T Rex Electric Warrior Blogspot

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T rex electric warrior blogspot.

Rex were massively popular in their homeland where electric warrior reached the 1 spot on the british charts. Others may say alice cooper or kiss. Electric warrior was released in sept. 1971 like early fan john peel bolan embraced the subsequent punk takeover and had a new deal with r c a before he met his untimely death on 16th september 1977.

We ll probably never know but if there was an album that could pinpoint where the explosion began it would probably be t. The album marked a turning point in the band s sound moving away from the folk oriented music of the group s previous albums and pioneering a flamboyant pop friendly take on electric rock roll known as glam rock. Electric warrior is a 1971 album by marc bolan s band t. Some people wonder who started glam rock.

It s got great tracks here like cosmic dancer jeepster and the instantly recognisable get it on to name but three. The 1971 album electric warrior a fascinating example of glam rock with its highest degree of popularity coming in the united kingdom begins with mambo sun that plays with a bluesy riff and oddly fascinating and odd lyrics that owes something to the sound of eddie cochran among others. Rex their sixth since their debut as tyrannosaurus rex in 1968 and their second under the name t. Marc bolan and t rex electric warrior 320 1971 release just before marc went truly global this is considered not only a glam rock classic but also just a classic album.

View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2012 cd release of electric warrior on discogs. 533 780 0 a m records 533 780 0 format. Rex s electric warrior appeared in september 1971 that the u k. Tracklisting 01 monolith nr 1 2 31.

Glam scene came out of the closet if you will functioning as a flamboyantly subversive antidote to the dwindling relevance of psychedelia and the painfully non ironic pretentiousness of the prog rock movement. Rex s electric warrior electric warrior was released on september 24 1971 it became the band s first hit album but electric warrior wasn t t. Hailing from england bolan and t. In yet another bizzare rock n roll death his girlfriend crashed their car into a.

Sound quality is excellent. As is the case with most fans of t. 2x cd album deluxe edition reissue remastered country. At once sardonic flamboyant and trashy t.

Cdr eac wav flac 8 info tagged by rmac you. Rex and took was replaced by mickey finn and gradually the adopted an electic sound. However it wasn t until t. Then they became t.

Electric warrior outtakes 1971 marc bolan t rex author. The album cover for electric warrior by t. Rock pop style.