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Glam Slam Guide: (70s Excess)
The ultimate crash course in glitter – one icon at a time.
Short, sharp, and dripping in 70s excess – every guide gives you the essential albums, the must-hear tracks, the killer facts, and the deeper dive you need to go from curious to obsessed.
Glam Slam Guide
The scruffy, sarcastic, Bowie-boosted misfits who turned Dylan leftovers into glitter-soaked anthems and nearly broke up every week – but gave us “All the Young Dudes” anyway They looked like they’d been dragged out of a pub fight, sounded like the Rolling Stones after three bottles of Newcastle Brown, and had a singer who wore shades indoors and a guitarist who dressed like a Victorian undertaker on his day off. Yet for one glorious 1972–1974 stretch, they were the coolest g
Mott The Hoople
Oct 29
Glam Slam Guide
The trashiest, lipsticked, high-heeled punks who looked like they mugged the Rolling Stones in an alley and stole their wardrobe. They didn’t come from London with perfect hair and spaceships – they staggered out of the Lower East Side in torn fishnets, smeared mascara, and thrift-store dresses, playing three-chord chaos like the world was ending tomorrow (because for them, it probably was). The Glam Slam Essentials New York Dolls (1973) – Album Release (1973)The debut that s
New York Dolls
Oct 27
Glam Slam Guide
The operatic, over-the-top, caped crusaders who turned rock into theatre and made every stadium their playground. They didn’t just play glam – they hijacked it, cranked the volume to eleven, layered harmonies like cathedrals, and gave the world a singer who strutted in harlequin leotards and a crown. The Glam Slam Essentials Queen (1973) – Album Release (1973)The debut – “Keep Yourself Alive”, “Liar” – raw, heavy, and already ridiculous. Queen II (1974) – Album Release (1974)
Queen
Oct 25
Glam Slam Guide
The gravel-voiced, leopard-print-wearing, football-scarf-waving rascal who turned Celtic soul into chart-topping, scarf-twirling glam gold. Started as the ultimate rock frontman with the Jeff Beck Group and Faces, but when he went solo in 1969 he kept the rough edges, added a silk scarf, a feather cut, and a wink that could melt knickers at fifty paces. The Glam Slam Essentials Every Picture Tells a Story (1971) – Album Release (1971) – UK #1 / US #1The one that made him a su
Rod Stewart
Oct 24
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