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 Glam
If ever there was a genre of music concerned more with surface over substance then it's Glam. Preposterously over dressed and defiantly fun, glam was the sound of true pop in the UK in the early 70's. The influences early glam rockers stole from were the showmanship of rock'n'roll's pioneers, the camp extremities of UK end-of-pier entertainers and the disposable nature inherent in bubble gum pop from the USA.

Year Zero for glam was England, 1971. A glittered up Marc Bolan flounced through a historic Top Of The Pops and by the turn of the next year acts such as Gary Glitter, Mud and Roxy Music were all over the charts. True glam rock of that time was UK based and only released up to the mid-70s, when the trend died. However this is where differences of opinion begin. Undeniably Bowie and Queen are part of glam rock's heyday - Ziggy and Freddie are perhaps the campest, most dramatic icons ever - but to place them only in that genre would be foolish. Both careers spread way beyond then. T-Rex and Roxy Music however, had their most successful periods during glam and are often defined just by those hits. It's easiest to say that glam was the 'feeling' of the time; while some acts stand and fall as glam stars (Sweet, Gary Glitter), others (Sparks, Cozy Powell) were swept alongside in a trail of glitter.

So what then of the other hair-sprayed, lip-lined glam explosion from the USA? No true glam fan accepts New York Dolls as central to 70's glam but they were certainly around at the time. Their rawer, filthier look and sound owes more to The Stooges and The Stones than to T-Rex. But we place them here and so include the rest of the bands who were central to the period of glam rock's truest revival. That of Hair Metal, Poodle Rock, the Pop-Metal trend from the 1980s. Take the image and wardrobe ideals of Kiss, mix the pop sensibilities of glam singles bands like Slade, add the androgyny of Bowie and Bolan and you have the classic recipe for glam metal. Whether it's American acts like Motley Crue and Poison or European based groups such as Dogs D'Amour and Enuff Z Nuff, their glam credentials are undeniable.

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(70'S), Rabbit

Aaronsrod

Agony Bag

Angel (Kiss)

Angel (Sweet)

Anton

April

Atom Kraft

Axe (70s)

Ballrace

Bang Tango

Bay City Rollers

Beano

Beggars & Thieves

Big Carrot

Big Wheel

Bilbo Baggins

Black Veil Brides

Blackeyed Susan

Blessings in Disguise

Bolan, Marc

Brats, The

Brother Susan

Budd, Harold

Buletboys

Cadillac, Vince

Cats In Boots

Celebrity Skin

Chainsaw Kittens

Change (Glam)

Chequered Past

Christopher Milk

Climax

CoCo (Pop)

Cold Sweat

Contempt

Continental Miniatures

Cooper, Alice

Creem Circus

Crimson Glory

Crunch

Cutt, Rough

D'Ecco, Art

David & Sylvain

Diamond Rexx

Dib Cochran & The Earwigs

Doc Thomas Group

Dogs D'Amour, The

Dokken

Donna Rawlins Band

Dumbells

Easy Action

Elastic Band, The (60s)

Electric, Mars

Enuff Z' Nuff

Explorers, The

Faster Pussycat

Femme Fatale

Firebird (70s)

Floating Opera

Fogg

Ford, Lita

Frehley, Ace

Frenzy (Pop)

Geordie

Giuffria

Glitter Band, The

Glitter, Gary

Glorious Bankrobbers

Grace, Grame

Guardian

Guns, Tracii

Gunslingers, The

Gypsy Rose

Hanoi Rocks

Hardcore Superstar

Harley, Steve & Cockney Rebel

Heartbound

Heartbreak Angels

Hector (Glam)

Hello

Hericane Alice

HMLTD

Hollywood Brats, The

Hollywood Stars, The

Holmes, Christine

House Of Lords

Howard, John

Hurricane

Hush (Australian)

I Spy Club, The

Icon

Invasion

Iron Cross

Iron Virgin

Irrepressibles, The

Jacks, Zenda

Jerusalem Slim

Jet (UK)

Johansen, David

John's Children

Joker (Rock)

Jones, Gloria

Karr, Tim

Kelly, Peter D.

Kenny

Kill City Dragons

King Kobra

Kiss

Kristine

L.A. Guns

Last Of The Teenage Idols

Lemon Twigs, The

Liberace

Loco

Longmuir, Alan

Lynch, George

Man Raze

Mannish Boys

Marrakesh

McCoy, Andy

McGlynn, Pat

McKeown, Les

Melidian

Michaels, Bret

Mitchell, Ian

Monroe, Michael

Moonlandingz, The

Motley Crue

Mott

Mott The Hoople

Move, The

Mud

Mumps

Negative

Nelson

New York Dolls

No Shame

P-Funk

Parrett, Michael

Persip, Charles

Platinum Blonde

Pleasure Forever

Poison

Pre New, The

Pretty Boy Floyd

Quatro, Suzi

Quireboys, The

Rage Of Angels

Rats, The (70s)

Ratt

Reckless (US)

Rock Follies

Rope Store

Rosetta Stone (Pop)

Rossall, John

RoughHouse

Roxy Music

Runaways, The

Sacred Alien

Santa Cruz (Rock)

Scott, Andy

Screamer

Sea Hags

Seathrough

Seduce

Seducer(Dutch)

Shakane

Shakespeare, William

Shelby

Shorty

Shotgun Messiah

Shout (Christian Glam)

Showaddywaddy

Shrink

Silverhead

Simmons, Gene

Sirens, The

Sisters

Skatt Bros.

Skin & Bones

Slade

Slik

Slowbone

Slowload

Smiley, Brett

Soligny, Jerome

Sorcery

St. Clements Wells

Stanley, Paul

Star Star

Stardust, Alvin

Steelheart

Streak

Streakers

Struts, The

Supernaut

Sutton, Lee

Sweeney Todd

Sweet

Sylvain Sylvain

T-Rex

Tequila!

Thor

Thunderstick

Thundertrain

Tiger, Shabby

Tigertailz

Trash (80s)

Trash Broadway

Tuff

Twisted Sister

U.K. Jones

Ulysses

Vain

Vangelder-Smith, Cherrie

Vermillion Lies

Viva L'American Death Ray Musi

Vixen

Washington Flyers, The

WASP

Werner, David

White Fence

Wild Boyz

Wizzard

Wolfmen, The

Wood, Roy

Wrathchild

Y&T

Yellowbird

Zig-Zag

Zinatra



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