wizard rock

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Draco and the Malfoys, a wizard rock band, performing.

wizard rock (uncountable)

  1. A genre of music produced by fans of the Harry Potter series, characterized by costumed performances and humorous lyrics about characters, settings, and plot elements from the series.
    • 2008, Melissa Anelli, Harry, A History, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 128:
      At this point, he swears, he had never heard of Harry and the Potters or any wizard rock.
    • 2008, Susan Gunelius, Harry Potter: The Story of a Global Business Phenomenon, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 122:
      In 2002, the first wizard rock band, Harry and the Potters, formed.
    • 2014, Jennifer Terrell, “The Harry Potter Alliance: Sociotechnical Contexts of Digitally Mediated Activism”, in Martha McCaughey, editor, Cyberactivism on the Participatory Web, Routledge, →ISBN, page 49:
      An example of this can been seen in the ways the HPA members present participated in wizard rock performances that were broadcasted through the video feed.

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