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 David Bowie, Roxy Music, Mott the Hoople, Sweet, The Stooges, Thin Lizzy, Bay City Rollers, Suzi Quatro, Alex Harvey, Ringo Starr, Lou Reed, Queen, New York Dolls, The Move, Led Zeppelin, David Essex, Alice Cooper, Ian Hunter, Showaddywaddy Adam Ant, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Joan Jett, Love and Rockets, Pop Levi, Birmingham 6, Devendra Banhart, The Bongos, Sweet, New York Dolls, Nikki Sudden, The Runaways, Daniel Ash, Vodka Collins, Gary Glitter, R.E.M., Bauhaus, Silverhead, Def Leppard |  |
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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