Glam Slam Chronicles (2800 Posts)

Bryan Ferry's Jazz Age Reissues Bryan Ferry will reissue his two ‘jazz’ albums, The Jazz Age and Bitter-Sweet, on February 27, 2026 via BMG. Issued under the moniker of ‘The Bryan Ferry Orchestra’ and ‘Bryan Ferry and his Orchestra’ respectively, both albums offer classics from Ferry and Roxy Music’s catalogue as elegant jazz instrumentals in authentic 1920s-style arrangements (The Jazz Age) and later Berlin-inspired ’30s arrangements (Bitter-Sweet), featuring instrumentation

Welcome to the heart of Glam Slam: Chronicles — where the 1970s glitter gods live forever. Below are the main categories that make up the golden age of glam rock, listed alphabetically. Each one is a portal to the artists, albums, singles, press clippings, live moments, and stories that defined the era. Click through, dive deep, and relive the sparkle. Alice Cooper Group Camelback Kids Shock-rock pioneers. Guillotines, snakes, baby dolls, and nightmare theatrics. The original

From the first sparkle to the last stomp – every key single that built the glitter empire, month by month. This is the timeline that turned grey Britain day-glo: the exact order the anthems hit the streets, the airwaves, and the bedroom walls. No filler, no hindsight – just the songs that defined glam as it happened. Date Artist Song Why It Matters February 1971 T.Rex Hot Love The first #1 with handclaps and glitter – glam is born July 1971 T.Rex Get It On The riff that made

Where the Glitter Began From grey Britain to a technicolour explosion – the story of how rock got fabulous. Glam rock didn’t just happen – it erupted in the UK at the start of the 1970s like a sequinned volcano, turning drab streets into catwalks and ordinary lads into peacocks. The Spark That Lit the Fuse The drab backdrop: Three-day weeks, power cuts, strikes, and post-war austerity still hanging in the air. Britain needed colour, escape, and a damn good kick up the backsid

Faces' Fourth & Final Chart-Topper Reissue The Faces' fourth and final studio album Ooh La La (originally released in 1973) was their only effort to top the UK Albums Chart and featured some of the band’s most popular tracks, including the title track “Ooh La La,” “Cindy Incidentally,” “Glad and Sorry,” and “Just Another Honky.” The cover of the album was designed by Jim Ladwig, around a stylised photograph of "Gastone", a stage character of 1920s Italian comedian Ettore Petr

Bowie's Golden Years In Crystal Clarity David Bowie: Station To Station Album 50th Anniversary Reissue will be released worldwide on January 23, 2025, David Bowie’s Station To Station 50th anniversary edition revives his 1976 masterpiece in two limited formats: half-speed mastered black 180g LP and picture disc LP (with reproduced 1976 promotional poster). The half-speed master — cut by John Webber on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe from 192kHz restored Record Plant mas

The cosmic dancer who took a whispery hippie duo, plugged in the electricity, grew the curls, and accidentally invented glam rock overnight. One minute he’s a bongo-playing Tolkien elf called Tyrannosaurus Rex, strumming acoustic fairy tales about unicorns. The next he’s Marc Bolan in satin and glitter, getting it on straight to number one and turning every teenage bedroom in Britain into a shrine. The Glam Slam Essentials Electric Warrior (1971) – Album Release (1971) – UK #

The Thin White Duke, Ziggy Stardust, Major Tom – one man, a thousand faces. No artist reinvented himself more times than David Bowie – from folky oddball to glam alien, soul man, Berlin minimalist, 80s pop titan, and elder statesman of art-rock. Here’s your essential map to the labyrinth. The Classic Line-Up (ever-changing, but key eras) 1969–1971: Space-folk Bowie (with Mick Ronson emerging) 1971–1974: Ziggy & the Spiders from Mars (Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder, Woody Woodmans

The original shock rock pioneers – five Phoenix kids who terrified parents and invented rock theatre! The Alice Cooper Group (1964–1975) were the godfathers of shock rock: raw Detroit garage energy, vaudeville horror shows, and glam-tinged hard rock that influenced everyone from Kiss to Marilyn Manson. The Classic Line-Up (The “Killer” era) Vincent Furnier (“Alice Cooper”) – vocals, ringmaster of chaos Glen Buxton – lead guitar (the quiet riff wizard, died 1997) Michael Bruce

The eight-piece, face-painted, sax-wailing, rainbow-haired glam orchestra who made Christmas forever weird and wanted you to see their baby tonight. Roy Wood left ELO, grew the maddest beard in rock, slapped on war-paint thicker than Kiss, and assembled the loudest, campest, most joyous gang of glam lunatics Britain ever saw. The Glam Slam Essentials Wizzard Brew (1973) – Album Release (1973)One long, mad, prog-glam freak-out – “Wear a Silly Grin”, “Buffalo Station”. Not radi