75 Years Ago Today – Late Marc Bolan Was Born (Watch T Rex Live ’72)

75 years ago today (9/30/47), the late Marc Bolan of T Rex was born. Credited with pioneering glam rock, Bolan added a flair of boogie & soul to his rock prowess, which would later find itself helping to shape a new wave and the more fashionable post-punk sounds that dominate streaming today. Bolan released eight proper studio albums with T Rex and another four with Tyrannosaurus Rex- with Electric Warrior (1971 and The Slider (1972), typically cued up amongst the curly-haired guitarist’s best work. Bolan’s life was tragically cut short in 1997 in a car accident. Watch T. Rex in cinematic quality at Wembly Empire Pool 3/18/72.

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