Constellation: Subcultures within metal

An idea that I have for constellation is to look at two subcultures, underneath the same umbrella culture, and look at the similarities and differences. The other culture I am looking at is glam metal. I feel like it is a good fashion to contrast against black metal as black metal follows more of the Birmingham school’s concepts of political and social means to creating a subculture, whereas glam metal is more about creating a fashion for the sake of being eccentric and looking different. The picture I am looking at is this one of Motley Crue:

 

Which in comparison to this black metal picture I am looking at, there’s a lot to talk about:

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