And maybe acting, too., Steve Harley: The world was a mirror to him. I spoke with the journalist who took the interview in 2008 and to be honest he wasnt convinced at the time, but there was a Bolan Anniversary on the horizon so they ran it. Marc had died at . Remember keep a little Marc in your hearts. He was afraid to let go.. Motown. I saw genius', Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Well her brother and her Career along with the song writing should not of left her destitute but I dont know the in and outs of why she claims to have been very poor as a bonus David Bowie put in place in education facility for Marcs son. So I miss him to this day. But at the same time, he was strangely compelling. By the time Marc Bolan joined the ranks of John's Children in 1967, the British band had already established quite a reputation. The mini hit a tree in Queens Ride, Bannes and was a write-off . Oh, no. Marc Bolan remains one of the most iconic figureheads in the history of British music despite losing his life in tragic circumstances, painfully too early as the T. Rex man passed away following a car crash on 16th September 1977, just two weeks prior to his 30th birthday. She did not learn of Marc's death until the day of his funeral. The Grapefruit imprint has collected two discs' worth of material from Bolan's early band John's Children, while RPM has reissued two albums from Gloria Jones on one CD including the Bolan-produced Vixen. Last month, he was given his own television show again, featuring the punk bands who had learned so much from him. Hello. R.i.p. Im really glad I didnt die today because I wouldnt have made the main story. When Marc died I think it was the same day as Maria Callas he got the main story, thank goodness. To get there he had adopted whatever guise would advance him best - he was a mod, a Dylan imitator, and found credibility and modest success with ethereal acoustic duo Tyrannosaurus Rex. What kind of person lies like this absolutely disgusting. Marc Bolan was killed instantly. For the last couple of years Ive been researching and writing a book which covers the last few months of Marcs life. Regards to all. I mocked him, constantly. all the controversy surrounding the details of the accident are of bad taste, he has left us for now, but I hope to see him one day after I pass from this mortal coil. Besides, the car was driven by Gloria Jones, his girlfriend. This article originally appeared in Classic Rock #111. Nevertheless, it heralded a comeback of sorts, reaching No.13 in the chart. Then Ride A White Swan [Bolans 1970 hit single] happened and suddenly I was very sellable. This is not factually true. His taste was for the big time. lovely man died so young,sadly missed still to this day. Ride a White Swan. The young London pop fan, Mark Feld, first approached the glitter world of the pop star when he carried the guitar of Eddie Cochrane into a London concert hall 18 years ago. Yes, a movie is long overdue. Marc wouldve embraced any movement as long as it reflected well among the gullible. I played the first Tyrannosaurus Rex album recently and then I wrote about 10 songs in the same style, just to show myself that I could still do it, The high woods filled with the bones of broken gods. I wrote that the other day, its a lovely line, isnt it, I mean, how can I honestly sit down and think that in the past Ive been compared to David Cassidy? Yes, you are correct, my father was the ambulance driver that attended, he was thrown through the window sadly. He would be good-looking and still sharp., Tony Visconti: I think he would have acted. Gloria Jones' career began in a church gospel choir, which led to spots singing backing vocals for artists such as Phil Spector and Bob Dylan.Her singing talent and years of studying piano and composition led to a job writing for Motown at the behest of Pam Sawyer. Steve Took dropped out in 1969, to be replaced by Micky Finn, whom Bolan met in a health food restaurant. When David started singing he and Marc forged a great friendship, recalls Jones today. The couple were on their way back from Mortons drinking club and restaurant in Berkeley Square and only a mile from their home in East Sheen. He couldnt walk past a shop window; he couldnt walk past a fucking bus stop without looking at his reflection in the glass. It caused outrage., While its true that the hits never totally dried up for Marc Bolan, theres little doubt his creative muse fizzled rather than sizzled in his latter years. ", Marc Bolan with with Elton John on Top Of The Pops in 1971, Marc Bolan with Gloria Jones shot in London in 1976, Bolan's wrecked Mini 1275 GT on Barnes Common, Bolan lost in a reverie on the set of Born To Boogie, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott hospitalised by altitude sickness in Colombia, Always wanted to record a Kiss song with Gene Simmons? But Marc never got around to doing it properly. And in spite of tours and heavy promotion, Bolan never made the breakthrough into the American market. Fire service Records showed that there was no warehouse fire on that date. About the time Hackney-born Marc Bolan was enjoying his first major hit, Ride a White Swan, in early 1971, Chris Watts from Shepherds Bush joined London Fire Brigade, passing out top of his intake. Will NEVER forget when I was told of his death. How revolting, like he didnt matter There will be unanswered questions indefinitely, and it is a shame that todays younger generation arent exposed or more exposed to T-Rex Marc Bolan music. Gloria. Six months later T. Rex bassist