Glam Rock
Glam rock is a British rock style of the early 1970s known for catchy, stomping songs and performers in glitter, make-up and flamboyant costumes.
The music mixes simple rock and roll riffs with big choruses, handclaps and a heavy, steady drum beat. It began in the United Kingdom around 1971 and treats the look and the stage show as part of the art, often playing with gender. Its theatrical side fed into punk, gothic rock and 1980s glam metal.
Artists it is known for: T. Rex, David Bowie, Slade, Roxy Music.
- Family
- Rock
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- United Kingdom, early 1970s
- Also called
- glitter rock
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 10%
About 8,100 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have glam rock among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Glam Rock artists
Queen
David Bowie
Elton John
Mötley Crüe
Electric Light Orchestra
Def Leppard
KISS
The Kinks
The Last Dinner Party
Supertramp
The glam rock artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.