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"That's the problem with me, you see. I'm a lunatic": The true story of Marc Bolan's final days

Marc Bolan, the Guru Of Glitter, was killed in a car crash in 1977 – just as his career was on the rise again. This is the story of his final hours

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“I’m sick of people saying Walk On the Wild Side is a classic. I got paid £12, and David Bowie didn’t even show up”: Session bass legend Herbie Flowers on the making of Lou Reed’s 1972 hit – and the hardest session he ever did

Having recorded over 20,000 sessions for the likes of David Bowie, Dusty Springfield, T.Rex, Paul McCartney and Elton John, Brian ‘Herbie’ Flowers was not your average bassist

Guitar World

“I told Lou Reed, ‘Can I get the double bass out of the car? Because this song is a bit jazzy’”: British bass legend Herbie Flowers, best known for his work with David Bowie and Paul McCartney, dies aged 86

Flowers recorded over 20,000 sessions and his distinctive jazz-informed bass heavily features on Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side and Bowie's Space Oddity

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Herbie Flowers, bassist on Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side, dies aged 86

Flowers also featured on other rock hits, including for David Bowie, T Rex, Bryan Ferry and Elton John

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“St. Vincent is one of the best players in the world right now… she has that Jeff Buckley thing going on”: Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr names 10 guitarists who shaped his bass sound

The Royal Blood frontman explains why guitarists have influenced him more than bassists as he marks the 10th anniversary of the duo’s debut album

Guitar World

“David Bowie was an absolute genius. I learned more from him than from anybody I’ve ever worked with.” Rick Wakeman’s epic tales of sessions with Bowie, Bolan, Lou Reed and more

Former Yes keyboard maestro Rick Wakeman has played with rock’s great and good over the years – and he’s got the memories to prove it

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"It was very British, but it shot round the world. It changed music": How the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was born, by those who were there

In the late 70s, rock music was given a steel-booted kick up the backside by a new breed of band.The NWOBHM would go on to rule Britannia – and the world

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Billy Idol: ‘I stole the master tapes for Rebel Yell – and gave them to my heroin dealer’

The Generation X punk turned arena rocker answers your questions on near-misses in Hollywood, his overlooked electronic period and how Marc Bolan helped launch his career

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"I could stand up with four cardboard cut-outs and still be a star": Steve Harley spent four years of his childhood in hospital and grew up to hate journalists, but all he wanted was an audience

The late Steve Harley was most famous for his 1975 hit Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me), but his story involves so much more

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"A charcuterie board of delightful music, with all sorts of flavours, textures and surprises": Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel keep it leisurely on Timeless Flight

Timeless Flight: The Steve Harley album that followed the one with the big hit on it

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Steve Harley: 1970s Cockney Rebel who took risks and wrote hits

Singer-songwriter, while not quite managing to elbow David Bowie aside, produced well-crafted hits topped by Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)

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“Marc felt this imposition of having to come up with another hit album. And fame fuelled that fire”: how Marc Bolan and T. Rex made a glam rock masterpiece with The Slider

The story behind T. Rex’s The Slider and underrated follow-up Tanx – two albums that sealed Marc Bolan as the king of glam rock

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"Marc Bolan sounds supercharged and in control of barely keeping it in control": T. Rex confound the critics on Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow

In which Marc Bolan adds some R&B to T. Rex's glam template and opinions have been divided ever since

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Pests in parliament out of control?

The House of Commons terrace restaurant has been temporarily shut

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The 11 most WTF collaborations in rock history

Bruce Dickinson and Mr Bean? Ozzy and Miss Piggy? Metallica and Ja Rule? Prepare to cringe at these heroically wrong-headed collaborations

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8 obscure but brilliant 1970s glam rock songs

Def Leppard singer and ’70s glam connoisseur Joe Elliott on 10 glitter rock masterpieces

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The story of David Bowie and Bing Crosby's Little Drummer Boy: "David wasn’t going to do the show, and his mum said, ‘No, you HAVE to work with Bing Crosby!’ She was a fan"

A schmaltzy TV special did not seem the most likely vehicle for a hit Christmas single, but this 1977 collaboration between David Bowie and Bing Crosby yielded an enduring classic that cuts across the generational divide

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"Those were crazy times. I wouldn’t change it for the world": how Goodbye Yellow Brick Road reinforced Elton John's status as a global superstar

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the second-biggest-selling album released in 1973, with more than 32 million sales worldwide

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Tony Visconti: ‘I’ve been a better record producer than I’ve been a husband’

The super-producer, who worked with David Bowie and Marc Bolan among others, reflects on a long career filled with highs and lows

Evening Standard

Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T.Rex review: a starry tribute

Plenty of familar faces line up to celebrate a subversive glam rock figure who was well ahead of his time

Evening Standard

Close encounters with Marc Bolan - Britain’s first pop megastar

As a new documentary is released about the T-Rex front man, Alan Edwards talks about the rock god he knew

The Guardian - UK

AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T Rex review – grizzled rockers pay tribute

This behind-the-scenes look at a tribute album to the glam rock pioneer only finds its groove when Bolan himself lights up the screen

The Guardian - UK

Bolan’s Shoes review – Timothy Spall and Leanne Best add class to trauma drama

Separated siblings, bullied children, horrible accidents and Marc Bolan’s death are only some of the tragedies here, but strong performances keep the horrors watchable

The Guardian - UK

Devendra Banhart: ‘A tattoo of bull’s horns almost piercing my nipples felt very inspiring’

The playful Venezuelan American singer answers your questions, taking in Marc Bolan, haircuts from Cate Le Bon, and his ‘bottomless pit of regret’

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“The minute I met him, I thought he was a special guy”: Tony Visconti looks back on working with David Bowie

Producer Tony Visconti was as close as David Bowie had to a constant artistic companion – here he looks back on their creative relationship

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