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-'''Glam rock''' is a style of [[rock music|rock]] and [[pop music]] that developed in the [[United Kingdom]] in the early 1970s performed by musicians who wore outrageous costumes, [[makeup]], and hairstyles, particularly [[platform shoes]] and [[glitter]]. The flamboyant clothing and visual styles of performers were often [[camp (style)|camp]] or [[androgyny|androgynous]], and have been described as playing with nontraditional [[gender role]]s. "'''Glitter rock'''" was another term used to refer to a more extreme version of glam.+
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-The UK charts were inundated with glam rock acts from 1971 to 1975, with glam also manifesting in all areas of [[Culture of the United Kingdom|British popular culture]] during this period. The March 1971 appearance of [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]] frontman [[Marc Bolan]] on the BBC's music show ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', wearing glitter and satins, is often cited as the beginning of the movement. Other British glam rock artists include [[David Bowie]], [[Mott the Hoople]], [[The Sweet|Sweet]], [[Slade]], [[Mud (band)|Mud]], [[Roxy Music]] and [[Gary Glitter]]. In the US the scene was much less prevalent, with [[Alice Cooper]] and [[Lou Reed]] the only American artists to score a hit. Other US glam artists include [[New York Dolls]], [[Iggy Pop]] and [[Jobriath]]. It declined after the mid-1970s, but influenced other musical genres including [[punk rock]], [[glam metal]], [[New Romantic]], and [[gothic rock]] and has sporadically revived since the 1990s.+
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-== See also ==+
-*[[List of glam rock artists]]+
-*[[Glam punk]]+
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