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

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Reynolds, Simon, 1963- [Browse]
Format
Audio
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers, 2016.
  • ©2016
Description
1 sound file : digital

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Notes
  • Reprint. Originally published as: Shock and awe. UK : Faber & Faber, 2016.
  • Electronic audio file.
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Electronic reproduction. New York HarperCollins 2016 Available via World Wide Web.
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.
Other title(s)
Shock & awe : glam rock & its legacy from the 70s to the 21st century
ISBN
9780062472083 (electronic audio bk.)
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