That was a short move. All he needed was some plateau shoes and a bit of airing on Top of The Pops. -By this, betraying a whole movement and giving birth to Glam.



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Did you see Slade pre Glam... when they were a Skinhead band ?

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Did you see Slade pre Glam... when they were a Skinhead band ?

No, the whole picture has probably some odd spots here and there.

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That was a short move. All he needed was some plateau shoes and a bit of airing on Top of The Pops. -By this, betraying a whole movement and giving birth to Glam.

And thank the Lord he did. Then he gave us a couple of the greatest lps ever made.

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That was a short move. All he needed was some plateau shoes and a bit of airing on Top of The Pops. -By this, betraying a whole movement and giving birth to Glam.

And thank the Lord he did. Then he gave us a couple of the greatest lps ever made.

When I first bought it, and knew little of T Rex, I thought Electric Warrior was a greatest hits album. I guess sort of like buying Sticky Fingers as your first Stones album, and not understanding the catalogue.

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That was a short move. All he needed was some plateau shoes and a bit of airing on Top of The Pops. -By this, betraying a whole movement and giving birth to Glam.

Betraying who/what??? Naaah! And the move took a little more than just changing clothes. It was a radical musical/artistic change from Tyrannosaurus Rex to T. Rex - from hippie-esque acoustic psychedelic folk duo to the full-blown four-piece Rock'n Roll outfit T. Rex that also added Soul influences in their later stuff.

Marc Bolan was a genius. A musical chameleon. Absolutely on par with his close friend David Bowie. Who knows what would have followed if he had not died in this tragical car crash in '77.

And it needs to be said that this glam thing also influenced the appearance of our beloved Stones considerably in 1973/1974. "It's Only Rock'n Roll" has a lot in common with "Get It On/Bang A Gong", while both borrowed heavily from 50's Rock'n Roll and Chuck Berry-style riffs.



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And the song, "The Slider." One of the raunchiest, sleaziest riffs (and guitar tones) ever. Puts the roll in rock n roll. Pure perfection!



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And the song, "The Slider." One of the raunchiest, sleaziest riffs (and guitar tones) ever. Puts the roll in rock n roll. Pure perfection!

Buick Mackane gets my vote for best riff on that album. He had a knack for the raunchy riff.

Keep a little Marc in your heart. Love him

He was actually electric before Tyrannosaurus Rex as the guitarist and songwriter for the underground group John's Children. They had a minor hit with the Bolan penned 'Desdemona'. He was one of the all time great rockers.

T. Rex appearing on the UK’s weekly music chart TV show “Top Of The Pops” started off glam rock with the single “Hot Love” in March 1971. With a touch of glitter.

I followed Tyrannosaurus Rex around the country because I loved them, the spareness and intensity of the two-piece (must be why I ended up loving the White Stripes!). I even saw them when their support act was David Bowie as a mime, along with a sitarist. John Peel was often on hand.

Then Hot Love hit big, they took off and I still followed T. Rex around and the shows were great but it wasn't as intimate or, oddly, as intense, just louder. Sacrilege, but my heart still belonged to Tyrannosaurus Rex. But it's all still a part of my youth I remember very fondly.

Hey thats cooool .... great memories ta have ...



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I followed Tyrannosaurus Rex around the country because I loved them, the spareness and intensity of the two-piece (must be why I ended up loving the White Stripes!). I even saw them when their support act was David Bowie as a mime, along with a sitarist. John Peel was often on hand.

Then Hot Love hit big, they took off and I still followed T. Rex around and the shows were great but it wasn't as intimate or, oddly, as intense, just louder. Sacrilege, but my heart still belonged to Tyrannosaurus Rex. But it's all still a part of my youth I remember very fondly.

His best songwriting was with Tyrannosaurus Rex in my opinion.

I really love the string of hits T.Rex had. Electric Warrior and The Slider have been on my shopping list for far too long.

