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At its best, rock is a transcendent experience, something that takes us somewhere away from the ordinary, the normal, and the safe. There\u2019s a huge fantasy element to it and when done right, rock removes us from this universe and transports us someplace completely different where anything could happen\u2014at least for a little while.<\/p>\n
Sometimes the music alone is enough to take us there\u2026but there\u2019s so much more that can be done to enhance the experience.<\/p>\n
Costuming, for one. Make-up and wild hair make a nice addition. How about going hard on the visuals and theatrics? Sure! Why not? Can\u2019t hurt. How about dropping in some sci-fi? Good, good, What about sex and horror and shock and the occult and then really, really exaggerate everything?\u00a0 Bring it on.<\/p>\n
And you know what else might be fun? A big dollop of sexual ambiguity. That\u2019ll freak people out.<\/p>\n
What I\u2019ve just described is a lot of today\u2019s music. The rock era has been around long enough and has gone through so many bouts of extremism that it seems like there\u2019s we can\u2019t be shocked by anything a rock star does anymore.<\/p>\n
But there was a time in the very late 60s and early 70s when a specific group of artists were very shocking. They did and said things that were so outrageous and wild that they kinda knocked the planet around on its axis a little bit. They also set in motion some knock-on effects that changed everything about rock. And then they became extinct,<\/p>\n
But the influence and fallout from that four or five year period is still being seen and felt today. You just have to know where to look. This is the surprising history of glam rock. It still lives and it can still make things very interesting.<\/p>\n
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