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Alison Ellwood charts the group’s rise to global pop domination, the inevitable media backlash and the frictions that pierced ...
T. Rex doc 'Angelheaded Hipster,' about the influential British rock star and his band, has been acquired by Greenwich ...
David Bowie talks candidly about his three decades in popular music and his plans forthe future with the BBC’s director of programmes Alan Yentob, who made the Omnibus documentary Cracked Actor about ...
A new biography reveals that Freddie Mercury had a secret daughter. The woman, now 48, claims a close relationship with the Queen frontman. Author Lesley-Ann Jones authenticates the claim through ...
Everybody knows that David Bowie and Iggy Pop were tight ... “Madman”, which was actually written by Bowie and Marc Bolan. The song peaked at no. 19 on the UK Indie chart in 1980.
That’s what David Bowie said of the late 1960s and the early ‘70s ... In pubs in Soho, Bowie would be sitting with Marc Bolan, talking through ideas, sharing inspiration, getting into trouble. They’re ...
Brooklyn-born Tony Visconti has played a key role in the development of rock music since the early 70s, producing – and sometimes playing on – classic albums by David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Thin Lizzy and ...
Although David Bowie could have justifiably claimed to have been one of ... Bowie played up that rockstar beautifully, but the true icon didn’t come until Marc Bolan reared his head. Despite still ...
David Bowie and Angie Bowie. (Credit: Alamy) However, there was one more person the song was written for, according to the ‘Starman’, and that was his longtime friend, Marc Bolan, as he continues: ...
And why did Bowie earmark it for Mott the Hoople instead ... Rex, Hunter sings, referencing Marc Bolan’s glam-rock heroes. The lyrics also draw comparisons to the slightly older generation ...
The artist George Underwood is taking part in a charity exhibition that was inspired by a lyric written by his school friend and creative collaborator David ... mate was Marc Bolan, external ...