Rex their sixth since their debut as tyrannosaurus rex in 1968 and their second under the name t.
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Some people wonder who started glam rock.
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Others may say alice cooper or kiss.
Electric warrior is the sixth studio album by british rock band t.
Electric warrior is a 1971 album by marc bolan s band t.
We ll probably never know but if there was an album that could pinpoint where the explosion began it would probably be t.
However it wasn t until t.
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Rex s electric warrior appeared in september 1971 that the u k.
The 1971 album electric warrior a fascinating example of glam rock with its highest degree of popularity coming in the united kingdom begins with mambo sun that plays with a bluesy riff and oddly fascinating and odd lyrics that owes something to the sound of eddie cochran among others.
Rex s transformation from hippie folk rockers into flamboyant avatars of trashy rock roll.
Glam scene came out of the closet if you will functioning as a flamboyantly subversive antidote to the dwindling relevance of psychedelia and the painfully non ironic pretentiousness of the prog rock movement.
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The album marks a big turning point in the band s sound as it dispenses with the folk oriented music of the previous albums.
Rex s uncommonly unique electric warrior catapulted leader marc bolan to stardom triggered an ongoing fascination with glam rock and launched a movement that soon involved david bowie roxy music mott the hoople and more.
At once sardonic flamboyant and trashy t.
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There are a few vestiges of those early days remaining in the acoustic driven ballads but electric warrior spends most of its time in a swinging hip shaking groove powered by marc bolan s warm electric guitar.
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Some might say david bowie.
The album that essentially kick started the u k.