Rock ‘n’ roll had, for the most part, lost its “roll” by 1970. It became rock music—self-serious, dour, pompous, filled with pretensions to being “art.” It ceased being fabulous teenage noise, filled ...
Paul Natkin, Getty Images / Jim Steinfeldt, Getty Images / Mick Hutson, Getty Images / YouTube - Vince Distefano's Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Vault The 1980s: a decade known for its sleazy guitar riffs ...
Twenty-five years ago today, Todd Haynes’ impressionistic glam-rock fantasy Velvet Goldmine hit movie theaters, offering audiences a glimpse of a short-lived era of rock defined by artists like David ...
Glam rock guitarists combined early rock and roll, blues, makeup, and science fiction to reimagine the rock star. They were androgynous, gaudy, and influenced several genres of music, including punk, ...
Rock and roll has always been image-oriented. Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Elvis Presley set the standard that The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Jimi Hendrix worked from. Glam rock added an ...