He would be good-looking and still sharp., Tony Visconti: I think he would have acted. Total class., On Bolans final British tour, promoting his 1977 album Dandy In The Underworld, he invited The Damned to join him on the road as T.Rexs support band. Im talking about him as if I can see him now. I know exactly how you feel Susan. A lot of people like what I do, a lot of people dont. Still love him. And then came his brainwave, he simplified the name to T.Rex, pared down the lyrics, dusted his face with . I was living with my mum and dad. I remember gulping down about three shots of something just to handle the news. Hello. 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. Then this girl appeared. This was the Song that he wrote when I was young I can say that in absolute, total truth. I think he would have stretched out into other fields. She pulled him back to normality. So I miss him to this day. He saw every little appearance on the small screen as making him more famous in Sainsburys. Richmond, United Kingdom (GB) Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 1947 - 1977) was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and poet. I think he would have written a film. 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. Many years ago I though Johnny Depp would have made a good Marc then time passed and my hopeful baton went to Orlando Bloom more time passed and it looked like Aneurin Barnard (as he was in The White Queen) would have been amazing maybe the best (hes a great singer, too). What is also worth a mention is that that the site is on a bend with really nasty adverse camber which would not help the car to stay on the road. We were working on this rock opera called The Children Of Rarn, and I was dying to get back to him and do that one properly. Oh, no. She and Bolan were also in a committed romantic relationship and had a son, Rolan Bolan (born September 26, 1975), together. (dont get me wrong the 80s were full of musical talent). Marc Bolan T. Rex | WitchesBrewPress's Blog. The car crash that killed him 30 years ago this month, brought him abruptly to the end of a . Bolans mind was brimful of new projects, some completed, several half-finished but most of which never saw the light of day. This is the story of his final hours, You see, my idea of rocknroll is that subterranean homesick blues feel, said Marc Bolan. Ilkka Suni, Joutseno, Finland Through 1971 and 1972 I was much newer and fresher than I am now, and I hit a big peak. Motown. Bolans long-time record producer Tony Visconti recalls the battle with Bowie: They saw each other as competition right from the start. A local man who witnessed the crash said, "When I arrived a girl was lying on the bonnet and a man with long . His death haunts so many of us to this day.But how low down for this guy to fabricate such a tale,when there are so many documented accounts of the crash site. Seven years earlier I had become smitten by a certain single that had just been released . BOB HARRIS OBE So were my friends, the next day I told them about the incident. Gloria Jones was driving the Mini 1275GT early yesterday morning when it crashed into a tree on Barnes Common. Well the car was tested , and wheel nuts lose and very low tyre pressures, obviously would take control away from driver . Its nice to no the full and true story of what happed that morning I was 21 at the time and my dad told me as I got up to go to work I could not stop crying for ages. This is not factually true. Whatever happened to all his guitars etc people out there know what happened !!! For 5000, now you can, Watch David Bowie tease David Gilmour before joining him onstage for a spine-tingling duet on Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb, This stunning orchestral version of Stairway To Heaven, featuring Orianthi on guitar, will make you fall in love with Led Zeppelin all over again, "Where is my dog poop? For 25 years, the tree on Barnes Common, into which the purple Mini, which Jones was driving, crashed on September 16, 1977, killing Bolan instantly, has been an unlikely shrine, draped with. Pop star Marc Bolan has been killed in a car crash in south-west London. T.Rex records worked so well because they were celebratory and a bit cheeky at the same time., But a failure to reinvent himself as successfully as Bowie cost Bolan dear. Marc Bolan AKA Mark Feld Born: 30-Sep-1947 Birthplace: London, England [1] Died: 16-Sep-1977 Location of death: London, England Cause of death: Accident - Automobile Remains . She sang backing vocals and played clavinet with T. Rex from 1973 to 1977. 