Glam!: Bowie, Bolan and the Glitter Rock Revolution
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (643 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0571195423 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Barney Hoskyns is the co-founder and editorial director of online rock-journalism library Rock's Backpages (rocksbackpages), and author of several books including Across the Great Divide: The Band & America (1993), Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes, & the Sound of Los Angeles (1996), Hotel California: Singer-Songwriters & Cocaine Cowboys i
About the Author Barney Hoskyns is the co-founder and editorial director of online rock-journalism library Rock's Backpages (rocksbackpages), and author of several books including Across the Great Divide: The Band & America (1993), Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes, & the Sound of Los Angeles (1996), Hotel California: Singer-Songwriters & Cocaine Cowboys in the LA Canyons (2005) and Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits (2009). . A former US correspondent for MOJO, Hoskyns writes for Uncut and other UK publications, and has contributed to Vogue, Rolling Stone and GQ
Madeira Darling said Glam Slam Dunk. This comprehensive intelligent look at the glam rock movement is pretty much perfect, I love how it covers the broader social influences and influence of glam rock, from women's lib, and gay liberation, to retro-futurism and aesthetic decadence it packs a whole lot in. I have the au. J. Christensen said Good stuff.. Cool bookwell written and entertaining.
The book is based on interviews with exponents such as David Bowie, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop.. An account of pop music's glam rock era in the early-1970s, characterized by visual excess and bisexuality