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neo-glam en · NOUN

Etymology

From neo- + glam.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A contemporary genre that grew out of the glam rock movement of the 1970s while incorporating modern elements.
    • As befits its neo-glam reputation, this month’s English Band of the Century travels with only carry-on luggage. Suede’s glamour, though, is of a distinctly seedy stripe. 1993 May 27, Steven Daly, “Suede: All That Glitters”, in Rolling Stone:
    • The foyer of the Colston Hall – soon to be rebranded to exorcise the spectre of the slave trader it is named after – plays host to, in their words, “the most incongruous sight in the history of popular music”: neo-glam troupe HMLTD, who you suspect would rather be playing a Transylvanian castle orgy than a thoroughfare in a medium-sized arts venue. 2017 October 23, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, “Simple Things festival review – neo-glam, power punk and the giddy glow of trance”, in The Guardian: