Platform boots are boots with thick wedge soles or a combination of thick soles and high heels that are similar in some respects to the platform shoe

Platform shoe

Platform shoes are shoes, boots, or sandals with thick soles at least four inches in height, often made of cork, plastic, rubber, or wood...

. They were seen as the cutting edge of fashion in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 during the 1970s and during the British invasion. They were worn by both men and women.

Platform boots in music

Since the 1970s ended, the platform boot declined in popularity. However, some music artists have worn them in music videos and on stage, such as Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz

Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...

, Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger

Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....

 of the Rolling Stones, and Stevie Nicks

Stevie Nicks

Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums...

 from the rock band Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...

. The rock band Kiss

KISS (band)

Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...

 is known for their outrageous platform boots as well.

Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson

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 wore platform boots on the Mechanical Animals

Mechanical Animals

Mechanical Animals is the third full-length studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on September 14, 1998, in Australia and on September 15, 1998, in the US, Germany and France through Nothing and Interscope Records and marked the beginning of the band's brief foray into...

promo and Rock Is Dead

Rock Is Dead

"Rock Is Dead" is a single from Marilyn Manson's third studio album, Mechanical Animals. It is also featured on The Matrix Soundtrack and Midnight Club 3.-Concept:...

tours. His main outfit was a black mesh jumpsuit with feathers on the ends of the sleeves and collar, a black thong with about 6 rivets or possibly diamonds on the front, as well as black platform boots.

For his Grotesk Burlesk tour and associated promotion, Manson, as well as most of the other band members, wore platforms——most notably in the shots taken by Perou

Perou

thumb|perou by frances|rightRalph John Perou , known professionally as Perou, is a British fashion, portrait and music photographer who has also appeared as a judge on Make Me a Supermodel UK and on season 2 of Bravo TV's American Make Me a Supermodel...

 and Gottfried Helnwein

Gottfried Helnwein

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. For live performances, the prominent wearers were Manson, Skold

Tim Skold

Tim Sköld is a multi-instrumentalist who, in addition to producing solo work, has also collaborated with multiple musical groups including Shotgun Messiah, KMFDM and Marilyn Manson.-Early life:...

, John 5, and Pogo

Madonna Wayne Gacy

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. Ginger wore them too, but most of the time they were hidden behind his drumset. They were only viewed when he stood up on the drums, trashed the set, then jumped off and ran offstage. These styles of boots are also popular in the goth fashion.

Cradle of Filth

Dani Filth, as well as other members of the band, notably Paul Allender, can be seen in platform boots with large sheet metal razorblades screwed into the front on stage.