3: Earned a degree in recording arts at Loyola Marymount . Members of the Fire Brigade from Richmond and Wandsworth who actually were in attendance told me that they arrived but had no part to play and there was no cutting of the vehicle . Amongst many other things I recall him telling me he had difficulty reading where buses were going. T-Rex. Marc on that night was celebrating and starting drinking after months of getting dry . I reckon hed make a good Mickey, though, as he resembles him more than Marc. James Ellis -. Bolan spent 67,000 on the 10- bedroomed 17th-century property and another small fortune on renovation, but never lived there. Among those left money were Bolan's wife June; Gloria Jones, whom the will describes as his secretary; and Bolan's parents -- but not Harry. They were returning to Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out in central London . Im still shocked and saddened that his house was ransacked and emptied very soon after his death was broadcast. *Marc Bolan (Marc Feld), car accident in 1977. Wait a minute. 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. Hi Penny..Could you please make contact with me via email thanks Bari. She was gorgeous. "They did not have a lot to drink - just a bottle of wine with the meal and a few after," he said. I havent been into cars for years. A face-to-face encounter with an idol can be a deflating, sobering, even depressing experience. 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. they put her in a coma on purpose to help her heal faster and calm her down. He gave up writing proper poetry once he realised he could be on every girls bedroom wall with Ride A White Swan onward. Six months later T. Rex bassist Steve Currie was killed in a road accident in Portugal. A little before five oclock the car left the road at Queens Ride, Barnes Common, and crashed into a tree. Dont believe a word of this Marc was not cut out of the wreckage he was lifted out by Glorias brother Richard and layd down on a blanket as he then tried hopeless cpr on marcs lifeless body. 1975). Specifically, she broke her jaw, leg, and foot, as well as suffering serious internal injuries. 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. Sadly, Marc was killed on impact. It did 3,000., Marc had to talk everything up. And maybe acting, too., Steve Harley: The world was a mirror to him. "When I arrived a girl was lying on the bonnet and a man with long dark curly hair was stretched out in the road - there was a hell of a mess, I rushed to get the police," he said. I saw genius', Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. It was a sunny afternoon, if I remember rightly, says Captain Sensible. Despite its unlikely sounding name, Franks place had been a mecca for Midlands beat groups for years. Radio 1 DJ John Peel who brought Tyrannosaurus Rex to public attention ferried Bolan and Took up to Kidderminster for an allnighter on Easter Sunday, April 14, 1968, following an appearance on his Top Gear show in London. A woman, who had been driving, was standing by a vehicle that had hit a tree and crushed the passenger, said Chris. Thats the amazing thing, isnt it? Both times at the iconic Apollo Theatre in Glasgow 1976 Futuristic Dragon Tour and 1977 Dandy In The Underworld Tour. Jones released an album in 1976, called Vixen . She did not learn of Marc's death until the day of his funeral. I literally could barely even peek at the publicity stills for that Sky Arts Urban Myths show, they were so grim looked more like George of The Jungle crossed with Donovan and the bloke who played Bowie looked a complete pudding as well. Jones broke her jaw in the accident. #, "Thats what people forget about Marc. K.A.L.M.I.Y.H. Marc was scared of driving and it was the drivers responsibility to ensure that they were compos mentis when doing so hence many fans will always blame Marcs early demise as her fault she couldve booked a taxi they couldve stayed in a hotel overnight many other options of course. He was a passenger in a mini driven by his common law wife Gloria Jones. ", 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? He was a little afraid. The Day Marc Bolan Died. Or find some other hero. We need to move on now., It has been alleged that Jones was drunk at the wheel but one source who does not want to be named, but who was close to Jones at the time, refutes this: Gloria had a lot of self-control. I talked to Stan Lee, the head of Marvel, when the Conan The Barbarian weekly comic first came out in Britain. Always keep a little Marc in your heart. 