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Author:

Reynolds, Simon, 1963- author.

Title:

Shock and awe : glam rock and its legacy from the seventies to the twenty-first century / Simon Reynolds.

Edition:

First Dey Street paperback edition.

Publisher:

HarperCollins ;

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xi, 687 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, ; 23 cm

Subject:

Bowie, David.
Glam rock music--History and criticism.
Glam rock musicians.
Rock music--1971-1980--History and criticism.
Rock music--History and criticism.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published as: Shock and awe. UK : Faber & Faber, 2016. Includes bibliographical references (pages 657-664) and index.

Contents:

Boogie poet : Marc Bolan and T. Rex. John's Children ; Tyrannosaurus Rex ; T. Rex -- The London boy : Bowie's early years. David Bowie ; Anthony Newley ; Lindsay Kemp ; Oscar Wilde -- Elected : Alice Cooper and shock rock. Alice Cooper -- Teenage rampage : glitter stomp and disco rock. Slade ; The Sweet ; Mud ; Suzi Quatro ; Gary Glitter ; Junkshop glam ; Hello -- Hard to be real : David Bowie and friends conquer the world. David Bowie ; Lou Reed ; Mott the Hoople ; Iggy and the Stooges ; Jobriath -- What's the date again? The future-retro visions of Roxy Music. Roxy Music ; David Bowie's Pinups ; Bryan Ferry -- Trash city : New York Dolls and Wayne County. Wayne County ; Theatre of the Ridiculous ; The Cockettes ; John Waters and Divine ; Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey ; New York Dolls -- Let's do the time warp again : fifties flashbacks and rock'n'roll replays. Rock dreams ; Wizzard ; The Moodies ; David Essex ; Rock follies ; The Rocky Horror picture show -- Baroque 'n' roll : late glam. Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel ; Sparks ; Jet ; Queen ; Be-Bop Deluxe -- Run to the shadows : Bowie versus Los Angeles. David Bowie ; The English disco ; Silverhead ; Zolar X ; Les Petites Bonbons ; The man who fell to earth -- Ultraviolence : punk before punk. Heavy Metal Kids ; The Sensational Alex Harvey Band ; The Tubes ; The Runaways ; Doctors of Madness ; Ultravox -- Just another hero : Bowie's Berlin. David Bowie ; Iggy Pop ; Kraftwerk ; Brian Eno -- Aftershocks : a partial inventory of glam rock echoes and reflections starring. Johnny Rotten ; Poly Styrene ; Siouxsie Sioux ; Kate Bush ; Japan ; Grace Jones ; Klaus Nomi ; Steve Strange ; Adam Ant ; Bauhaus ; Prince ; Bryan Ferry ; Morrissey ; Leigh Bowery ; Hair metal ; Madonna ; Suede ; Marilyn Manson ; Electroclash ; Lady Gaga ; Kanye West ; Ke$ha ; Beyoncé ; Drake ; Nicky Minaj ; Sia ; and David Bowie.

ISBN:

0062279807
9780062279804

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)