Genres: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Glam Rock, Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk, Album Rock Active: 60's, 70's Formed: 1967
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Donovan, The Kinks, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, The Who, The Yardbirds, Little Richard Roxy Music, Mott the Hoople, David Bowie, Sweet, The Stooges, Queen, Lou Reed, Ringo Starr, Thin Lizzy, Suzi Quatro, Alex Harvey, New York Dolls, The Move, Led Zeppelin, David Essex, Alice Cooper, Bay City Rollers, Showaddywaddy, Brian Eno Adam Ant, Joan Jett, Love and Rockets, Birmingham 6, Pop Levi, Gary Glitter, Devendra Banhart, New York Dolls, The Bongos, Silverhead, Nikki Sudden, The Runaways, Daniel Ash, Vodka Collins, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Radio Stars, Bauhaus, Sweet, R.E.M. |  |
Initially a British folk-rock combo called Tyrannosaurus Rex, T. Rex was the primary force in glam rock, thanks to the creative direction of guitarist/vocalist Marc Bolan (born Marc Feld). Bolan created a deliberately trashy form of rock & roll that was proud of its own disposability. T. Rex's music borrowed the underlying sexuality of early rock & roll, adding dirty, simple grooves and fat distorted guitars, as well as an overarching folky/hippie spirituality that always came through the clearest on ballads. While most of his peers concentrated on making cohesive albums, Bolan kept the idea of a three-minute pop single alive in the early '70s. In Britain, he became a superstar, sparking a period of "T.
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Release: August 19, 2008
Label: Hip-O, Polydor/Universal
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Release: March 25, 2008
Label: Universal Japan
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