What is the origin of ‘dad rock’ and which 1980 album defines it best?
‘Dad rock’ is described as a term popularised in the 1990s for supposedly uncool, male-fronted rock bands and their devoted audiences, particularly acts associated with the 1970s and 1980s. The article argues that it became linked to familiar riffs, conventional song structures and heavily repeated classic-rock staples, while acknowledging that the label is broadly dismissive…