Glam scene came out of the closet if you will functioning as a flamboyantly subversive antidote to the dwindling relevance of psychedelia and the painfully non ironic pretentiousness of the prog rock movement.
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There are a few vestiges of those early days remaining in the acoustic driven ballads but electric warrior spends most of its time in a swinging hip shaking groove powered by marc bolan s warm electric guitar.
The album cover for electric warrior by t.
Electric warrior is the sixth studio album by british rock band t.
The album marks a big turning point in the band s sound as it dispenses with the folk oriented music of the previous albums.
Others may say alice cooper or kiss.
Rex s uncommonly unique electric warrior catapulted leader marc bolan to stardom triggered an ongoing fascination with glam rock and launched a movement that soon involved david bowie roxy music mott the hoople and more.
Electric warrior is a 1971 album by marc bolan s band t.
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Rex s electric warrior appeared in september 1971 that the u k.
Rex s transformation from hippie folk rockers into flamboyant avatars of trashy rock roll.
Rex s electric warrior electric warrior was released on september 24 1971 it became the band s first hit album but electric warrior wasn t t.
However it wasn t until t.
The 1971 album electric warrior a fascinating example of glam rock with its highest degree of popularity coming in the united kingdom begins with mambo sun that plays with a bluesy riff and oddly fascinating and odd lyrics that owes something to the sound of eddie cochran among others.
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The album marked a turning point in the band s sound moving away from the folk oriented music of the group s previous albums and pioneering a flamboyant pop friendly take on electric rock roll known as glam rock.
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Rex their sixth since their debut as tyrannosaurus rex in 1968 and their second under the name t.
Rex being the second album under the name t.
Rex with the first four billed as tyrannosaurus rex.
Some people wonder who started glam rock.
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Some might say david bowie.
Glam rock craze electric warrior completes t.
The album that essentially kick started the u k.
At once sardonic flamboyant and trashy t.