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n. 1 (context slang English) Rough, aggressive male homosexual. 2 violent or brutal sexuality
Wikipedia
Rough Trade may refer to:
- Rough Trade Records, a record label
- Rough Trade (shops), linked but independent London record stores
- Rough Trade (band), a Canadian new wave rock band
- Rough Trade (American Dad!), an episode of American Dad!
- Rough Trade, a slang term for a masculine working class man who has sex with men (sometimes as a male prostitute)
Rough Trade was a Canadian new wave rock band in the 1970s and 1980s, centred on singer Carole Pope and multi-instrumentalist Kevan Staples. The band was noted for their provocative lyrics and stage antics; singer Pope often performed in bondage attire, and their 1981 hit " High School Confidential" was one of the first explicitly lesbian-themed Top 40 hits in the world.
Rough Trade is a group of independent record shops in the UK and the US and headquartered in London, UK.
The first Rough Trade shop was opened in 1976 by Geoff Travis in the Ladbroke Grove district of west London. In 1978 the shop spawned the famous Rough Trade Records, which was to go on to be home to bands from The Smiths to The Libertines. In 1982 the two separated and the shop remains an independent entity from the label, although links between the two are strong. At the same time the shop moved from its original location on Kensington Park Road round the corner to Talbot Road. In 1988 a shop opened in Neal's Yard, Covent Garden. At various times there were also shops in San Francisco (on Grant St., then Sixth Street, then Haight Street), Tokyo and Paris. They were eventually closed following the rise of music sales on the internet. Rough Trade replaced these stores with an online music store. In 2007 they also opened in Dray Walk, Brick Lane in east London.
In 1990, Nirvana played a gig at Rough Trade Records in San Francisco with Tad, sampling songs soon to be on their album Nevermind.
Usage examples of "rough trade".
If it was anything like the coastal cities in Althea, he could have found some pretty rough trade lurking in the taverns.
Georgie was rough trade, and he mostly lived off Duane, but sometimes he turned tricks for this fancy escort service.
In this case, as too common with all men, but especially with those of his rough trade, what little sense or manners he possessed deserted him.