Marc Bolan: Tyrannosaurus Rex and T.Rex: every album, every song
For many, T. Rex founder Marc Bolan remains forever frozen in time as the poster boy of glam, the pop-rock genre he effectively launched with his March 1971 Top of the Pops appearance to promote ‘Hot Love’, the band’s first number one single. To see Bolan only in this light is to view him through too narrow a focus. In John’s Children he flirted with modernist art-rock. He sang folk songs of an otherworldly England in Tyrannosaurus Rex and became a teen idol while straddling the singles and album charts like a rock colossus and he also experimented with his unique brand of interstellar soul. Finally, he proclaimed himself ‘the Godfather of Punk’ and became its patron, touring with The Damned and giving several major new wave acts their first television exposure. This book examines all aspects of Bolan’s career, from the genre-defying My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair… through the transitional A Beard of Stars and T. Rex albums, the misunderstood Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow and the should-have-been comeback Futuristic Dragon. Along the way, it discusses Unicorn, the defining document of the Tyrannosaurus Rex years, and the essential T. Rex trilogy of Electric Warrior, The Slider and Tanx, arguing why they should be regarded as such.

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Marc Bolan: Tyrannosaurus Rex and T.Rex: every album, every song
For many, T. Rex founder Marc Bolan remains forever frozen in time as the poster boy of glam, the pop-rock genre he effectively launched with his March 1971 Top of the Pops appearance to promote ‘Hot Love’, the band’s first number one single. To see Bolan only in this light is to view him through too narrow a focus. In John’s Children he flirted with modernist art-rock. He sang folk songs of an otherworldly England in Tyrannosaurus Rex and became a teen idol while straddling the singles and album charts like a rock colossus and he also experimented with his unique brand of interstellar soul. Finally, he proclaimed himself ‘the Godfather of Punk’ and became its patron, touring with The Damned and giving several major new wave acts their first television exposure. This book examines all aspects of Bolan’s career, from the genre-defying My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair… through the transitional A Beard of Stars and T. Rex albums, the misunderstood Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow and the should-have-been comeback Futuristic Dragon. Along the way, it discusses Unicorn, the defining document of the Tyrannosaurus Rex years, and the essential T. Rex trilogy of Electric Warrior, The Slider and Tanx, arguing why they should be regarded as such.

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Marc Bolan: Tyrannosaurus Rex and T.Rex: every album, every song

Marc Bolan: Tyrannosaurus Rex and T.Rex: every album, every song

by Peter Gallagher
Marc Bolan: Tyrannosaurus Rex and T.Rex: every album, every song

Marc Bolan: Tyrannosaurus Rex and T.Rex: every album, every song

by Peter Gallagher

Overview

For many, T. Rex founder Marc Bolan remains forever frozen in time as the poster boy of glam, the pop-rock genre he effectively launched with his March 1971 Top of the Pops appearance to promote ‘Hot Love’, the band’s first number one single. To see Bolan only in this light is to view him through too narrow a focus. In John’s Children he flirted with modernist art-rock. He sang folk songs of an otherworldly England in Tyrannosaurus Rex and became a teen idol while straddling the singles and album charts like a rock colossus and he also experimented with his unique brand of interstellar soul. Finally, he proclaimed himself ‘the Godfather of Punk’ and became its patron, touring with The Damned and giving several major new wave acts their first television exposure. This book examines all aspects of Bolan’s career, from the genre-defying My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair… through the transitional A Beard of Stars and T. Rex albums, the misunderstood Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow and the should-have-been comeback Futuristic Dragon. Along the way, it discusses Unicorn, the defining document of the Tyrannosaurus Rex years, and the essential T. Rex trilogy of Electric Warrior, The Slider and Tanx, arguing why they should be regarded as such.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781789521245
Publisher: Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date: 08/15/2021
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

During the day Peter Gallagher is a lecturer in Events Management, but at night can be found scribbling away in his man-cave. Having talked about writing for decades it is only recently he decided to do something about it, with 2020 seeing the publication of his first short story and the commissioning of his first book. His favourite bands include T. Rex, The Ramones, and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, none of whom he has seen in concert. He Lives in Glasgow, Scotland.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Toby Tyler, Marc Bolan, and John's Children 10

My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair 17

Prophets Seers & Sages The Angels Of The Ages 27

Unicorn 34

A Beard of Stars 46

T. Rex 54

Electric Warrior 62

The Slider 73

Tanx 87

Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow 100

Bolan's Zip Gun 112

Futuristic Dragon 120

Dandy in the Underworld 128

Born to Boogie, The Marc TV Show, Selected Compilations & Live Albums. 139

Born To Boogie 139

The Marc TV Show (Granada Television, 1977) 143

Selected Compilations 144

Epilogue 153

Bibliography 155

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