Steve Currie was killed in a road accident in Portugal. Besides, what Marc Bolan and T. Rex did was more than just standard. Marc you beautiful man. To see him on stage playing his guitar, laughing and singing now that was rocknroll, yknow? Felt like someone ripped my heart out. Marcs dead. It was unreal. And then, much to Bolans delight, he was offered a TV series all of his own, simply titled Marc. Lets put it this way, he was badly knocked about.. THIRTY one years ago, in the early hours of the morning of September 16, 1977, a huge fire broke out in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, pulling most of the fire appliances from the south of London. *Marc Bolan (Marc Feld), car accident in 1977. But Even sober people can (and often do) crash their automobile when driving at the early hours of the morning down dark, poorly-lit roads, even when they havent been partying all night. Crews at the capitals other stations were ordered to standby as cover and the men from Blue Watch at Manchester Square W1 took to the road in readiness. He was, in fact, killed when his Mini hit a steel-reinforced fence post. and should not have happened, Accidental? Im still the groover honey !! He found it within a year, with a single called Ride a White Swan that combined the bizarre imagery of his Hippy days with a driving, insistent rhythm that spelled commercial success. Required fields are marked *. RM E11DWR - Sep. 09, 1977 - MARC BOLAN KILLED IN CAR CRASH. All the same, I listened intently, half in awe of the man, half in bemusement at his agitated blathering. The British Establishment clasped him to its grisly bosom, and he appeared in anti-litter advertisements. What pees me off in this day and age is you never hear any Bolan records played on radio stations. THE legend of Marc Bolan, Glam Rock's inventor, is one of innovation, hedonism, decadence and tragedy. All of what he says is complete nonsense. I can still remember hearing the news on Radio one that fateful morning ! Its all known. Either Jones brother, or a former fireman is a practised liar; one of them is trying to be the tenant of a lifetimes lease on the publics memory, by borrowing the fame neither the annonymity of public service should bring, and doesnt; or by being, otherwise just the brother of a performer. He dabbled in some more groups, and in 1968, making a vague living by playing acoustic guitar around the clubs (and in restaurants for a free meal) he met Steven Took, and together they formed one of the classic groups of the Hippy era, Tyrannosaurus Rex. Phillip Evans-Lowe was driving to work at a local dairy when he witnessed the smash. I think there should be a revival of 70s music to let the new generation of youth get inspired by pioneers of the industry. Its all writ. From his early passion for pop music, as a young East End kid, the young Mark Feld grew naturally into that most flamboyantly introspective of the moods of the 1960s the cult of the young Mods. Ive written some great lyrics, and people say its all mindless garbage. Elton John sent a bouquet. Gloria and Marc - whose son Rolan was 20-months-old at the time - had been returning to their Richmond home after a night out in London's Mayfair around 4am when their purple mini crashed. Specifically, she broke her jaw, leg, and foot, as well as suffering serious internal injuries. Marc Bolans funeral took place on Tuesday, September 20, 1977 at Golders Green Crematorium. I heard the sad news on medium-wave radio, and I was just shocked. To mark the anniversary, BBC . I cant think, I dont have anything to say. T.Rex Action Group. She was very badly and seriously injured. Ive always got something interesting to say as long as the right person asks the right questions. Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine is a memorial to Marc Bolan, of glam-rock band T. Rex, on the site where he died in a car crash in Barnes, London, on 16 September 1977.Bolan was a passenger in a car which hit a part-metal and wood fence and then a sycamore tree on Queen's Ride (part of the B306, close to Gipsy Lane).A memorial stone was unveiled at the site in 1997, and a bust of Bolan added in 2002. Always keep a little Marc in your heart. He sang about the 80s just before his death and before Prince sang about the 90s in the 80s. Wed 16th Sep 2020 16.00 BST. The Damned werent bona fide punks, anyway. It was 40 years ago on 16 September that Marc Bolan died in a car crash in southwest London at the appallingly young age of 29. I talked to Stan Lee, the head of Marvel, when the Conan The Barbarian weekly comic first came out in Britain. Im afraid it is, he admitted. Is there anybody with the influence, the means, and most importantly the will !, reading this, whos willing to do so, please. Do I wish he was still with us, without question as he touched many hearts and super sized souls but do I think trying to disect things is worth it, no because the only person who has the right to do so isnt with us anymore in the physical. It did 3,000., Marc had to talk everything up. I only ever interviewed him once. she could not get out of the UK fast enough. At the height of his fame in 1972, as his band T. Rex topped the charts with singles like Telegram Sam and Metal Guru, Bolan bought a beautiful former rectory in Herefordshire, where he planned to retreat from the hurly-burly of London, relax and write songs. And today Gloria,. The couple began their set at 3am and then slept Easter Monday off at the family homes of the clubs disc jockeys Rod Gilchrist and Paul Jennings. (Image credit: Estate Of Keith