One of the biggest genres in the 1980s was glam metal/ hair metal, which first originated in the late 70s up until the early 90s (it was also called hair metal because of the big hair). It first originated on the music scene in America particularly in states such as New York, Pennsylvania, and San Diego in California but it was really famous on the Los Angeles music scene. The glam metal movement became a huge success for nearly 3 generations inspiring and influencing everyone alike from all around the globe including fans, musicians and bands.
The glam metal movement originates back to the late 1970s America where some of the first glam metal bands came from e.g. Kiss from New York and Motley Crue, Twisted Sister and Quiet Riot from California. It then influenced some European bands such as Def Leppard from Sheffield. The image of glam metal took its influence from the likes of David Bowie because I believe that his image played an important role in the development of the glam metal fashion, with the leather clothing and make up on his eyes and face. A good example of this fashion is on the music video for ‘Changes’ which is an example of where the glam metal image came from. Glam metal bands took the leather clothes with metal studs, the makeup worn on the face and added the big hair along with the shoes and created the glam metal image which was first shown by the band Kiss.
In the early stages of their career they wore the black and white make up along with the leather (spandex) and the big platform shoes. In the early 80s they dropped the makeup they used to wear but still continued to wear the leather and big shoes. Other bands who shared this look were Twisted Sister from California. The stage performances or shows of the glam metal era were different to other shows because they included a lot of effects such as smoke machines and fire. Unlike other shows these types of shows were fancy and seen to fit in well with the glam metal era.
The sound of the glam metal was different to other types of metal because it had drums which made a hard hitting boom noise to give it that cheesy electro 80s sound. Other sounds included choruses and hooks that were memorable, catchy and easy to sing along to. Other sounds included key changes towards the ending of a song whilst including some shredding guitar solos to give it the metal sound. The glam metal movement gained more popularity through the music charts with songs that and still are recognizable by anyone e.g. a glam band called Europe had a number one hit with a song called ‘The Final Countdown’. It was one of their biggest songs and was especially a well known song for its keyboard part (which I found really catchy) that was included in various parts in the song. It was one of their songs that were in the top 10 singles in the charts. Another well known glam metal song is by Twisted Sister with their song ‘we’re not gonna take it’ from their 1983 album ‘you can’t stop rock and roll’.
The glam metal era was a huge movement in the late 70s, 80s and early 90s but with the rise of grunge in the early 90s glam metal sadly started to decline. Bands ended splitting up and grunge started to take over and gaining popularity the glam metal era was completely gone by 1994. Years later many of the bands into the new century reformed to do reunion tours such as Motley crue, Twisted Sister and Poison who all reformed making new albums and playing all kinds of gigs worldwide.
The glam metal movement originates back to the late 1970s America where some of the first glam metal bands came from e.g. Kiss from New York and Motley Crue, Twisted Sister and Quiet Riot from California. It then influenced some European bands such as Def Leppard from Sheffield. The image of glam metal took its influence from the likes of David Bowie because I believe that his image played an important role in the development of the glam metal fashion, with the leather clothing and make up on his eyes and face. A good example of this fashion is on the music video for ‘Changes’ which is an example of where the glam metal image came from. Glam metal bands took the leather clothes with metal studs, the makeup worn on the face and added the big hair along with the shoes and created the glam metal image which was first shown by the band Kiss.
In the early stages of their career they wore the black and white make up along with the leather (spandex) and the big platform shoes. In the early 80s they dropped the makeup they used to wear but still continued to wear the leather and big shoes. Other bands who shared this look were Twisted Sister from California. The stage performances or shows of the glam metal era were different to other shows because they included a lot of effects such as smoke machines and fire. Unlike other shows these types of shows were fancy and seen to fit in well with the glam metal era.
The sound of the glam metal was different to other types of metal because it had drums which made a hard hitting boom noise to give it that cheesy electro 80s sound. Other sounds included choruses and hooks that were memorable, catchy and easy to sing along to. Other sounds included key changes towards the ending of a song whilst including some shredding guitar solos to give it the metal sound. The glam metal movement gained more popularity through the music charts with songs that and still are recognizable by anyone e.g. a glam band called Europe had a number one hit with a song called ‘The Final Countdown’. It was one of their biggest songs and was especially a well known song for its keyboard part (which I found really catchy) that was included in various parts in the song. It was one of their songs that were in the top 10 singles in the charts. Another well known glam metal song is by Twisted Sister with their song ‘we’re not gonna take it’ from their 1983 album ‘you can’t stop rock and roll’.
The glam metal era was a huge movement in the late 70s, 80s and early 90s but with the rise of grunge in the early 90s glam metal sadly started to decline. Bands ended splitting up and grunge started to take over and gaining popularity the glam metal era was completely gone by 1994. Years later many of the bands into the new century reformed to do reunion tours such as Motley crue, Twisted Sister and Poison who all reformed making new albums and playing all kinds of gigs worldwide.
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