Glam Rock
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the glam rock music genre.
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
An overtly sultry, affectionate tribute to several significant scenes of pop culture: horror and science fiction B-movies and—my favorite—glam rock. Tim Curry steals the show as Dr. Frank N. Furter. It’s impossible to keep your eyes off him—for many reasons. Songs are inconsistent in quality and sound too alike, often making them forgettable, and the… (read more)
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Alice Cooper – “School’s Out”
The attitude and personality is in ‘School’s Out.’ Additionally, the schmaltzy production shows for the first time… but where are the hooks? (read more)
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Alice Cooper – “Muscle of Love”
Name(s): Muscle of LoveArtist(s): Alice CooperRelease Date(s): November 20, 1973 Oh, the humanity. Probably the Alice Cooper group’s most underrated album. Actually there’s no “probably” about it. The four albums before Muscle of Love are quite acclaimed, what makes Muscle of Love the odd duck out that seems to get ignored by critics and fans… (read more)
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Alice Cooper – “Billion Dollar Babies”
‘Billion Dollar Babies’ is a great album marred by horrible mixing and self-indulgence, even if some of the latter makes it endearing. (read more)
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Queen – “Sheer Heart Attack”
‘Sheer Heart Attack’ is a great album, and one of Queen’s few that to feel like a cohesive whole instead of an arbitrary song collection. (read more)
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Queen – “A Day at the Races”
Queen’s albums became a lot less consistent after A Night at the Opera. Fortunately, they didn’t fall too hard yet on A Day at the Races. The biggest problem with this album is that it really is, in many respects, just a lesser version of its predecessor. Many songs here evoke the same feeling. The… (read more)
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David Bowie – “Hunky Dory”
Ho-hum! I love David Bowie. He’s a fantastic artist. Yet, no matter how many spins I give Hunky Dory, I just can’t get into it. I’m not quite sure what it is about it. I think I find the sound of it not as exciting or eclectic as some of his other albums. Hunky Dory… (read more)
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Queen – “A Night at the Opera”
The Beatles were the first band to show me how fun and enjoyable music can be. Queen were the band that showed me what music could be, and that’s demonstrated in full force on A Night at the Opera. Queen were powerful. Not only because of the self-evidence of their own name, but because they… (read more)
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David Bowie – “Diamond Dogs”
“Rebel Rebel” is so much better than every other song on this album that it’s ridiculous. Everything else is average glam rock. Average by the Bowie standard, of course. With Diamond Dogs, David Bowie has dragged the glam phase of his career out a bit too long and sees him start to run dry. The… (read more)