How to Use glam rock in a Sentence

glam rock

noun
  • Travis Kennedy has always had a soft spot for ‘80s glam rock and metal bands.
    — Kelli Skye Fadroski, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
  • You’d be forgiven for forgetting that Bale was in this sexy, challenging snapshot of 1970s glam rock.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Batman movie, working from a script that put Peter Pan, Anne Rice, glam rock, and The Goonies into a blender and pressed purée.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
  • This season has been a unique opportunity to bring together two of my true passions–gritty glam rock and 18th century historical dress.
    — Caroline Reilly, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • In memoriam Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss, died Thursday following a recent fall, his agent said.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The 45-year-old Shears now divides his time between London and New Orleans, is a founding member of the pop and glam rock band Scissor Sisters.
    — Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The group rode the glam rock wave to stardom, selling more than 100 million records worldwide and entering the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The single is accompanied by a fun, dramatic, and exuberant video — filmed in Miami — that shows Castro and the members of Bajofondo in glam rock like never before.
    — Natalia Cano, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss, who captivated audiences with his elaborate galactic makeup and smoking guitar, died Thursday.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss, who captivated audiences with his elaborate galactic makeup and smoking guitar, died Thursday.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Years later, in Austria’s Salzburg, a now late teen Wolfgang Mozart performs a piece which is one part period piano, another part glam rock with a swelling modern orchestra, a powerful Freddie Mercury-esque choir and Mozart slamming his piano.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026

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