From the Sight and Sound archive
How Velvet Goldmine depicted a thriving 70s glam scene
In our September 1998 issue, we marked the release of Todd Haynes’s glam-rock fantasia by tracing the history of its musical subculture, from Mods and Hammer horror origins through to punk and queer aesthetics
By Mark Sinker
How Velvet Goldmine depicted a thriving 70s glam scene