# What is the best glam rock band?

> Platform boots, glitter and stomping choruses, mostly out of 1970s Britain with a few New York outliers.

*By YPB Team · Published September 27, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-glam-rock-band*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **T. Rex** — score 1000/1000
   Marc Bolan's band, named after the dinosaur, behind 'Get It On' and '20th Century Boy'.
2. **Roxy Music** — score 551/1000
   Bryan Ferry's art-school glam band, with Brian Eno on synths in the early years.
3. **Sweet** — score 551/1000
   The British hitmakers of 'Ballroom Blitz' and 'Fox on the Run'.
4. **Sparks** — score 466/1000
   The Mael brothers' art-pop duo behind 'This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us'.
5. **Mott the Hoople** — score 466/1000
   The band David Bowie handed 'All the Young Dudes' in 1972.
6. **Queen** — score 466/1000
   Freddie Mercury's band, glam in its satin-and-eyeliner early years.
7. **The Rubettes** — score 466/1000
   The white-capped band behind the 1974 UK number one 'Sugar Baby Love'.
8. **Slade** — score 466/1000
   The Wolverhampton stompers of 'Cum On Feel the Noize' and 'Merry Xmas Everybody'.
9. **Hanoi Rocks** — score 363/1000
   The Finnish glam-punk band that inspired a generation of Sunset Strip acts.
10. **Mud** — score 363/1000
   The Teddy-boy glam hitmakers of 'Tiger Feet'.
11. **Wizzard** — score 363/1000
   Roy Wood's wall-of-sound glam band, known for 'See My Baby Jive'.
12. **Kiss** — score 363/1000
   The face-painted New York band of 'Rock and Roll All Nite'.
13. **New York Dolls** — score 0/1000
   The trashy, lipsticked New York band that pointed straight at punk.
14. **Cockney Rebel** — score 0/1000
   Steve Harley's band of 'Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)'.
15. **Alice Cooper** — score 0/1000
   The shock-rock band of 'School's Out', led by the singer who took its name.

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