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. Bolan looked coolly confident, well accustomed to the experience of The Interview. It always has been and always will be the biggest dissapointment of my life that I never met Marc in person. Tony Visconti: 'What I saw in Marc Bolan was raw talent. What kind of person lies like this absolutely disgusting. He is best known for his work with British rock band T. Rex. Steve Took dropped out in 1969, to be replaced by Micky Finn, whom Bolan met in a health food restaurant. I was on the same label as him, EMI, and hed say: Oh yeah, my new single, its done 30,000. And Id say: Marc, Ive seen the figures. Hi Russell, same as you mate, a big shock to the system hearing upon Marcs passing, I was 16 years old at the time but was a Bolan fan from aged 12. released a flop of a record for Decca called The Wizard. You cant believe a word of that. Signing with RCA Records, the guitarist formed a new band with bassist Herbie Flowers and drummer Tony Newman, yet he never was able to record with the group. Marc Bolan, riding in the passenger's seat of the car, was killed instantly. It was his first real hit, and Bolans elfin face and wispily Afro hair style suddenly hit the front pages, dominated the music magazines and almost single-handedly created the teeny-bop phenomenon. Neither one was wearing a seat belt,and she was not notified of his death until after the funeral. Steve Harley takes up to story: Muriel Young kick-started it all. Yes, a movie is long overdue. Their small son Rolan Bolan was not in the car. People were saying that I was done for even from the time when Debora [Tyrannosaurus Rexs 1968 single] came out, he told me. They had a baby, and this year, Marc Bolan began to make a come-back. Its all known. He was lifted out of the car by Glorias brother. Now Ive levelled out. , I have witnessed first hand , if Gloria attended our large Ford main dealer in those years , she would have been at risk of getting fair service, Im not aware the wheel nuts were left intentionally loose as it a two part , job, ie re tighten by hand in the 1970s as air gun , also stripped threads , or just a forgetful mechanic . I could imagine Marc saying: For fucks sake, there he goes, hes standing right where I died, by the tree, and hes chatting up a bird. People may lose their physical continuity but it doesnt mean you have to lose them., In contrast to BP Fallons somewhat spiritual outlook, Steve Harley refutes any claim that Bolan had a death wish. He was only now attempting to reassert his mercurial talents, and re-establish his popularity. Wikipaedia is very useful . I visit the site where T-Rex frontman Marc Bolan died in 1977. Select from premium Gloria Jones of the highest quality. Marc was firing on all cylinders, Sensible recalls. so with that in mind I wil always try to turn those negatives and nopes in to positives and hopes. On September 16, 1977, he was killed in a car accident, crushed in the passenger seat of a Mini driven by girlfriend Gloria Jones. If, people want racism to go away, then it needs to be taken seriously, not thrown around like calling everyone who disagrees with you one. The story is false. It was an accident and a tragedy, these happen. Lets put it this way, he was badly knocked about.. 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. Brendon was a Londoner and was shocked by the news. Marc was not cut out of the carby all accounts he was lifted from the back of the car and laid on a blanket.and attempt was made at reviving him, but that was not by the fire service.if he was alive at that point it would have been just a glimmer. Hot Love, Keepster, Telegram Sam, The Slider. 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. No one can quite agree on what exactly Marc Bolan would be doing today, if hed lived. Gloria Jones was driving the Mini 1275GT early yesterday morning when it crashed into a tree on Barnes Common. Singer Marc Bolan (1947-1977) on a tour bus in June 1972. I heard the sad news on medium-wave radio, and I was just shocked. All that money ended up in trust in the Caribbean, some money was paid out to his wife at the time and then the tax man got a hold of a couple of million. He was afraid to let go.. Its also known that Gloria took the car into have a tyre change . 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. Thanks for the topic and the comments, still. I only ever interviewed him once. I wonder what would have happened if I had gone back but of course I can never know. Neither Gloria nor Bolan were wearing a seat belt.. The scale of the task ahead was rammed home when, on May 3, 1976, Marc and Gloria Jones went to see David Bowie play Wembley's Empire Pool. i have watched a TON of interviews with her, and you would think there was a third person in the car driving. She was very badly and seriously injured. T. Rex was the flagship in glam rock. It was once said of the Rolling Stones: Would you let your daughter marry one of these? But as far as the stars of glam rock were concerned you had to work out the gender first. The Damned werent bona fide punks, anyway. I feel thats very likely so, but should