Morris/Getty Images ), Marc Bolan in 1975: "It was fashionable to use my face on the cover of everything. Marc Bolan, 29, a British musician who became a rock star as leader of the heavy metal rock band T-Rex., died Friday in a car crash in a London suburb. And I, in turn, embraced better make relished that the chance to talk to my schoolboy (its that word again) idol. It was amazing, because Bolan had just had his first big hit single. David Bowie and Rod Stewart were in attendance, as were Steve Harley and members of The Damned. Wikipaedia is very useful . All the money accrued by T-Rex, then, legally went to Child. Im still shocked and saddened that his house was ransacked and emptied very soon after his death was broadcast. This topic is very interesting. He never thought he was going to die young. I didnt understand but now of course I learned that he had a form of dyslexia. It was on this site on 16th September 1977 that Marc Bolan died in a car crash, when his purple Mini crashed into a sycamore tree. Now he was back in Britain, his explosive mouth on overdrive, fit, healthy and strutting the Beltane Walk again. Jones released an album in 1976, called Vixen . T. Rex was the flagship in glam rock. and the blanket was in vickys car behind.prior to going to a callbox for help.she told me he was in the car and appeared uninjured and laying on the floor of the car..Gloria appeared to have had head injuries and her brother took him from the car and layed him on a blanket from vickys boot while she went to a callbox to call emergency services.. Agree with Steve. It cant last, he told me in 1972, when the hit parade was studded with his records. Elvis had died not long before, and I was round Marcs house when the news broke. Marc bought me The Lord Of The Rings and said: If you want to know more about me, read this., BP Fallon was Bolans publicist at the height of his charges fame. The 7.30 news bulletin stopped me in my tracks as I was getting ready for work, I could not believe it. My mum came back from the shops and said: Your pop-star mate, Roley or Boley or whatever his name was, has died. I said: Not Marc Bolan! I ran round the corner, got an Evening Standard, and there it was. You should never You should never meet your idols. If thats not a saying, an adage, a maxim, a motto then it damn well should be. As the scene rotted, male prostitution gnawed its edges, but in its dedicated pursuit of style an image that could outstare the world the Mod world groomed many a future star. . I was at the Weeley Festival in 1971, where Marc played. He loved kids and he loved kids TV shows. Singer Marc Bolan (1947-1977) on a tour bus in June 1972. Answer: Partly because details of the condition of the car after the accident suggested that the accident may very well have been caused by inadequate servicing of the car a day or two previously. You might have seen me on Top Of The Pops. It was absolutely brilliant. What Chris didnt know was that he had been in at the death of one of the most flamboyant figures in British pop music of the second half of the 20th century. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. He changed his name to Marc Bolan, released a flop of a record for Decca called The Wizard, and then, ever alert for a trend, joined the flower-power, LSD and mysticism cults that flowed around the Hippies of 1967. Both times at the iconic Apollo Theatre in Glasgow 1976 Futuristic Dragon Tour and 1977 Dandy In The Underworld Tour. Together, they had a son, Rolan Bolan (b. I think I got close to it when I wrote the line cloak full of eagles. She told me his face looked so beautiful and he had one little mark over his eyebrow, says Tony Visconti. My choice would still be Nye but theyd have to shoot it soon because hes already into his 30s. Surrealistic rocknroll. Together with Steve Peregrine Took, who played assorted percussion to Bolans acoustic guitar and vocals, he formed the psychedelic folk-rock due Tyrannosaurus Rex in late 1967 and the following year played two dates in Worcestershire. "He would never drive a car, he was always scared - Marc never had a driving licence, he refused to learn," he said. Marc Bolan T. Rex | WitchesBrewPress's Blog. Just my honest input , I was 21 too remember the impact it had on me as if it was yesterday, Im so sorry your life ended I always saw you on TV you was one of the best so sad your not around god bless you never forgot from Tony, never read so much crap in such a short time before, This is very strange and doesnt tally with the other witness accounts. She was later summonsed to appear in court in London on charges of being unfit to drive and driving a car in a dangerous condition, but she never returned to face the allegations. Marc loved it all. Ilkka Suni, Joutseno, Finland The night I cut Marc Bolan from the wreckage of his car By Mike Pryce THIRTY one years ago, in the early hours of the morning of September 16, 1977, a huge fire broke out in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, pulling most of the fire appliances from the south of London. It never happened, but his music lives on A local man who witnessed the crash said, "When I arrived a girl was lying on the bonnet and a man with long . I wasnt old enough to appreciate the music/loss. The couple's son Rolan Bolan settled in Los Angeles and became a musician and model for clothing brand Tommy Hilfiger. All in all very sad that people need to lie after the event all in all it would seem that Marc was a fairly decent sort of person. At the height of T.Rexs popularity in 1971 Bolan had had two No.1 