freakbeat

English

Etymology

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.