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Sep 15, 2024 · Classic Rock. "That's the problem with me, you see. I'm a lunatic": The true story of Marc Bolan's final days. By Geoff Barton. ( Classic Rock ) published 15 September 2024. Marc Bolan, the Guru Of Glitter, was killed in a car crash in 1977 – just as his career was on the rise again. This is the story of his final hours.
Sep 16, 2020 · Joe Taysom @josephtaysom. Wed 16 September 2020 16:00, UK. Marc Bolan remains one of the most iconic figureheads in the history of British music despite losing his life in tragic circumstances, painfully too early as the T. Rex man passed away following a car crash on 16th September 1977, just two weeks prior to his 30th birthday.
Dec 17, 2020 · In 1977, prospects were improving for Marc Bolan, the lead singer and guitarist of the pioneering glam rock band T.Rex. After a few years of addiction and irrelevancy, he was sobering up, a new father, and reconnecting with "the kids" via his show Marc, which hosted many of the bands forming in London's punk scene, as well as an early performance of "'Heroes'" a soon to be classic by his ...
Sep 16, 2017 · The journey was to come to a tragic and sudden end. Around 5AM on the morning of Sept. 16, 1977, after a night in a London club, Bolan was in the passenger seat of a purple Austin Mini driven by ...
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EMI. A&M. Fly. Formerly of. T. Rex. John's Children. Marc Bolan (/ ˈboʊlən / BOH-lən; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and poet. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. [ 1 ] Bolan strongly influenced artists of many genres ...
T. Rex (originally Tyrannosaurus Rex) were an English rock band formed in London in 1967 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan, who was their leader, frontman and only consistent member. Though initially associated with the psychedelic folk genre, Bolan began to change the band's style towards electric rock in 1969, and shortened their name to T. Rex the following year.
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Jan 24, 2023 · T. Rex was formed in 1967 by the flashy-dressing, larger-than-life frontman Marc Bolan and multi-instrumentalist, Steve Peregrin Took. The band (originally called Tyrannosaurus Rex) started as a psychedelic folk duo. But by 1970, the group completely changed their sound (and name) and became the band most people would remember as. T. Rex.
