Covering
four decades of music history, this engaging book explores a genre of
pop music that has been overlooked, under-reported, and ineffectively
characterized―but which nevertheless remains immensely popular.
The
very qualities that made glam unusual and undervalued are now being
reintroduced into our culture through video, music, and cyber and
computer mediums, while artists such as Lady Gaga have made glam popular
once more. Carefully explaining this misunderstood genre, The Twisted Tale of Glam Rock explores glam's attraction and the reasons it has endured.
With
the help of copious examples, the book covers the style from the
pre-glam British invasion of 1964-69 through the classical glam era
(1970-75); the metamorphosis into glam goth, glam metal, and glam
new-romanticism (1976-90); and the style's reemergence (1990-present).
It provides a theoretical basis for musicians' attraction to this highly
visual and theatrical form of pop music and sets glam in a historical
context, following the format through MTV, videos, and vibrant stage and
theatre presentations. Finally, the book explores the hybridization of
glam with other styles, illustrating how the genre has progressively
reemerged as a premier form of performance pop.
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