I’ve been curious about the glam metal scene or what they call sleaze rock for a long time. So after doing a little research of what it’s all about, and understanding the glam metal people, I am beginning to coming to understanding of it all. The term glam metal started in the late 70’s and 80’s with the likes of Alice Cooper, Kiss, Poison, Motley Crue, and bands such as those. The glam metal genre declined in the 90’s, when grunge took over the music industry. The glam metal genre later revived in the late 90’s with bands such as Vains of Jenna, Buckcherry, and many more to list.
There are tons of local glam metal bands in the Albany area and I know that Knottingham in the U.K. has a huge glam metal scene there too. Glam metal is a type of genre that is metal mixed in with other genres such as punk, blues, rock, etc.
After all these years, I’ve been trying to figure out why these guys can be so crazy. Now I understand why. To be “glam metal” or sleazerock, you must be crazy as hell. You must have that attitude. You must be the huge egomaniac. That’s how these musicians always are. For years, they have a hard time being accepted by the public ’cause of their image and their music. In other words, they are not for everyone.
I used to dislike these glam metal people but if you don’t take how they act personally, you would see they are not that bad. They are hard partiers and crazy as fuck, but like I said before, if you want to be part of the glam metal genre, you have to look the part and have the attitude. You have to have the full package.
These local glam metal bands whether from the Albany area and from the UK, they are just trying to keep the genre alive.
The only glam rock band that I respect the most, is the Teenage Casket Company, look ’em up. They’re good dudes, great songwriters, and they put themselves out there in a positive way. I still respect the TCC to this day, and still follow everything they do. They have always been a great band.
Kev
K'Brocking 
Glam and sleaze aren’t the same thing
Glam started in the 70’s mostly in the UK with bands like The Sweet, T Rex, Wizzard, Bowie, Slade, Gary Glitter and Alvin Stardust to name but a few. Suzi Quatro and Alice Cooper (Alice wrongfully in my opinion) were tagged in that category too. Glam was mostly popular between 70-75 with all of these acts having big hits in the UK, and some in the US. It died out in the 70’s when Punk and Disco took over.
The early 80’s saw an influx of glam metal bands like Wrathchild UK, Motley Crue, Hanoi Rocks (not really what I would class as a glam metal band) and the mid to late 80’s saw some other notable bands such as Pretty Boy Floyd, Faster Pussycat, and Tigertailz. Obviously I don’t need to say what killed off a lot of the glam bands in the early 90’s.
It started to get very popular again in the UK in the new millenium, and lots of the 80’s bands have enjoyed “comebacks” so to speak, and new waves of bands of this genre have come out of the UK, US, and Scandinavia, especially Sweden.
As for Sleaze, as Leroy said. They are not the same thing.
I believe that being glammy and being sleazy are two different things. That being said, the sleaze rockers and the glam rockers, much like the mods and the rockers in 1960’s London ALL have hearts of gold and would give you the tattoos off their backs, so to speak. Most everyone in glam bands are fans of glam bands, too. It’s quite a fascinating situation. And, I bet that no sleaze rocking glam bands do any lip sinking or auto tuning! They ain’t gonna be panty miming to their greatest hits, they are gonna be all sleazed out and sweating and grunting and barking like the road dogs that they are. And that’s why I love those sleaze rocking glam crackers.