Any glam rock fans around here?

[MikeL]

And I'm not talking about 80s hair metal bands, I'm talking about the real thing...T-Rex, David Bowie, Roxie Music, Mott the Hoople, Sweet, Slade, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, the New York Dolls, etc.

I'm bringing this up because I saw a great glam rock revival band in NYC last weekend called Prima Donna. They're from Los Angeles, and they sound like a cross between the Dolls and Mott. They even have a guy who plays keyboard and sax. They released their debut album, "After Hours," in 2008 on the Acetate label, and Little Steven got me into them late last year when he named "Stray Doll" as the "Coolest Song in the World" (This song sounds like an outtake from the "Rocky Horror" soundtrack). Another song that I love is "Soul Stripper," which is a wonderful rip-off of Alice Cooper's "Under My Wheels."

I just posted a bunch of pictures here from the gig, and I just wanted to know if anyone else here has heard of them, or would like to check them out.

[Alex Eruptor]

Check out 'Shady Lady' too if you like that 70s glam sound. They were based in LA, originally from New York. I did this interview a coupla years ago:

http://www.sleazegrinder.net/2009/08/shady-lady-interview.html

[John Battles]

No , I completely forgot The Cherry Bombs. This would have been early 90's , after the Cherry Bombs split up....I never cared for them much , I guess I should give 'em another chance , after 25 + years....I have a cassette of their somewhere , but , never played it. They did "Hot Girls' in Love" WTF!!! But this was a short lived band . Nasty Suicide may not have been involved.
 
Duke Of Earl said:

Hes on TV? I never realized he reached that level of fame. Over there though bands that are obscure here win awards, so it must be completely different what music is popular in foreign countries.

I think that last band you mentioned might have been the CherryBombz. If thats what band you meant, I wouldnt have went either I guess. 
 
John Battles said:

PROBABLY. tHE ONLY PEOPLE i'VE HEARD TALK ABOUT THEM HAD LIVED IN FINLAND. Andy had , or has , a dysfunctional Rock 'n'Roll "Reality TV' show , liek the Osbournes and The $immon$  family.     I saw Andy twice in '88 WITH iGGY pOP , BUT , i THINK THAT'S THE ONLY U.S TOUR HE'S DONE SINCE THE ABORTIVE AND POORLY PROMOTED US TOUR WHICH ENDED , AS I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW , IN DRUMMER , RAZZLE'S DEATH WITH VINCE NEAL AT THE WHEEL (HE COULD'NT HAVE SENT OUT FOR BEER?). NO , WAIT , THERE WAS ANOTHER BAND. I FORGET THEIR NAME. HIM , DAVE TREGUNNA OR Kenny Laguna, THE GUY FROM lORDS AND sHAM 69. MAYBE NASTY SUICIDE , TOO? They were at China Club , and I refused to go there.
 
Duke Of Earl said:

I heard 2 pelle albums but never the one with Andy Mccoy. Apparently they were finnish only releases. 
 
The Fnords said:

Pelle Miljoona was Andy McCoy's best-known pre-Hanoi Rocks band; I've none of their records though. D.

[melissa scott]

Did someone say GLAM? Here's some for ya...

HUSH, 1974, "Get the Feelin"

I need that sequin outfit... :D

[Joanie Lindstrom]

What a great song.  They look glam but the sound is more of a straight forward AC/DC or Status Quo style (at least that tune).  I think I'll play it on my show this morning (if anyone's interested, http://laterisersclub.org at 10AM Boston time).

melissa scott said:

Did someone say GLAM? Here's some for ya...

HUSH, 1974, "Get the Feelin"

I need that sequin outfit... :D

[melissa scott]

Yeah, a bit o' Aussie RAWK. I just dig the live version -- the way they're getting with the crowd and clearly having F.U.N. Glad you GOT THE FEELIN'.

Go the Late Riser's CLUB! *waving to Joanie in Boston*

Mel

Joanie Lindstrom said:

What a great song.  They look glam but the sound is more of a straight forward AC/DC or Status Quo style (at least that tune).  I think I'll play it on my show this morning (if anyone's interested, http://laterisersclub.org at 10AM Boston time).

melissa scott said:

Did someone say GLAM? Here's some for ya...

HUSH, 1974, "Get the Feelin"

I need that sequin outfit... :D

[Joanie Lindstrom]

Hey Melissa, I'm listening again and you know what modern day band I'm getting? Buck Cherry?  Which for me isn't a bad thing but might make others cringe. And they kind of look like Death Angel with the multi-cultural members.  Cool stuff.

Hope all is well your way.

melissa scott said:

Yeah, a bit o' Aussie RAWK. I just dig the live version -- the way they're getting with the crowd and clearly having F.U.N. Glad you GOT THE FEELIN'.

Go the Late Riser's CLUB! *waving to Joanie in Boston*

Mel

Joanie Lindstrom said:

What a great song.  They look glam but the sound is more of a straight forward AC/DC or Status Quo style (at least that tune).  I think I'll play it on my show this morning (if anyone's interested, http://laterisersclub.org at 10AM Boston time).

melissa scott said:

Did someone say GLAM? Here's some for ya...

HUSH, 1974, "Get the Feelin"

I need that sequin outfit... :D

[melissa scott]

Cool! I hadn't thought about that, but yeah, I can hear that too. Was thinking... I've got to put my '74 goggles on (borrow the keys for the Wayback Machine from Kopper) and try to see how radical that band was in Australia in '74. They would have looked like they were from another planet! Wish I knew more about them, but haven't found a whole lot.

Winter in Oz means it's time to head to the pub and hear some rawk -- stout weather --. Now, if only we could get the WARDENS to play Adelaide.... hint hint hint...

Tuning in online Joanie! Mel

[Daniel M]

I have not been as regular as I like with my participation here (the general here that is GaragePunk Hideout) so maybe someone else who is around more and participating in this thread because of a love of glam could run with this idea: it would be cool if there was a Garagepunk hideout comp that was strictly new (and good) glam.

[Matt]

I love glam, but I think it had it's day. Not too many bands these days can pull it off as well as Hello, Mott, Slade and so on. An era of decadence helped to make it a bit more special. Giuda are pretty cool, not much else that comes to mind for current bands. Maybe I'm just unaware? What would you consider some good current glam bands?

[MikeL]

As I mentioned before, I really like Prima Donna, and another band that has a glammish sound is Biters.

Matt said:

I love glam, but I think it had it's day. Not too many bands these days can pull it off as well as Hello, Mott, Slade and so on. An era of decadence helped to make it a bit more special. Giuda are pretty cool, not much else that comes to mind for current bands. Maybe I'm just unaware? What would you consider some good current glam bands?

[Daniel M]

Here's an interesting link: http://www.doremi.co.uk/glam/

And here's a good recent band in the T. Rex/Bowie vein (Vsparks):

http://www.myspace.com/vsparks

[Matt]

Wow, Vsparks are cool. Thanks for that link!