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

Lou Reed's Mad Speaker Explosion Published in the UK on January 22, 1972, Melody Maker’s one-page feature “Reed Between the Lines” captured Lou Reed in a vivid, intense moment during his post-Velvet Underground transition. The article opened with a dramatic scene: “THE big speakers at the far end of the small, narrow room are about to burst. Guitars wash across them, while a kettle-drum cracks and a gong explodes in slow motion, like a flower opening, aaaaoooommmmm! Inside th