GLAM ROCK - made in UK!

3. New York Dolls

Like the Sex Pistols, on whom they were a major influence, the New York Dolls changed the world in about a dozen tracks, as their first studio album somehow managed to combine strains of Bolanesque glam, Stonesy raunch, and New York decadence, delivered with a ferocious zeal that inspired a legion of punks, headbangers, and sleaze rockers. The only band on this list not based in the UK, they were equally ignored by US and UK radio, and you didn't need to gaze upon their shockingly gender-blended look to that they were just too wild for their time. Imagine a world without the Pistols or Guns N' Roses, and you'll see just how important they were

Самизнаетескем!

4. Slade

The bad boys of UK glam, Slade partied and performed like the goodtime hooligans they were, mastering the art of the crowd anthem with purposefully un-spellchecked chants like "Cum On Feel the Noize" and "Mama Weer All Crazee Now." (They also contributed the ultimate Glam holiday theme, "Merry Xmas Everybody.") If those two sound familiar to US audiences, it's because L.A. hair-metalers Quiet Riot based their whole career on covering them to the T. Slade remain superstars in their native land, however, and after decades of touring, they did manage to finally crack the US charts in the mid-Eighties with "Run Runaway" and "My Oh My.

5. Gary Glitter

Though he's sadly remembered now for pedophilia and his prison time, the bizarre Teddy Boy-gone-spaceman Glitter had the glam thing down pat in the early '70s, combing tribal beats, snarling guitars, and football chants to create an irresistible new blend of bubblegummy arena rock. Joan Jett and Adam Ant have both cited him as a major influence, and his singles were both simple and iconic enough to inspire covers by everyone from Brownsville Station to the Spice Girls. His backup band, appropriately named the Glitter Band and heard on his lone stateside hit "Rock and Roll Pt. 2," split from him and had their own separate run as glam gods

6. The Sweet

That rare UK glam band that scored several US hits, (The) Sweet were the product of songwriting legends Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, who wrote ridiculously catchy hits ranging from Exile's "Kiss You All Over" to Toni Basil's "Mickey." The band's glam style was unsurpassed, and had Queen not already existed, you might say the same for their harmonies, loud falsetto screeches that should have been over the top but somehow fit perfectly. When they chafed under Chapman's notoriously rigid control, they proved they could write their own hits just fine: "Ballroom Blitz" was a victory for Chapman and Chinn, but "Fox on the Run" was Sweet's triumph alone

7. Roxy Music

As with Bowie, Roxy Music's lineup, featuring future Bowie collaborator Brian Eno, was far too arty to stay with the glam movement for long. But their best early singles, bolstered by the archly gorgeous vocals of Bryan Ferry and the searing guitar work of Phil Manzanera, epitomized the feel of glam - snide, slick, and silly all at once, although they often seemed to be mocking the bourgeois ideas that made rock fun in the first place. They went on to inspire an art-rock movement all their own, one which was a major impression on the New Wave and New Romantic genres. The Cars and Duran Duran are both unthinkable without them.

8. Mott the Hoople

These guys began as a concept wherein lead singer Ian Hunter would imitate Dylan and the band would choogle along behind him like a sleazier Stones, and they enjoyed some success in that vein. But just as they were about to break up, David Bowie - there he is again - gifted them with a LGBT-friendly ballad called "All The Young Dudes," which soon became the glam anthem to rally around. Mott was canny enough to adjust accordingly, kicking off a brief but highly influential second career as glam giants. "All The Way From Memphis" and "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" became hits in the '80s for US hair metal bands Contraband and Great White

9.Suzi Quatro


Another major influence on Joan Jett, directly inspiring the formation of the Runaways and thus inspiring all female rockers everywhere, Suzi was a leather-jumpsuited hellcat who looked like the girl next door and played a thunderous bass. Born to be a star, in other words, and the Chapman-Chinn team gave her several hit records of her own before Suzi blew with the wind in the late '70s and turned to soft rock. The fact that her duet with Chris Norman, "Stumbin' In," remains her only US hit is a miscarriage of justice, but then, her screechy glam anthems would have turned the sexist '70s on their ear.

10. Wizzard

Roy Wood, who for all intents and purposes was Wizzard, had already been a star with The Move, breaking them up to form Electric Light Orchestra with bandmate Jeff Lynne. But that was over in a flash, as Wood left Lynne's chamber-prog vision behind to go full-on glam. With his striking stage presence - imagine a day-glo, Ren Faire Rob Zombie - Wood led Wizzard less like a rock band and more like a traveling troupe of oddball freaks and circus performers, backing it all up with insanely catchy stomps washed in his own version of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound

Я только что выложил список интересного музыкального портала oldies.about.com
The 10 Greatest Glam Rockers of All Time

http://oldies.about.com/od/70spopmusic/tp/The-10-Greatest-Glam-Rockers-Of-All-Time.htm

Д.Боуи.

Д.Боуи.

М.Болан.

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2игорь комсомоленко:
2superasd2:
>Noosha Fox

Немного не в тему музыки, но вдруг будет интересно.

Как недавно выяснилось, во всяком случае для меня, Noosha Fox мать - Ben Goldacre.
По профессии он медик, но также известен, как автор книг и статей. Как я понял в Англии он относительно известная личность. И даже у нас вышла его книжка.

http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/5012767/#tab_comments
(о чем книга, можно узнать из комментариев внизу страницы)

Ну и пара песен из репертуара группы Wooden Horse, группы предшествующей Fox, тогда они еще пели folk. Это 1972-1973 года, время когда и родился Ben Goldacre.

Wooden Horse - Loving Man


Wooden Horse - Wooden Horse [II] 1973

Top 10 British Glam Rock Songs of the 70s
http://classicrock.about.com/od/toppickslists/tp/Top-10-Glam-Rock.htm


10. "All the Way From Memphis" - Mott the Hoople
Great piano intro and a good example of that classic rock and roll sound of the 70s.

9. "Telegram Sam" - T.Rex
A bit of a "bubblegum" sound, but catchy.

8. "Ballroom Blitz" - The Sweet
This single brought The Sweet to mainstream US radio airplay in a big way.

7. "Cum on Feel the Noize" - Slade
It isn't hard to see why Quiet Riot chose this song to cover.

6. "Rebel, Rebel" - David Bowie
One of the best guitar riffs in any rock genre or era.

5. "Changes" - David Bowie
Stuttering never sounded so good!

4. "All the Young Dudes" - Mott the Hoople
Written by David Bowie, sung by Ian Hunter. It exemplifies 70s glam.

3. "Fox on the Run" - The Sweet
Classic story of high school life - chasing that one hot cheerleader!

2. "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" - Slade
Noddy Holder has one of the greatest rock voices of all time, as evidenced by this single.

1. "Bang a Gong" - T.Rex
Marc Bolan at his Top 40 best.

MUD.

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