Marc, bless him. All he ever really wanted was to be number 1 and appear on Top of the Pops. I don’t think his aspirations grew any deeper, musically-speaking.

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That was a short move. All he needed was some plateau shoes and a bit of airing on Top of The Pops. -By this, betraying a whole movement and giving birth to Glam.

And thank the Lord he did. Then he gave us a couple of the greatest lps ever made.

When I first bought it, and knew little of T Rex, I thought Electric Warrior was a greatest hits album. I guess sort of like buying Sticky Fingers as your first Stones album, and not understanding the catalogue.

I bought Sticky Fingers as my first album aged 12 in spring of 1971 and Electric Warrior as my second in autumn of the same year. Guess I did pretty well!

But ya cant forget the late great Steve Took- Tony Visconti has some interesting observations...

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Steve doing his thang....

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And the song, "The Slider." One of the raunchiest, sleaziest riffs (and guitar tones) ever. Puts the roll in rock n roll. Pure perfection!

Buick Mackane gets my vote for best riff on that album. He had a knack for the raunchy riff.

Good call. I’ll stick with The Slider, but Buick Mackane is right there.

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That was a short move. All he needed was some plateau shoes and a bit of airing on Top of The Pops. -By this, betraying a whole movement and giving birth to Glam.

And thank the Lord he did. Then he gave us a couple of the greatest lps ever made.

When I first bought it, and knew little of T Rex, I thought Electric Warrior was a greatest hits album. I guess sort of like buying Sticky Fingers as your first Stones album, and not understanding the catalogue.

I bought Sticky Fingers as my first album aged 12 in spring of 1971 and Electric Warrior as my second in autumn of the same year. Guess I did pretty well!

Indeed. An amazing year in music.

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I followed Tyrannosaurus Rex around the country because I loved them, the spareness and intensity of the two-piece (must be why I ended up loving the White Stripes!). I even saw them when their support act was David Bowie as a mime, along with a sitarist. John Peel was often on hand.

Then Hot Love hit big, they took off and I still followed T. Rex around and the shows were great but it wasn't as intimate or, oddly, as intense, just louder. Sacrilege, but my heart still belonged to Tyrannosaurus Rex. But it's all still a part of my youth I remember very fondly.

Great memories indeed! I still have a soft spot for Tyrannosaurus Rex to this very day, and when I dig out one of their albums for listening, I often end up listening to them the whole day... They simply create a special mood and atmosphere.

Here's another great story that my old friend Brian James of Damned and Lords Of The New Church fame once told me:

In 1977, The Damned toured the UK as support act for T. Rex and the musicians shared the same tour bus on their way back to London. After one gig with almost non-existing catering the musicians and their entourage were starving, so Bolan had the bus stopped at the sight of a pub. Turned out it was closed, but that did not stop Bolan to ring the door because there was still some light inside the pub. The owner opened the door just a bit, only to yell out "Look at the clock! We're closed!" Bolan replied: "This is Marc Bolan here! Marc Bolan from the T. Rex band, maybe you know me!" The pub owner replied: "Listen, I'm a huge T. Rex fan so don't f**k around with me!" But, obviously curious, he opened the door in full, only to look straight in the face of Marc - and nearly got a heart attack... Of course, he let everybody in, he and his wife (who had already gone to bed and was a T. Rex fan, too!) cooked meals for everybody and the party went on for hours...
Finally, Bolan insisted to pay the bill for everybody, even for The Damned and their people, despite the initial offer from the pub owner "free call for everybody"...

Imagine you own a pub and the Stones ring at your door at night...



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Great story!

I'd stopped following them by that time, but I'd have loved to have seen T. Rex with the Damned!



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That was a short move. All he needed was some plateau shoes and a bit of airing on Top of The Pops. -By this, betraying a whole movement and giving birth to Glam.

I hear you. I felt the same way about Motley Crue when Theater of Pain came out in 1985.