Planning - 1970's Glam Rock

The 1970's Glam Rock

The 1970's was the era of Disco music and 'Glam Rock'. This whole genre is seen as controversial because of the style of the artists and the dance moves. They were perceived as being feminine and sexual.

 The style of the genre was very feminine which lives up to the stereotype of homosexuals as they are seen as very feminine. During the 1970's it was still seen as un-acceptable to be gay, so artists such as Queen produced songs like 'I want to break free' which implied that they were homosexual but they did not actually perform any homosexual acts or say that they were homosexual. This was so that they could 'come out of the closest' but if anyone treated them differently for it then they could protect themselves by saying that they never actually said they were gay.

This is an image of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen. They were seen as controversial due to the songs which they produced at this time, referring to homosexuality.









This video below shows the controversy of the Glam Rock genre. The style of the artists was very feminine e.g. their hairstyle and their clothes. The name of the song is even controversial; its called 'Little Willy'. The Glam Rock genre was open about their feminine style which caused issues as it implied homosexuality and that was seen as a taboo.