Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-first Century krautrock Author: Joel Selvin

Author: Joel Selvin

ISBN: 978-0306813498

and influences and pointed to an inordinately promising future

adherents struggled to define the fundamental ideals and limits of what may be the ultimate youth movement

from their drug-fueled blastoff in the 80s to the turbulent life of legendary singer Axl Rose

Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-first Century krautrock Author: Joel SelvinAuthor: Simon Reynolds NPR Great Read of 2016 From the acclaimed author of Rip It Up and Start Again and Retromaniathe foremost popular music critic of this era (Times Literary Supplement)comes the definitive cultural history of glam and glitter rock, celebrating its outlandish fashion and outrageous stars, including David Bowie and Alice Cooper, and tracking its vibrant legacy in contemporary pop. Spearheaded by David Bowie, Alice Cooper, T. Rex, and