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- 3. 1980s sub culture Glam rockers developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s. After the hippie era, the fashions of the times changed, and so did music. Glitter outfits, pop culture references and hard guitar riffs became the essence of glam rock, which embraced sexual ambiguity. Kiss, Queen and David Bowie are all examples of popular glam rock artists. Men and women wore outrageous clothes; for example men would wear colourful leggings and body suits, leg warmers and jewellery. At some point crazy makeup was also seen on men, especially if they were a musician. They listened to rock music. Moreover hairstyles were extreme and big. Although men dressed in an abnormal way which was to be seen as feminine, women however dressed in similar ways too. So this was quite strange as it affected the gender role.
- 4. women men As you can see above both images strangely look pretty similar. This is because of their appearance; flared trousers, chunky heeled shoes/boots, tight tops and long hair on both men and women.
- 5. Glam rock was also mainly characterised by male performers who wore makeup and feminine style clothing while performing rock music. Some of the bands of this early time had extremely elaborate stage shows, often emphasizing futuristic themes. On of the earliest and best known glam rockers was David Bowie , who blurred gender lines with his heavily, make up face and the personas he adopted during concerts.
- 6. Representation in the media... Glam rock often implied homosexuality to the public, but most glam stars were not homosexual. However, a few claimed they were bisexual, but only a handful actually were gay, or were openly gay. Instead makeup and shiny jumpsuits were meant to create public notice and provide a shock factor. In America, glam rock was a big influence to one of the best known glam metal bands, ‘Kiss’, which formed at the end of the 1970s. ‘Kiss’ stage shows were performed in heavy makeup, featured some gender bending clothing, and especially worked on providing shows focused on horror themes. Kiss remained glam though focus was less on science fiction and more on horror. Other glam rockers dropped the sexual ambiguity but remained popular. Queen, Elton John, and David Bowie all emerged from the movement, retaining their popularity, but choosing costumes that were less genderless. Glam rock influenced later movements in rock.