glam rock: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	glitter rock

Photos

The New York Dolls perform on stage, with a guitarist and shirtless singer in front and a drummer playing a pink drum set in the background, under red stage lights.

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Topics

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Key People

David Bowie

David Bowie

British singer, songwriter, and actor

Marilyn Manson, with dramatic face paint and tattoos, crouches while singing into a microphone during a live performance at the 2019 Aftershock Festival in Sacramento.

Marilyn Manson

American musician

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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