anyone have been held accountable well all I can say to that is, that hindsight is a curious thing, no one was or has really been held responsible or accountable, but the only peace of mind that I have is that thankfully I dont think Marc saw it coming as it happened so quickly that he probably was gone, before he even had the chance to process everything ( and I truly hope I am right) for his sake). At the height of his career T-REX singer Marc Bolan, aged 29 years, was killed when a purple Mini Clubman 1275GT driven by his girlfriend Gloria Jones, had an accident in North London on. What T. Rex conquered in their decade long . Besides, what Marc Bolan and T. Rex did was more than just standard. Recording the otherwise lost history of all manner of British culture is very important to me. Police said Bolan, 29, was killed when a car driven by his girlfriend, singer Gloria Jones, struck a tree in southwest London. It was true.. 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. She is still in hospital, with a broken jaw and serious facial injuries. And I, in turn, embraced better make relished that the chance to talk to my schoolboy (its that word again) idol. The singer had transcended the underbelly of glam rock and had become a fully-fledged pop star, even helming his own television show and becoming a huge household name. news journalist, retired, Your email address will not be published. How can this man lie about such tragic? Gloria Jones: Hed be doing his own music, hed be doing film, hed be enjoying time with his son, and wed possibly be living in Malibu. Ive always got something interesting to say as long as the right person asks the right questions. Soul singer - songwriter - producer Born on 19.10.1945 in Cincinnati, Ohio Sister of Richard Jones.Mother of Rolan Bolan. He was a passenger in a mini driven by his common law wife GLORIA JONES. He was getting fit, the cheekbones were coming back, he was excited, he had a great band, and the songs were getting better.. Re: Chris Watts interview. Now he was back in Britain, his explosive mouth on overdrive, fit, healthy and strutting the Beltane Walk again. 1986: Kinross Miners 'killed where they stood', 1968: Post Office backs first class service. Because her brother wasnt a fool and new she had been drinking , so got her out of Uk , that said it was the mechanic that was racist and left her wheel nut lose. It cant last, he told me in 1972, when the hit parade was studded with his records. Russell, I was 19 at the time, and could not believe what I was hearing on the radio. It seemed like the car, which had been a Mini, had failed to make a left hand bend, crossed the road and hit the tree. Today though, interest in Bolan is thriving. Wanted to attend his funeral, but I could not handle it. Will NEVER forget when I was told of his death. The tree itself, leaning over a small . Geoff Barton is a British journalist who founded the heavy metal magazine Kerrang! 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. I was a big fan and read at the time he was thrown from the car on impact. Marc said: Do you know what? , Also how could Gloria be standing next to the car? Its really tough to answer., BP Fallon: Hed be writing fantastic books. R.i.p. I went to 3 of the performances of 2012s 20th Century Boy The Musical at the Coventry Belgrade Theatre the first two and the last one and I absolutely loved the whole cast, including George Maguire, who played The Man Himself but sadly he might not be quite right on film, being so tall. There was an amazing trade in pillows silk-screened with his face. 1964 (pre Marc Bolan) I was 18 he was 16/17 Youre clearly a nasty, small-minded clown who needs someone to blame for this. There was no one there apart from me. T.Rex Action Group. There was all this glass on the ground; nobody had bothered to clear it up. What pees me off in this day and age is you never hear any Bolan records played on radio stations. The couple's son Rolan Bolan settled in Los Angeles and became a musician and model for clothing brand Tommy Hilfiger. David can put a Kabuki painting to music, but for all his brilliance hes not a get-down rocknroller. The couple were on the way to Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant. Marc had died at . Steve Harley, the Cockney Rebel frontman and close confidant of Marcs, states of Bolans later work: It was just fifth-form poetry. 