Well if you think that headline about Bowie is bad, you should see the things that Creem magazine said about glam! One of their nicknames for the movement was Glam-Glitter-Anal Rock. Gary Glitter was described as "the first Anglo-Anal cash-in" in the wake of Bolan + Bowie's breakthrough.
Funny thing is that Creem was a vociferous supporter of glitter 'n' glam (c.f. the sniffy disdain of Rolling Stone and the scepticism of most other American critics). This keep-your-back-to-the-wall type comment probably came from a champion of the New York Dolls.
