dad rock is what I call the music of my enemies when I wish to deeply insult themon the topic of dad rock: dad rock is about the audience not the music. When music has reached an age where a majority its initial audience are parents it's become dad rock. This might be horrifying to those who were listening to music so cool only three other people had heard of it back in 1983, but everything becomes dad rock with the passing of time - except opera, that becomes Mamapera