{"id":4589,"date":"2025-08-19T16:13:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/the-struts-and-glam\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T16:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:13:54","slug":"the-struts-and-glam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/the-struts-and-glam\/","title":{"rendered":"Wham Bam, Thank You Glam!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1132373067-struts-resized-scaled.jpg\" width=\"1290\" height=\"868\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The modern glam rock resurgence can be attributed to a few bands, <\/strong>though it was The Darkness in the early 2000s that gave the movement weight. While bands like Starcrawler, Maneskin, and Temples are continuing what The Darkness started, it\u2019s Britain\u2019s The Struts that are igniting the real fire in the genre.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Struts formed in Derby, England, in 2012 and became known for their outrageous live shows, where band leader Luke Spiller\u2014donned in flamboyant, glitter-clad costumes, makeup, and heavily-teased hair\u2014 conjures a mix of Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson, dancing and prancing around the stage, perhaps, at times, drunk, high, or both. They were invited to open for the Rolling Stones before 80,000 people in Paris, and toured the U.S. with them. (They\u2019ve also toured America with Guns N\u2019 Roses and The Who.)<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/08\/shudder-to-think-embarking-on-fall-reunion-tour\/\">Shudder To Think Embarking On Fall Reunion Tour<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/08\/the-reinvention-of-deadmau5\/\">The \u2018Reinvention\u2019 of deadmau5<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/08\/every-garbage-album-ranked\/\">Every Garbage Album, Ranked<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThat was one of the real life-changing moments in our career where we had been really sort of blowing up in France, for reasons that at the time we couldn\u2019t quite understand\u2026\u201d says Spiller. \u201cOur performance wasn\u2019t particularly breathtaking. In fact, we had the plug pulled out when we went over by about three minutes. When they [the Stones] took us to the United States\u2026it all created this really healthy bit of synergy that we used. And we\u2019re still sort of feeling it now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two years later, the group released its first album, the critically acclaimed <em>Everybody Wants<\/em>. The record\u2019s first single, \u201cCould Have Been Me,\u201d was certified Platinum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"0mZkE6RapFY\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Since then, the Struts have been selling out shows worldwide, <\/strong>and producing great rock records, including 2018\u2019s <em>Young &amp; Dangerous<\/em> and 2020\u2019s <em>Strange Days<\/em>. They have garnered more than 850 million streams, propelling them to reach No. 1 on Spotify\u2019s Viral Top 50, and collaborated with Kesha, Tom Morello, Robbie Williams, Def Leppard \u2014 Def Leppard! \u2014 among others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Struts most recent single, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/39XWiU9t-m8?si=Vy5IZvlmY1dSpwNN\" target=\"_blank\">Can\u2019t Stop Talking<\/a>\u201d is about a cokehead, Luke Spiller explains, adding that it was \u201cautobiographical, but also character driven\u201d and came from observing a cokehead. It\u2019s mid-morning California time and he\u2019s just gotten out of bed, and is wearing a purple, long-sleeve Madonna T-shirt. His hair is disheveled, and he has a cigarette in his hand. Not particularly glam, if one was to comment on that sort of thing. \u201cWhen you do that drug\u2026 you can tell someone who\u2019s on it and they just absolutely start chewing your ear off,\u201d he says, redundantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not that Spiller knows anything about that, <em>personally<\/em>; though he admits that the band has partied a lot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Struts are now based in LA. They released their fourth studio album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0ye5g4k6i0iatosCxx3XEa\" target=\"_blank\">Pretty Vicious<\/a><\/em>, in November 2023 and headlined a 28-city tour in 2024 to promote it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After \u201cCan\u2019t Stop Talking,\u201d Spiller spent the year-end holidays playing a few shows with pianist Mike Garson \u2014 who\u2019s played with Bowie, the Smashing Pumpkins, St. Vincent, and Nine Inch Nails \u2014 at The Sun Rose, an intimate venue on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. He\u2019s also working on new songs. \u201cThere\u2019s such a demand for new material, so I\u2019m trying to accumulate as many demos as I can,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the band\u2019s larger-than-life shows (like driving a Harley-Davidson across the stage underneath dazzling pyrotechnics) have cemented them as a must-see act, the group\u2019s weekly podcast, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3YucycSiZjbD4oYT4xwpAa\" target=\"_blank\">The Struts Life<\/a><\/em>, connects them in a much more intimate way with their fans. \u201cWe thought it would be a great way to really engage with the diehard fans,\u201d says Spiller. The behind-the-scenes podcast includes news about tours and releases, interviews with band members, and personal stories from their family and friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really enjoying the way that it\u2019s growing,\u201d Spiller says about the podcast. \u201cI\u2019m essentially in the business of making people happy and bringing joy. And from what I can gather, it\u2019s definitely giving people a lot of joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The modern glam rock resurgence can be attributed to a few bands, though it was The Darkness in the early 2000s that gave the movement weight. 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