BALLROOM BLITZERS
The main players in the birth of glam rock.
David Bowie
Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust alter ego, androgynous and alien, took his first name from a tailor’s shop because “this whole thing is going to be about clothes”.
Marc Bolan
The elfin prince of the glamrock glitterati and its major heart-throb, no one grabbed glam quite like the T.Rex man did.
Steve Harley
The Cockney Rebel frontman made two of the era’s late-entry classics with The Human Menagerie and The Psychomodo.
Dave Hill
Slade’s ‘superyob’ guitarist and his distinctive hairstyle took one look at glam and got down and got with it.
Phil Manzanera
The guitarist replaced David O’List (ex-The Nice) in Roxy Music in ’72. He now works with David Gilmour.
Andy Scott
The Sweet guitarist delivered some of the period’s most powerful and popular riffs. Today he’s still touring with The Sweet, and as a producer he has worked with many artists, including early Iron Maiden and Suzi Quatro.
Tony Visconti
The man who produced some of the most emblematic Bolan and Bowie moments, layering strings over T.Rex’s hits to add mysterious grandeur.
Suzi Quatro
“I’ve never called myself a female musician. I’m a musician,” says the Detroit-born singer/bassist who rocked up in Britain with a series of hits as glam cascaded like confetti.
Those who also served:
Mike Chapman, Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, Les Gray, Noddy Holder, Ian Hunter, Ron Mael, Freddie Mercury, Johnny Marr, Morrissey, Lou Reed, Mick Ronson.