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Some people wonder who started glam rock.
Electric warrior is a 1971 album by marc bolan s band t.
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.
Listen free to t.
Rex s transformation from hippie folk rockers into flamboyant avatars of trashy rock roll.
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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.
The album that essentially kick started 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.
Rock pop style.
Rex with the first four billed as tyrannosaurus rex.
We ll probably never know but if there was an album that could pinpoint where the explosion began it would probably be t.
Rex their sixth since their debut as tyrannosaurus rex in 1968 and their second under the name t.
Some might say david bowie.
Others may say alice cooper or kiss.
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Glam rock craze electric warrior completes t.
Rex s electric warrior appeared in september 1971 that the u k.
Rex s electric warrior electric warrior was released on september 24 1971 it became the band s first hit album but electric warrior wasn t t.
However it wasn t until t.
The album marked a turning point in the band s sound moving away from the folk oriented music of the group s previous albums and pioneering a flamboyant pop friendly take on electric rock roll known as glam rock.
Electric warrior is the sixth studio album by british rock band t.
The album marks a big turning point in the band s sound as it dispenses with the folk oriented music of the previous albums.