n.).

spec. (originally and chiefly British). A member of a British music and fashion subculture of the early 1980s which combined the more colourful…

an exponent of progressive rock music; a member of a progressive rock group.

A type of music or a subculture regarded as a successor to or revival of punk; (also) a follower or performer of neo-punk music, an adherent of…

a fan or player of pomp rock.

colloquial (originally U.S.). = rapper, n. 6b.

A performer of conventional or orthodox rock music; (also) a person who considers rock to be superior to other types of popular music. Cf. rockism…

A performer of hip-hop music; a rapper.

(a) A person, esp. a disc jockey, who employs ‘scratch’ techniques (see scratch, n.1 additions); (b) a maker of scratch videos (s.v. scratch, n.1…

A person who performs a freestyle dance to reggae music (cf. skanking, n.). Also: a performer or fan of reggae music.

A (usually female) pop star regarded as having a sexually provocative image.

A musician employing sounds generated or modified electronically, esp. using synthesizers (cf. techno-, comb._form affix 3). In later use also: an…

Often with lower-case initial. A performer or fan of this music, or anyone who adopts a similar appearance, typically through the use of dark eye…

A British pop musician; spec. a musician associated with Britpop as a genre. Cf. Britpop, n.

A performer or fan of gangsta rap; = gangsta rapper n. at compounds.

= gangsta rapper n. at gangsta, n. adj.compounds.

A young (usually female) pop star, a member of a pop group.

a performer of gangsta rap; cf. gangster rapper n. at gangster, n. compounds 3.

A person who produces or performs house music. Also: a fan of house music.

a performer or follower of grunge music; a member of the grunge subculture.

A performer or fan of the style of popular music known as shoegazing (see shoegazing, n.).

A performer of or enthusiast for jungle music (cf. jungle, n.).

A performer of trip hop.