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Glam!: (David) Bowie, (Marc) Bolan and the Glitter Rock Revolution

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GLAM is not so much a book as it is an outline for a book. Still, it is a useful outline, providing a Cliff-Notes history of the Glam music in the early 1970's. GLAM does a good job of listing key Glam albums, chronicling significant events in the period, and describing the basic act of every major and most of the minor Glam acts. What's missing are deeper stories about the personalities of Glam, a serious treatment of the music (surely some of the music deserves serious treatment), or anything other than a superficial sociological explanation of what was going on. Yet this is not meant as a complaint. GLAM serves its purpose, is enjoyable to read, and functions as a really good outline. Now if only someone writes the real book. In the meantime, wham bam, thank you GLAM.

Although I lived and experienced the Glam Rock era in the UK back in the early 70s, reading this book did little to rekindle my memories of that period. There is much emphasis placed on who influenced who and when and how. For me, it was written in a somewhat stale manner.

GLAM is not so much a book as it is an outline for a book. Still, it is a useful outline, providing a Cliff-Notes history of the Glam music in the early 1970's. GLAM does a good job of listing key Glam albums, chronicling significant events in the period, and describing the basic act of every major and most of the minor Glam acts. What's missing are deeper stories about the personalities of Glam, a serious treatment of the music (surely some of the music deserves serious treatment), or anything other than a superficial sociological explanation of what was going on. Yet this is not meant as a complaint. GLAM serves its purpose, is enjoyable to read, and functions as a really good outline. Now if only someone writes the real book. In the meantime, wham bam, thank you GLAM.

This is a Great Book about Glitter Rock. If you just gonna buy one book this year buy this. It tells you about all the stars. New York Dolls, Marc Bolan, David Bowie.......

This book is an excellent way to expose oneself to a period in rock history that we have had far too little exposure to here in the states. It's not terribly in-depth, but will provide a basic understanding of an extremely influential era. These artists opened a great many doors, and deserve a little more recognition than they have been thus far afforded.