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David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

Related Lessons

lesson:
Introducing Glam Rock

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: General Music

How was Glam Rock a reaction to the "seriousness" of popular music at the time?

Related People

people:
David Bowie

(b. 1947 – 2016) One of Rock’s most enduring auteurs, David Bowie was notable for his influence, his eclecticism, and the knack for self reinvention he repeatedly displayed over a long and prolific career that saw him working in Glam Rock, Soul, Dance Pop, Electronica, Folk, and other genres. Born David Robert Jones in London, Bowie showed his musical restlessness from the beginning. By the time be became a star in the early 70s, he’d already been kicking around the British music scene for several years, with stints as a mod Rock and Roller, a twee music-hall Popster, and a hippie troubadour. He had...