, formed in 1971, were the first glam punk band
Origins The first band to merge proto-punk music with a glam rock aesthetic was the
New York Dolls, who formed in 1971. Glam punk has been seen as a backlash to the
hippie folk music sensibilities of the 1960s. The band immediately influenced the formation of many bands in
New York City's club scene of the time. Their style was adopted by a number of New York bands, including
the Stilettos,
the Brats and
Ruby and the Rednecks, and subsequently was the catalyst for the city's early punk rock scene, which included
Television,
Talking Heads,
Patti Smith,
the Ramones,
Blondie and
Richard Hell and the Voidoids. The glam punk sound spread to other locations in the following years, where notable acts
Hollywood Brats,
Jet and
Milk 'N' Cookies formed.
Subsequent developments and influence Finland's
Hanoi Rocks led a revival of the glam punk sound in the 1980s, During their residency in London at the beginning of the decade influenced the formation of
the Dogs D'Amour,
Soho Roses, Kill City Dragons and the Babysitters. At the same time, Hanoi Rocks and the New York Dolls because the two most prominent influences on the emerging
glam metal scene. With the release of their 1996 album
Ass Cobra, Norwegian band
Turbonegro adopted a glam punk sound,
Alternative Press named the album as a "classic album [which] made 1996 a crucial year in punk history". In the following years, the band became what
Kerrang! writer Jak Hutchcraft called "a cult phenomena in the rock world". Sweden's
Backyard Babies' merger of glam and punk gained significant commercial success in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with their albums
Total 13 (1998) and
Making Enemies Is Good (2001) receiving the awards for Best Hard Rock/Metal Album at the
Grammy Awards and spots in the Top 5 of Sweden's music charts. In the early 2000s, the genre was a major influence on the
post-punk revival that included
D Generation,
Toilet Böys and
the Strokes. == See also ==