'This amazing short documentary on \"Glam Rock\" written and created by Fashion Industry Broadcast\'s film unit Style Planet TV points to the exciting things to come from FIB. It takes us on a voyeuristic journey to a place where performance, style, fashion and music converge, blurring the lines of categorisation and labels. \'Glam Rock\'… let\'s break down any preconceptions by removing the abbreviation - \'Glamour Rock \'N\' Roll\'. Glamour is a term that socially we associate with luxury fashion magazines like Vogue, and its readers the style conscious upper classes; it\'s alluring, enchanting and immaculate. It\'s not for everyone but somehow for those who wear it well it\'s captivating and attractive. On the other hand there\'s Rock \'N\' Roll which, despite constant debate on how it originated, there is undeniable evidence that it sprung from the dirt poor southern states of America. Definitely not prosperous but culturally rich and influenced by rhythm and blues, jazz, gospel, country and folk, and somewhat a cultural collision of African American and Western musical influences. It\'s meaningful, often socially relevant and accessible to many regardless of race, culture or socio-economic status. Regardless of the low brow culture that surrounds Glam Rock, it\'s difficult to criticise such narcissism while recognising the liberation of self expression that evolved from shift in the social consciousness of the 70\'s. Hedonism was both symptomatic of consumerism and the liberation of social constructs coinciding with the sexual revolution. David Bowie, being influenced by the gender fluid and questionably bisexual Little Richard. Put simply, fame and money has the bipolarity of being creatively constructive or socially destructive. Glam rock was one of the first contemporary movements to influence the creation of a lifestyle and art which was dependent on, and simultaneously had, an aversion to the lifestyle it entailed. With the mastering of artistic renovation that became the genius of David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Kate Bush, Alice Cooper and Madonna (to name a few), would we have the pop culture/hip hop descendants that is Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Kanye West, Drake or Frank Ocean? To see many of the artists that were part of the Glam Rock movement you can see them all in Fashion Industry Broadcast’s extensive Masters of Music series available on Amazon as hard cover and ebooks and on YouTube and Vimeo as FIB 5 minute Web-Docos. Stay tuned for Fashion Industry Broadcast’s new Book MASTERS OF FASHION \"Fashion in Music\" coming soon. Film by Andrew Walsh Written by Sophie Richards'
Tags: glam rock , Fashion Industry Broadcast , Masters of Music
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