History-making events tend to become more obvious once context develops. This certainly holds true in music. While some movements are obviously earth-shattering in the moment — to name a few, Beatlemania, punk and the ascent of Nirvana — their true impact takes a while to sink in. For example, it was easy to see that Nirvana would become the kind of rock band that defined a generation — but who could've predicted the 2022 resurgence of the band's brooding album cut "Something In the Way" thanks to the movie "The Batman"?
In the summer of 1972, these glam innovators set rock 'n' roll on a cosmic trajectory from which it's still in orbit.
