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Originally Posted by boo boo
Tommy - Pretty much popularized the concept album and rock opera, pomp rock owes a lot to this.
Van Halen - Ok, pretty much starting the whole glam metal thing is not really a positive thing, but impact is impact.
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I think Quadrophenia had a deeper impact on the rock opera and concept album ideologies. But The Who had so many albums like that; The Who Sell Out could be up there too. Did they leave them all off the list altogether?
I think glam metal was in full sway before Van Halen came along. I've never been a big glam fan, but I know there were earlier bands. And Zeppelin started it, btw. They made it okay to be flamboyant rockers. But it was more their stage presence than any given album, so I dunno.