Stories Written By: Stephen Palmer
The Story of Glam – Part 1
The Story of Glam With good old Rolf Harris and his ‘Two Little Boys’ taking us into the seventies you could be mistaken for thinking, musically, things didn’t bode well for the decade but you couldn’t have been more wrong. Time’s were a changing indeed, ”out” was the need for serious debate and the search for meanings in bizarre ‘out there’ lyrics and “in” were glitter, flares and huge platform shoes, perfect for stomping. It was time to Rock ‘n’ Roll glam style. The first of the big glam bands to lead the way was Marc Bolan’s T.Rex. Having had a …
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The Story of Glam – Part 2
Well, when you get so high the only way is down and sadly in 1974 the glitter began lose it’s sparkle. Things just started to slow down with the big guys doing some ballads. Slade’s “Everyday” and Gary’s “Remember me this way” neither managing to hit the top spots and with T.Rex’s appeal waning it was left to Mud, Sweet and The Rubettes to carry the flag. Sweet and Mud kicked it off nicely with a double pronged attack “A teenage rampage” and “Tiger Feet” with the latter putting Les Grey’s fun rock ‘n’ rollers top of the pops. Suzi Quatro was still carrying the stomp groove with “Devil gate drive” whilst Alvin Stardust scored his …
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