“Children of the Revolution” best enjoyed in total

book-cover-children-of-the-revolutionIn the beginning of Dave Thompson‘s history of the ’70s glam explosion, Children of the Revolution, the author states that he would prefer you follow read the book cover-to-cover, following history “as it actually unfurled, with bands reacting to one another’s releases, with flops and follow-ups falling into place in the context of of the other acts they were all competing against.”

That works all fine and dandy for the first half of the book, as everything is ramping up, and hit after hit appear, with Bolan and Bowie ascending. However, considering the sheer number of obscure one-hit wonders and folks jumping on the bandwagon for a song here or there, you’d do better the read Children of the Revolution in another manner suggested: “It can be used as a straightforward A-Z: go to the index at the front of the book, find the band you wish to look up, and then follow the month-by-month references from there.”
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