Meanings
nounglitter rock (uncountable)
- uncountableentertainmentGlam rock, a music style popular in the early 1970s.
Glitter rock isn't associated with a specific musical style as much as a period of time, roughly between 1972 and 1975 when it reached a glorious apex in the cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (featuring the debut of Meat Loaf).
1992, Ted Greenwald, Rock and Roll, Mallard Press, →ISBN
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glitter rock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glitter%20rock
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