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Every genre in the corpus, hanging off the two it all descends from. A bigger name carries more below it.

152 genres and subgenres, on 2 roots.

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Glam rock

Rock › Blues rock › Hard rock › Glam rock

Emerged
1971
Origin
United Kingdom
Subgenres
None

Rock in glitter, platform boots and calculated ambiguity. The spectacle is half the music.

Heaviness
4
Speed
5
Melody
9

Key acts

  • T. Rex
  • David Bowie
  • Slade
  • Roxy Music
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