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. No names mentioned, but the reality more often than not fails to live up to your fantasy. On the way home, she crashed her Mini-GT into a fence and tree. Hed just make things up. Search instead in Creative? I found myself chatting her up. The book Marc Bolan: A Tale Untold will now be published in the New Year. Thats when the penny dropped. Marc had been drinking heavily for most of the day. According to Visconti, who was there with his wife Mary Hopkin, the occasion turned into a circus. Fashion was a part of the phenomenon, so were the new, cool discos of Swinging London. Besides, the car was driven by Gloria Jones, his girlfriend. Gloria. THE legend of Marc Bolan, Glam Rock's inventor, is one of innovation, hedonism, decadence and tragedy. My father was a fireman at Richmond station and Chiswick and he attended the scene of marc bolans death. Often the men were prettier than the women. 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. When we rang the hospital later they told us the driver had a broken arm and jaw, but the passenger was DOA (dead on arrival), he added. What a load of tosh. And. Another Welshman , Alexander Vlahos (played the kings brother in Versailles), might be good in a pinch, too. Thanks. As Mark Paytress noted in his book Bolan The Rise & Fall Of A 20th Century Superstar: When the Mini was examined after the accident, the pressure on the offside front tyre was only 16lbs, 12lbs less than it should have been; one of the rear tyres was marginally down; and two nuts on one of the front wheels were not even finger-tight. Advertisement Rolan Bolan Net Worth My tour manager and I were on the first plane to England. I hope you expose the fantasists in your book. 59 now, retired, and spending a wonderful afternoon having a few drinks whilst listening to T-Rex songs. I dont believe this either. Shame on the fake fireman. I would also say that I had a similar mini; it could be skittish and let go at the rear end. Miss Jones - an American singer who had just returned from the US - broke her jaw and is suffering from shock. Was Bolan, after all this time, still dubious about talking to the press? . It's very unlikely that a manslaughter charge would have stuck. Nobody could have foreseen that., Estranged wife June Bolan (ne Child) went to pay her respects to Marcs dead body. It didnt mean anything. Still amazing after all these years. She was the type to have one drink, then call it quits and not have any more, because she wanted to stay in control of her faculties., The spotlight fell on the Mini, which had recently been serviced. I was unable to return to London Ive just come across all this. Gloria suffered a broken jaw and broken arm, but Marc was killed instantly in the crash on September 16, 1977. 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 . [2] Richard Bevan, interview with Simon Napier-Bell, 19 April 2006: "Well, Marc Bolan never came out but he was completely bisexual. Hello. 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. Rock 'n' roll lost one of its greatest talents on Sept. 16, 1977, when Marc Bolan and his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, were involved in a tragic auto accident. #ltjones #marcbolanINSTAGRAM: L_T_Jones The managing director of EMI, Bob Mercer, phoned me up. Following . Fire service Records showed that there was no warehouse fire on that date. I read that he was thrown from the vehicle as he wasnt wearing a seat belt.You dont know what to believe. I still have a photo of Marc on my mantlepiece. Over-drugged, fat and almost alcoholic, he was rescued by a lovely black American singer called Gloria Jones. Rock singer Marc Bolan, 29, was killed early this morning in a car crash. Choisissez parmi des contenus premium de The Bolan de qualit. You can imagine he was so heady with the success of T.Rextasy. Theyll grow up soon and change. Marc Bolan Death. That was how Geoffrey Bayldon [the actor in Catweazle] got a part in the Born To Boogie movie. Marc wasnt perfect, far from it, but he put himself out there and God bless him! I know one person who shouldnt play him, though: Jack Whitehall!!! I think he means the witness Vicky who was in a car behind, This topic is very interesting. But when you think about some of Marcs phraseology Tyrannosaurus Rex eater of cars. Hubcap diamond star halo. Seventy-seven is going to be heaven. [The latter being a line from Bolans final single, Celebrate Summer.] One was Malvern Winter Gardens a premier venue at the time because it also hosted the Who, the Moody Blues and the Kinks, among others and the other was Frank Freemans Dance Studio in Kidderminster. Alright, so I went through a period of time when I didnt want to say anything in the papers, but I think every artist goes through that". Magical stories, in that peculiar handwriting of his. By Richard Jones. The demo was put out posthumously, and it had all the signs of a great work. So ended the life of Marc Bolan, the founder of glam rock, one of the most bizarre fashion styles British popular music has ever produced. 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