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Glam rock (less normally glitter rock), the style of rock music popularized in the 1970s, was mostly a British phenomenon & confined to big cities in the U.S., like New York and Los Angeles. It was distinguished per costumes & stage acts of the performing artist like than any particular aspect of their music. the emphasis get on superficiality & an unembarrassed embrace of decadency, fame, & gender, a statement of sorts against such acts when Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Yes and Genesis, whose music wwhen often referred to by critics as art rock.

Glam performing artist typically dressed androgynously in produce higher & glistering, outrageous costumes, non dissimilar to costumes that Liberace or Elvis Presley wore when performing around cabaret. A best known case is David Bowie during his Ziggy Stardust phase. Intimate ambiguity became a game; Bowie told the click he was bisexual simply for a publicity while the late Jobriath is thought really to have been rock's foremost openly gay star. However probably one of the best known examples of a bisexual glam rocker is Freddie Mercury of Queen.

Although credit for starting a trend within Britain is typically given to David Bowie, it was probably Roxy Music, headed by Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno, that led the wave. Even so, Roxy Music avoided a excesses of numerous of their imitators. Ferry wanted to give his immature audience an excuse to dress higher for even concerts, or when he said "It would be like a night at the opera for them."

A few as well credit Marc Bolan of T. Rex as the progenitor of glam rock. Nevertheless, around 1968-69, Alice Cooper sketched the number 1 hints of glam rock whilst it utilized the transvestic look & an overtly intimate attitude when a share of their outrageousness.

Glam rock was a major influence upon the late 1970s UK punk rock movement, particularly the Sex Pistols.

Glam rock besides was reflected in the film Brian DePalma's Phantom of the Paradise, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, David Bowie's "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust", Alice Cooper's "Good to See You Again", Slade's "Flame", Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine, and John Cameron Mitchell's glam rock musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Glam Acts
Abba Alice Cooper Angel Another Pretty Face Alvin Stardust The Arrows Bay City Rollers Big Bang Babies Brett Smiley David Bowie David Essex Elton John Eno Faster Pussycat Gary Glitter Hello Iggy & The Stooges Iron Virgin Ivan Dias Martins Jobriath KISS Klaus Nomi LaBelle Mott the Hoople Mud The New York Dolls Pretty Boy Floyd The Rubettes Queen Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry Silverhead Skyhooks Slade Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel Suzi Quatro Sweet Toilet Boys T. Rex Wizzard

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