Or should he strike out on his own? After his awesome performance with KISS and a rockin’ duet with Kris Allen and QUEEN, pundits are saying Adam Lambert would be the perfect candidate for Queen’s frontman. But Michael Slezak, Entertainment Weekly’s Idol writer, disagrees and says, “The powers that be at 19 Entertainment and the labels that get first dibs on Adam Lambert are going to want to see him establish himself as a current, relevant recording artist, not a replacement on a reunion tour.”
Okay.. So let’s say he’ll be a solo artist. Should Adam Lambert then take on the task of reviving glitter rock or glam rock, the music style he’s most identified with?
Michael Slezack says, “There’s a lot of good vibes towards glam rock music from a certain segment of, say, 25- to 45-year-olds, who dig that sound and wouldn’t mind hearing it return to the radio.” MTV News Idol expert Jim Cantiello agrees: “I think the smartest thing for him to do is get into the studio and put out a crazy, funky glam rock album that we haven’t heard in decades, and go all out with it. I think it would be cool if he put out a record that sounded like Brian Eno could have put it out.”