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Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-First Century

Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-First Century

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Explores most decadent of genres on both sides of the Atlantic. This title charts the retro future sounds, outrageous styles and gender-fluid sexual politics that came to define the first half of the seventies. It also brings right up to date with a final chapter on glam in hi...

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Product ID:	9780571301720
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Shock and Awe
Subtitle:	Glam Rock and Its Legacy, from the Seventies to the Twenty-First Century
Authors:	Author: Simon Reynolds
Page Count:	720
Subjects:	Popular music, Rock & Pop music, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), 21st century
Description:	Select Guide Rating Explores most decadent of genres on both sides of the Atlantic. This title charts the retro future sounds, outrageous styles and gender-fluid sexual politics that came to define the first half of the seventies. It also brings right up to date with a final chapter on glam in hip hop, Lady Gaga, and the aftershocks of David Bowie's death. *A Guardian,* Sunday Times, Mojo, Daily Telegraph and Observer Book of the Year Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2017** As the sixties dream faded, a new flamboyant movement electrified the world: GLAM! In Shock and Awe, Simon Reynolds explores this most decadent of genres on both sides of the Atlantic. Bolan, Bowie, Suzi Quatro, Alice Cooper, New York Dolls, Slade, Roxy Music, Iggy, Lou Reed, Be Bop Deluxe, David Essex -- all are represented here. Reynolds charts the retro future sounds, outrageous styles and gender-fluid sexual politics that came to define the first half of the seventies and brings it right up to date with a final chapter on glam in hip hop, Lady Gaga, and the aftershocks of David Bowie''s death. Shock and Awe is a defining work and another classic in the Faber Social rock n roll canon to stand alongside Rip it Up, Electric Eden and Yeah Yeah Yeah.
Imprint Name:	Faber & Faber
Publisher Name:	Faber & Faber
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2017-07-06

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Weight	552 g
Dimensions	129 × 197 × 44 mm