Bowie, Bolan, Bryan Ferry and Iggy Pop are the icons that defined the particular type of music that came to be known as glam rock in the early seventies. It was a period characterized by visual excess and ambisexual confrontation, where performance came to be as important as the music. Glam gave pop back to disaffected teenagers who lapped it up and reinvented themselves as space-age androgynes.Tying in with the release of Todd Haynes' eagerly awaited film, Velvet Goldmine, Barney Hoskyns' Glam! is a trenchant survey of a ...
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Bowie, Bolan, Bryan Ferry and Iggy Pop are the icons that defined the particular type of music that came to be known as glam rock in the early seventies. It was a period characterized by visual excess and ambisexual confrontation, where performance came to be as important as the music. Glam gave pop back to disaffected teenagers who lapped it up and reinvented themselves as space-age androgynes.Tying in with the release of Todd Haynes' eagerly awaited film, Velvet Goldmine, Barney Hoskyns' Glam! is a trenchant survey of a thrilling, thoroughly over-the-top time in pop's life. From Oscar Wilde to Ziggy Stardust, from Liberace to Lou Reed, Hoskyns explores the flamboyant decadence, the bisexuality, and the sheer unadulterated fun of the early seventies.
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Add this copy of Glam! Bowie, Bolan and the Glitter Rock Revolution to cart. $17.86, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1998 by Faber and Faber.
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Add this copy of Glam! : Bowie, Bolan and the Glitter Rock Revolution to cart. $22.28, good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Faber and Faber Ltd.
Add this copy of Glam! Bowie, Bolan and the Glitter Rock Revolution to cart. $26.99, very good condition, Sold by Resource Books, LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from East Granby, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Faber and Faber.
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Very Good. London: Faber and Faber, 1998. First edition, first printing, 1998. Includes color photos. Softcover, 131 pages. Very good with light edge rubbing, firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Add this copy of Glam! : Bowie, Bolan and the Glitter Rock Revolution to cart. $204.17, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Faber Paperbacks.
