# Glam rock help **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glam-rock-help/306904 "2005-06-04T17:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glam-rock-help/306904/1 "2005-06-04T17:43:17Z")
Ok, so I am a HUGE Bowie fan. But I am not really all that familar with other glam rock bands. I also a really enjoyed the movie “Velvet Goldmine” (and I LOVE the soundtrack). So, that being said I am asking the Teeming Millions to recommend to me some great glam rock artists and albums. Soundtracks, mixes, etc. are also welcome. Bombs away! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glam-rock-help/306904/2 "2005-06-04T18:17:34Z")
**T-Rex** : _The Slider_. This one’s pretty obvious, but it’s great, seminal, ebullient glam. **Roxy Music** : _Roxy Music_ and _For Your Pleasure_. Roxy’s best was their earliest, before Bryan Ferry edged Eno out of the band and let his suave sophisticate persona overpower the original too-many-cooks frenzy. **Be-Bop Deluxe** : _Axe Victim_. Not usually thought of as a glam act, but on this album, at least, Bill Nelson and company wanted to be Ziggy Stardust so bad it hurt. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glam-rock-help/306904/3 "2005-06-04T18:42:59Z")
The [AMG page](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781ED948A97520CE992D4DDABD7DF529D64CEE831F29461BDFBA3C54851472F353F28C93FDFC6AB066ADFF2EA1160DD9CFEB5CF9DE765D40&sql=77:388) for glam rock is a good starting point. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glam-rock-help/306904/4 "2005-06-04T18:46:49Z")
You glam-rock purists might hate me for this, but I really enjoy R.E.M.'s tribute to the genre, their album _Monster_. Especially the song “Crush With Eyeliner”. ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glam-rock-help/306904/5 "2005-06-04T19:31:25Z")
First stop, Velvet Underground. Their first album, with Nico, is the best America had to offer for Glam. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glam-rock-help/306904/6 "2005-06-05T14:00:00Z")
The '80’s-'00’s British band **Pulp** is arguably the standard-bearer for whatever “neo-glam” movement can be said to exist (or, at least, existed in the '90’s). I don’t have His 'n Hers or 2001’s We Love Life, so I can’t vouch for those efforts, but I can recommend a couple, This is Hardcore and Different Class as both good and glammish. Also, a big [thumb?'s]-up for the original cast recording for **Hedwig and the Angry Inch**. Electrifying glam music for a decidedly glam story. Another vote here for **Roxy Music** ’s first LP. Check out those photos on the liner notes – yowza! (Lots of great, oft-covered songs, too.) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glam-rock-help/306904/7 "2005-06-05T15:18:06Z")
Bowie got **Mott the Hoople** to play with glam rock when he produced their “All the Young Dudes” album, though it was just a phase for them – but a good one, since it kept the group going. There’s also the major glam rock idol who no one wants to talk about any more. Gary Glitter – due to his child porn conviction ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glam-rock-help/306904/8 "2005-06-05T15:25:03Z")
**The Sweet** , **Slade** **Susie Quattro**. I think **Queen** kind of came up in Glam, but they weren’t considered Glam particularly. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glam-rock-help/306904/9 "2005-06-05T16:18:54Z")
> [@An Arky](#): > > **The Sweet** , **Slade** **Susie Quattro**. I think **Queen** kind of came up in Glam, but they weren’t considered Glam particularly. **Freddie** was glam!! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glam-rock-help/306904/10 "2005-06-05T18:24:56Z")
The Sweet - Desolation Boulevard, with Fox on the Run, Ballroom Blitz and a bunch of other stuff - brilliant album. T.Rex - Electric Warrior And I would disagree that the Velvet Underground were glam, but we don’t need to go there right now. I would, however, suggest that the New York Dolls were an important intersection of glam and punk and their first album (of two total) is entirely worth checking out… ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glam-rock-help/306904/11 "2005-06-05T20:39:30Z")
Ah yes, the New York Dolls. Kind of the trashy, slutty side to glam. IIRC, Malcolm Maclaren became their manager between first and second albums, long before he put together the Sex Pistols. So more of a cross between glam and pre-punk, to be nitpicky. I remember reading an interview with David Johansen where he mentioned they used to play stickball in their platform shoes. Somehow, that seems more American than apple pie. But Wordman, why would you disagree about Velvet Underground? Having looked at pictures of Lou Reed at the time, all made up and androgynous, they certainly took to the fashion of the movement, and Bowie covered some of their songs on the Ziggy tour, which is agruably the most important moment in Glam Rock history. So what’s your thoughts on why they don’t belong? I know you said you didn’t want to go there, but I’m quite curious.