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glitter rock

glitter rock noun: glam rock, a music style popular in the early 1970s.

Noun

glitter rock (uncountable)

  1. Glam rock, a music style popular in the early 1970s.
    • Glitter rock isn't associated with a specific musical style as much as a period of time, roughly between 1972 and 1975 when it reached a glorious apex in the cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (featuring the debut of Meat Loaf).1992, Ted Greenwald, Rock and Roll, Mallard Press, →ISBN

Questions about glitter rock

What does glitter rock mean?
Glitter rock means glam rock, a music style popular in the early 1970s.
What part of speech is glitter rock?
Glitter rock is a noun.

Words near glitter rock in the dictionary

  1. glitter bombing
  2. glitter bombs
  3. glitter families
  4. glitter family
  5. glitter pits
  6. glitter rock
  7. glitter strip
  8. glitterance
  9. glitterances
  10. glitterand
  11. glitterant

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