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glam rock
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glam rock

Pop music in a conventional rock style performed by elaborately made-up and overdressed musicians. English singers Marc Bolan (1947–1977) and David Bowie and the band Roxy Music (1970–83) pioneered glam rock in the early 1970s.



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Not the greatest band in the world, the New York Dolls were a seminal bridge between early-1970s glitter rock and the glam and punk variations that rose after they flamed out.
ONCE A N.Y. DOLL, ALWAYS .. by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Sure, Loud gleefully hit bum notes that would give the American Idol judges conniptions, but the Mumps' songs, composed by Loud and queer cohort Kristian Hoffman, were genuinely clever, spoofing pop culture conventions ("Brain Massage" lampoons consciousness-raising fads) while drawing on everything from British music hall to glitter rock for inspiration.
The Mumps by Reighley, Kurt B. / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
country bad boy goes glitter rock on this crunching electric guitar opus.
SOUND CHECK by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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