agb@reed.UUCP (Alexander G. Burchell) (10/07/85)
Hi --
I had heard of a band called T. Rex before, but had never heard
their music until last night. The album I listened to was "electric
warrior", and it contained the original version of "bang a gong", a song
lately coining money for The Power Station. Well, I *greatly* prefer
the original!
Can anyone give me some more information on T. Rex? (Forgive my
ignorance, I was born too late...) I would really appreciate some sort of
discography, what the band members are doing now (or when they died...),
etc.
Thanks,
--
Alex Burchell
UUCP: ..!{decvax,ucbvax,hplabs,ihnp4,zehntel}!tektronix!reed!agb
ARPA: I wish.
( Where's the fish? )54326jj@hou2f.UUCP (J.JOHNSON) (10/08/85)
Boy, do I feel old when you talk about the original version of "Bang a Gong"!! You're right, it is MUCH better than Power Station's version. I can't give you more discography on T. Rex, but I can tell you that Marc Bolan, lead singer, etc., of T. Rex, died on September 16, 1977; cause of death escapes me at this time. Bang A Gong was one of my favorite songs when I was in eighth grade! Cheers! Jo-Ann J. hou2f!54326jj
jar@siemens.UUCP (10/09/85)
>I can't give you more discography on T. Rex, but >I can tell you that Marc Bolan, lead singer, etc., >of T. Rex, died on September 16, 1977; cause of >death escapes me at this time. He drove an Austin Mini Cooper of his girl friend and hit a tree somewhere in England because he left the road in a curve driving too fast. I can remember very well because I was a big fan of T.Rex since their hit METAL GURU. Today I prefer other kind of music, but in these days....
andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) (10/09/85)
In article <1976@reed.UUCP> agb@reed.UUCP (Alexander G. Burchell) writes: > I had heard of a band called T. Rex before, but had never heard >their music until last night... > Can anyone give me some more information on T. Rex? (Forgive my >ignorance, I was born too late...) I would really appreciate some sort of >discography, what the band members are doing now (or when they died...), >etc. I've never been much of a T. Rex fan myself, but I can tell you the basics: T. Rex was essentially the brainchild of Marc Bolan (nee Feld), who founded the "group" in 1967 as "Tyrannosaurus Rex". Originally an acoustic "flower power" duo (Bolan and partner Mickey Finn), they shortened their name around 1969, adding additional members and "going electric". Finn left around this time and was replaced by Steve Took. Bolan/T. Rex were tremendously popular in the UK during the "glitter era" of the early 70's, although they were never especially successful stateside. "Bang A Gong" was their only real hit in the US. Bolan died in a car crash around 1977; I believe Took died shortly thereafter. A lengthy article (including discography) about Bolan/T. Rex appeared in Goldmine some time ago. Send a USnail address if you'd like a copy. AWR (Official Rock Archivist of USENET?) PS: Bolan was reputedly the real author of Ringo Starr's "Back Off Boogaloo".
andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) (10/09/85)
In article <659@grkermi.UUCP> I wrote: >T. Rex was essentially the brainchild of Marc Bolan (nee Feld), who founded >the "group" in 1967 as "Tyrannosaurus Rex". Originally an acoustic "flower >power" duo (Bolan and partner Mickey Finn), they shortened their name around >1969, adding additional members and "going electric". Finn left around this >time and was replaced by Steve Took. Oops... I think it was actually Finn that replaced Took. Sorry... AWR
andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) (10/09/85)
In article <659@grkermi.UUCP> I wrote: >T. Rex was essentially the brainchild of Marc Bolan (nee Feld), who founded >the "group" in 1967 as "Tyrannosaurus Rex". Originally an acoustic "flower >power" duo (Bolan and partner Mickey Finn), they shortened their name around >1969, adding additional members and "going electric". Finn left around this >time and was replaced by Steve Took. Oops... come to think of it, it was Finn that replaced Took. Sorry... AWR
gersh@dartvax.UUCP (Jeff A. Gershengorn) (10/10/85)
For T. Rex fans interested, the radio station that I work at recently
received an album called "T.Rextasy", which, as you might guess, is sort of a
greatest hits album. I don't know if this will become available in record
stores or not, but if anyone's interested in knowing anything about it, I
would be happy to answer any questions I can.
Hope this didn't bore you too much.
--
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
"The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death"
-P. Floyd
Jeff Gershengorn '88 ihnp4!dartvax!gersh
Hinman Box 1772 Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
Real World: 5 Fairway Drive San Rafael, CA 94901
---------------------------------------------------------------------------diag@micomvax.UUCP (Hardware Diagnostics Group) (10/12/85)
Marc Bolan died in a car crash (not yesterday!!!). Vlad the Re-mailer ...!philabs!micomvax!diag "I like to watch" - Chance the Gardener