singles (Hot Love and Get It On) and a No.1 album, Electric Warrior, an all-time classic full of cosmic boogie, slinky sex, unmitigated raunch and rounded off by bucketloads of pixie charisma. The couple were on the way to Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The night I cut Marc Bolan from the wreckage of his car. Its a tragic loss. I came up with something stock. And. Re: Chris Watts interview. Never before and possibly never since, have men taken to the stage in full face make-up with lipstick and glitter, sparkling high heeled boots, feather boas and sometimes frocks. Marc Bolan welcomed son Rolan Bolan with girlfriend Gloria Jones (Image: Mirrorpix) Away from the limelight, Marc was in a six year relationship with Tainted Love singer Gloria Jones from 1970, until his death in 1977. . He was deluged with a fanmail of childish scrawls. I came back and went straight to the hospital to see Gloria she had facial injuries and her jaw was all wired up., I was in Berlin working and I immediately flew home for the funeral, says Tony Visconti. Steve Harley, the Cockney Rebel frontman and close confidant of Marcs, states of Bolans later work: It was just fifth-form poetry. Steve Harley takes up to story: Muriel Young kick-started it all. [1] Hackney Hospital, London, England. When he came of age he was made aware of his claim to the Off sure Bolan Trust , I went to dinner with one of the lawyers of the trust and questioned, in trust for for who they agreed In Prncipe that Marc son should inherit, but as a child out of wedlock, he was held back , but the courts have now recognized Rolan and Im pleased for Marc about that . Jones only suffered a shoulder injury. The book Marc Bolan: A Tale Untold will now be published in the New Year. However, Steve Harley believes Bolans endorsement of punk was purely a means to an end. Jones was driving. Bolans mind was brimful of new projects, some completed, several half-finished but most of which never saw the light of day. The driver of the Mini, a purple 1275GT model, was his partner Gloria Jones, once one of Bolans backing singers but by then the mother of his 20 month old son Rolan. Thats all documented, however it could be a forgetful mechanic who just didnt tighten the wheel nuts , as for a planned accident, I think not , but it has since been found out that the car hit a concrete bollard and was propelled into the tree . I couldnt even believe hed died., I was sitting out in my garden. I am now writing the final parts and then it will be the basic proof reading and editing process. Brendon was a Londoner and was shocked by the news. I think he would have written a film. Shame on the fake fireman. It always has been and always will be the biggest dissapointment of my life that I never met Marc in person. Over-drugged, fat and almost alcoholic, he was rescued by a lovely black American singer called Gloria Jones. I was living with my mum and dad. Through 1971 and 1972 I was much newer and fresher than I am now, and I hit a big peak. Often the men were prettier than the women. Thats the problem with me, you see. The car was driven by his girlfriend, American singer Gloria Jones, who crashed into a tree in Gipsy Lane, Barnes, in London. Jones broke her jaw in the accident. Gloria has made life hard for herself , she claimed Marc to be violent , and she appeared back in Uk. Bowie had been a long-time friend of Marc's. When Bolan's career faltered in the mid-Seventies, Bowie encouraged him to make a comeback. The couple's 20-month-old son was not in the car when they crashed at 0400 BST on the way to Mr Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant. Seven years earlier I had become smitten by a certain single that had just been released . Thanks. She sang backing vocals and played clavinet with T. Rex from 1973 to 1977. Marcs brother harry , has embraced Gloria as , its Rolans Mum , I was upset to hear that when Rolan was growing up he new very little about his dad from Gloria . Welcome to Bolan world, the light of love shines on ! During my research I contacted the archivist for the London Fire Brigade. I hope you expose the fantasists in your book. The car was written off, chunks of engine forced through into the passenger compartment. Find Gloria Jones stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. she is pure evil, and lets just say, its too bad marc didnt drive. When I started out with Tyrannosaurus Rex the press were always very good to me no one ever understood me, but it was quite nice, they helped to give me exposure. Many T-Rex fans claimed that Rolan's mother had "killed their rock star." 2: Son of Marc Bolan (Feld) and Gloria Jones. mosogotam 133K subscribers Subscribe 21K views 3 years ago No copyright infringement intended. The songs, with their Tolkien-dense imagery and dream sequences, still evoke the indefatigable innocence and wonder of the Hippy days, but the transition from cult to cash was still to be made. She pulled him back to normality. Four years earlier, Bolan had headlined the venue himself. ": How porn, poop and chicken coops derailed Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy, Every issue delivered direct to your door. I visit the site where T-Rex frontman Marc Bolan died in 1977. Rock singer MARC BOLAN, 29, was killed early this morning in a car crash. and then she became a TV producer. she never says sorry, or even acknowledges she did anything wrong. , 29, was killed early this morning in a health food restaurant backing vocals and played clavinet T.. 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