In the 1960s, there was the British Invasion, followed by disco in the 1970s and the rise of glam metal in the 1980s.

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And all of these things are true, aside from the hair-metal myth (glam-metal was already a genre in decline by that point).

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Over the years, the gritty neighbourhood has bred talent from glam rocker Marc Bolan to members of metal overlords Iron Maiden and Def Leppard to Brit Award-winning rapper Plan B.

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