glam-rock

Air-raid guitars, throbbing drums, and warped glam-rock blasts are but a few of the aural pleasures to be found on Brian Eno's 1974 debut album "Here Come the Warm Jets," and that's just in the first few seconds.

Troubadours, Technicians and Dixie Chickens Andy Beta 2012

These cherub-faced glam-rock revivalists were being trumpeted as The It Band of 2011 long before in indie-rock Internet time: weeks before their hyped second album, "Dye It Blonde," arrived Tuesday.

Looking ahead: Five new artists to look for in 2011 Chris Richards 2011

There's a twang of "Workingman's Dead" in the country-rock arrangements, the glam-rock stomp of prime-era T-Rex, and the chunky riffing of Thin Lizzy balanced with quieter folk moments.

Rocking the Body, Shaking the Soul Andy Beta 2011

Also on the bill—along with Mr. Poe himself—are his experimental glam-rock and punk-rock performance-film collages "Night Lunch" and "The Blank Generation" made in collaboration with Ivan Král, and his 1976 debut feature, "Unmade Beds."

A Foreigner at Home Bruce Bennett 2012

The audience never gets a clear view of Miriam and John, who are obscured by the shadows, as they stalk their prey, another glam-rock couple.

Tribeca Film: The Reelist: Frightful Noise Tribeca Film 2012

After glam-rock was edged out in the 1990s, the Every Rose Has Its Thorn singer found fame again on reality TV, starring as a judge on USA's singing contest Nashville Star in 2005, then as the bad-boy bachelor looking for lust on VH1's tawdry dating show Rock of Love from 2007 to 2009.

Doctor: Bret Michaels released from hospital 2010

The group's sophomore effort, "Dye It Blonde," landed in January and currently stands as the year's best rock album - a marvelous, glittery, glam-rock suite teeming with dreamy melodies and oozy guitar riffs worthy of T.

In concert: Smith Westerns at Rock & Roll Hotel 2011

The beguiling crooner, 73, and the glam-rock overlord, 30, chatted amiably, then sang a reworked "The Little Drummer Boy" on Mr. Crosby's "Merrie Olde Christmas" TV special a month before Crosby's death.

A Rocky Start to a Metal Marriage Steve Dougherty 2011

The group's sophomore effort, "Dye It Blonde," landed in January and currently stands as the year's best rock album - a marvelous, glittery, glam-rock suite teeming with dreamy melodies and oozy guitar riffs worthy of T.

Smith Westerns' sparkling style falls short onstage at Rock & Roll Hotel 2011

The audience never gets a clear view of Miriam and John, who are obscured by the shadows, as they stalk their prey, another glam-rock couple.

Tribeca Film: The Reelist: Frightful Noise Tribeca Film 2012