T Rex Electric Warrior Blogspot

Rex s uncommonly unique electric warrior catapulted leader marc bolan to stardom triggered an ongoing fascination with glam rock and launched a movement that soon involved david bowie roxy music mott the hoople and more.

T rex electric warrior blogspot. Rock pop style. 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. Rex after listening to the majority of their catalogue all roads inevitably led me to their 1971 masterpiece electric warrior. Others may say alice cooper or kiss.

Electric warrior was released in sept. Hailing from england bolan and t. Sound quality is excellent. However it wasn t until t.

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. 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. Some might say david bowie. In yet another bizzare rock n roll death his girlfriend crashed their car into a.

Tracklisting 01 monolith nr 1 2 31. It s got great tracks here like cosmic dancer jeepster and the instantly recognisable get it on to name but three. We ll probably never know but if there was an album that could pinpoint where the explosion began it would probably be t. Electric warrior is a 1971 album by marc bolan s band t.

The album cover for electric warrior by t. Electric warrior outtakes 1971 marc bolan t rex author. Rex their sixth since their debut as tyrannosaurus rex in 1968 and their second under the name t. 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.

As is the case with most fans of t. Then they became t. Rex and took was replaced by mickey finn and gradually the adopted an electic sound. Cdr eac wav flac 8 info tagged by rmac you.

Rex were massively popular in their homeland where electric warrior reached the 1 spot on the british charts. Artwork included and tagged to flac files by rmac. 533 780 0 a m records 533 780 0 format. Rex s electric warrior appeared in september 1971 that the u k.

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. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2012 cd release of electric warrior on discogs. At once sardonic flamboyant and trashy t.