An essay: How Bowie and Reed opened the door to glam-punk

"The most influential forerunners of punk on their respective sides of the Atlantic, these trailblazers established the tenets of glam that would serve as the foundations for future glam-punk" - PopMatters writes in an easy to read essay about the beginnings of glam-punk. "The transition of raw rock from garage to glam began in the mid-60s when Reed met Warhol... Striking pre-political poses that challenged the conventions of gender, sexuality, and class, Warhol's posse of eccentrics became an inspiration to the young Reed, who felt encouraged to ignore any pressures to compromise and to charge full-on with his decadent musings".