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Shock and awe : glam rock and its legacy from the seventies to the twenty-first century / Simon Reyn...

Shock and awe : glam rock and its legacy from the seven...

Shock and awe : glam rock and its legacy from the seventies to the twenty-first century / Simon Reyn...

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Shock and awe : glam rock and its legacy from the seventies to the twenty-first century / Simon Reynolds.

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Full title

Shock and awe : glam rock and its legacy from the seventies to the twenty-first century / Simon Reynolds.

Publisher

New York, NY : Dey St., 2016.

Call Numbers

G 2017/6315

Record Identifier

74VKVGKyjwyM

MMS ID

991024151740502626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xi, 687 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Boogie poet : Marc Bolan and T. Rex. John's Children ; Tyrannosaurus Rex ; T. Rex -- The London boy : Bowie's early years. David Bowie ; Anthony Newley ; Lindsay Kemp ; Oscar Wilde -- Elected : Alice Cooper and shock rock. Alice Cooper -- Teenage rampage : glitter stomp and disco rock. Slade ; The S...

Publication information

Publisher

New York, NY : Dey St., 2016.

Edition

First Dey Street paperback edition.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2016.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"From the acclaimed author of Rip It Up and Start Again and Retromania--"the 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 contem...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Shock and awe : glam rock and its legacy from the seventies to the twenty-first century / Simon Reynolds.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Reprint. Originally published as: Shock and awe. UK : Faber & Faber, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 657-664) and index.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2017/6315

Record Identifier

74VKVGKyjwyM

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGKyjwyM

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9780062279804 (paperback)

0062279807 (paperback)

DDC

781.6609

MMS ID

991024151740502626

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