Glam rock (also known as glitter rock) is a style of rock
and pop music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s performed
by musicians who wore outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly
platform shoes and glitter. Glam artists drew on diverse sources across music
and throwaway culture, ranging from bubblegum pop and '50s rock and roll to
cabaret, science fiction, and complex art rock. The flamboyant clothing and
visual styles of performers were often camp or androgynous, and have been
described as playing with nontraditional gender roles.
The UK charts were inundated with glam rock acts from
1971 to 1975, with glam also manifesting in all areas of British popular
culture during this period. The March 1971 appearance of T. Rex frontman Marc
Bolan on the BBC's music show Top of the Pops, wearing glitter and satins, is
often cited as the beginning of the movement. Other British glam rock artists
include David Bowie, Sweet, Slade, Mud, Roxy Music and Gary Glitter. In the US
the scene was much less prevalent, with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed the only
American artists to score a hit. Other US glam artists include New York Dolls,
Iggy Pop and Jobriath. It declined after the mid-1970s, but influenced other
musical genres including punk rock, glam metal, New Romanticism, and gothic
rock and has sporadically revived since the 1990s.
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