| GRUNGE | Subgenre of rock music characterised by distorted guitars and angst-filled lyrics, sometimes known as the Seattle sound (6) |
| POETRY | Lyrics, sometimes |
| EMO | Angst-ridden subgenre of rock |
| GRUNGY | Resonated in good year like distorted guitar music |
| CAB | Train song whose title completes the lyric "Sometimes I think I'm the only ___ on the road" |
| HIPHOP | A genre of music characterised by a strong, rhythmic beat and a rapping vocal track (3,3) |
| GROSSO | Concerto -; form of baroque music characterised by a contrast between orchestra and soloists (6) |
| TECHNO | A genre of electronic dance music, characterised by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat (6) |
| BAROQUE | A 17th-century style of music characterised by extensive use of ornamentation (7) |
| ROCOCO | 18th-century style of music characterised by extreme use of ornamentation (6) |
| FANDANGO | Spanish courtship dance performed by a man and woman, accompanied by guitars and castanets (8) |
| RAGGA | Sub-genre of dancehall music characterised by songs such as Wayne Smith's Under Me Sleng Teng |
| BELLS | May -; one of the names by which lily of the valley or muguet is known; a plant symbolising the return to happiness according to the language of flowers (5) |
| SKIFFLE | Style of popular music of the 1950s drawing on jazz, blues and folk, chiefly played on guitars and improvised instruments (7) |
| TRANCE | Type of electronic dance music characterised by hypnotic rhythms |
| THRASH | Informal word for a loud, lavish party; a subgenre of hard-core heavy metal or rock music; or, a fast exhilarating motor race (6) |
| CYBERPUNK | A subgenre of science fiction typified by a lawless subculture in a bleak, high-tech setting (9) |
| LOANSHARK | "If being 'boring' means that I've never known a pusher or a ___, so be |
| GRIS | Spanish cubist artist whose paintings include Guitar and Pipe, Glass of Beer and Playing Cards and Violin and Checkerboard (4) |
| PAULSTANLEY | Rocker known for smashing his guitars and then throwing them into the audience |
