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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 bubblegum-turned-glitter-booted stompers who gave us the ultimate teenage rampage soundtrack. They started as squeaky-clean pop pups churning out Chinn & Chapman bubblegum hits, but by 1973 they’d grown their hair, slapped on the makeup, zipped into satin, and turned into the loudest, campest, catchiest glam rock war machine on the planet. The Glam Slam Essentials Sweet Fanny Adams (1974) – Album Release (1974)The moment they went heavy – “The Six Teens”, “AC-DC”, “Set Me
Sweet
Oct 17
Glam Slam Guide
The cosmic yob 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 #1 T
T.Rex
Oct 16
Glam Slam Guide
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
Wizzard
Oct 14
Glam Slam Guide
Albums: Ten slabs of vinyl that turned the 70s day-glo – the records that defined the glitter revolution. These aren’t just albums. They’re manifestos in sequins, manifestos with riffs, manifestos that made teenagers steal their sister’s eyeliner and dream of electric warriors. Rank Album & Year Artist Why It’s Essential 1 The Slider (1972) T.Rex Bolan at his sexiest, sleaziest peak – “Metal Guru”, “Telegram Sam”, pure cosmic swagger. 2 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust… (1
GlamSlam
Oct 8
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