In his indelible history of glam rock, critic Simon Reynolds described the genre as “alien, sensationalistic, hysterical in both senses, a place where the sublime and ridiculous merge and become ...

Primarily, the sub-genre known as glam rock was popular in the first half of the 1970s, from 1971 to 1975. Short-lived but very influential, the musical style was born in the U.K. and has been ...

Hair metal, which is also known as glam metal, was influenced by an earlier rock 'n' roll subgenre that started in the late 1960s called glam rock. The English band T. Rex were really responsible ...

Twenty-five years ago today, Todd Haynes’ impressionistic glam-rock fantasy Velvet Goldmine hit movie theaters, offering audiences a glimpse of a short-lived era of rock defined by artists like ...

Fox on the Run lyrics by Sweet bring bold sound and wild charm. See what makes this glam rock hit a fan favorite across every generation.

There’s so much to love about 1970s glam rock. However, if you’re looking for nostalgic sentiment in contemporary music, here are three modern albums paired with 1970s classics that are must ...

“Rock of Ages” is a carnival of glam rock, but more importantly of big hair. That’s teased hair, permed hair, dyed hair, bleached hair, mullets, ponytails, tossed, tussled and tormented hai ...