1. existing or occurring before the development of rock music
Usage: music history

Examples

• The prerock era of popular music was dominated by jazz and big band sounds.
• Many prerock artists influenced the later development of rock and roll.
• The museum’s prerock collection includes recordings from the 1940s and early 1950s.
• His research focuses on prerock musical styles in America.
• The transition from prerock to rock music happened gradually in the mid-1950s.