freakbeat

English

Etymology

From freak +‎ beat, coined by English music journalist Philip Lloyd-Smee.

Noun

freakbeat (uncountable)

  1. A genre of hard-driving British rock music, often from the 1960s and associated with a mod following.
    • 2021 December, Jon Dale, “Dead Moon fever!”, in Uncut, →ISSN, page 8:
      The couple had already put in the hard yards: Fred started out in '60s freakbeat combos The Weeds and Lollipop Shoppe, with Toody joining him in early '80s punk trio The Rats.
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