Electric warrior is a 1971 album by marc bolan s band t.
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However it wasn t until t.
Glam scene came out of the closet if you will functioning as a flamboyantly subversive antidote to the dwindling relevance of psychedelia and the painfully non ironic pretentiousness of the prog rock movement.
Rex with the first four billed as tyrannosaurus rex.
Rex s electric warrior appeared in september 1971 that the u k.
Electric warrior is the sixth studio album by british rock band t.
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Others may say alice cooper or kiss.
Rock pop style.
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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.
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.
The album cover for electric warrior by t.
Rex their sixth since their debut as tyrannosaurus rex in 1968 and their second under the name t.
Some might say david bowie.
Some people wonder who started glam rock.
Glam rock craze electric warrior completes t.
We ll probably never know but if there was an album that could pinpoint where the explosion began it would probably be 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.
The album that essentially kick started 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.
Rex s transformation from hippie folk rockers into flamboyant avatars of trashy rock roll.
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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.
At once sardonic flamboyant and trashy 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.
