Marc Bolan was killed instantly. T.Rex Action Group. Two weeks before his thirtieth birthday, Bolan was killed when the Mini his partner Gloria Jones was driving hit a metal fence. It was very fashionable to use my face on the cover of everything. Is it a boy? Bolan looked coolly confident, well accustomed to the experience of The Interview. David can put a Kabuki painting to music, but for all his brilliance hes not a get-down rocknroller. How can this man lie about such tragic? I wasnt old enough to appreciate the music/loss. 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. I only ever interviewed him once. But hold on. so how easy was he lifted out ? 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. Manchester Square was what they called an RTA station and our appliance was carrying specialist rescue equipment.. Whatever happened to all his guitars etc people out there know what happened !!! Back then in 1977, I was 18 and me and some of my music enthusiast friends were big fans of Marc Bolan and T. Rex. It was a wonderful, exciting and creative time. T Rex. 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. "When David started singing he and Marc forged a great friendship," recalls Jones today. He loved life. Bowie was due to guest star on Bolan's ITV series . What T. Rex conquered in their decade long . Another Welshman , Alexander Vlahos (played the kings brother in Versailles), might be good in a pinch, too. Jones was seriously injured; Bolan died. 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. . Rolan turned out to be a wonderful man. Is there anybody with the influence, the means, and most importantly the will !, reading this, whos willing to do so, please. Bolans June 1976 single, I Love To Boogie, was more of a simplistic chant than a cast-iron classic. Gloria Jones was driving the Mini 1275GT early yesterday morning when it crashed into a tree on Barnes Common. I can still remember hearing the news on Radio one that fateful morning ! The couple were on the way to Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant. 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. Despite Bolans bravado, Futuristic Dragon only reached a feeble No.50 in the UK album chart. It was a sunny afternoon, if I remember rightly, says Captain Sensible. I would also say that I had a similar mini; it could be skittish and let go at the rear end. By spring 1976 Bowie had re-energised himself as the ber-suave Thin White Duke and was playing six sold-out shows at the aforementioned Empire Pool on his Station To Station tour. How can one person, then, from what Im given to understand, publically lie and not be held to account ? He is credited by most people as the inventor of Glam Rock (certainly before Bowie!). It was November 1975 in the offices of Tony Brainsby Publicity, shortly before the release of the Futuristic Dragon album. Gloria Jones' biggest claim to fame came by accident. Russell, I was 19 at the time, and could not believe what I was hearing on the radio. A face-to-face encounter with an idol can be a deflating, sobering, even depressing experience. 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. I didnt understand but now of course I learned that he had a form of dyslexia. 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. Bolan certainly talked a good fight. Marc Bolan was my inspiration at a young age, I did see him live twice. In his brief heyday in the early Seventies, Marc Bolan was the biggest pop star since The Beatles. he was taken out of the car by someone, and actually a passing motorist provided the blanket. 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 never says sorry, or even acknowledges she did anything wrong. 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. 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. The 7.30 news bulletin stopped me in my tracks as I was getting ready for work, I could not believe it. Showing Editorial results for gloria jones. By the end of 1973 he was drinking a bottle a day. There was an amazing trade in pillows silk-screened with his face. She was a kids TV presenter she used to work with a puppet called Ollie Beak, remember him? Whatever happened to my teenage dream ? We didnt meet again. His former manager, Tony Secunda, said the son of a Hackney porter whose real name was Mark Feld had always feared he would die in a car crash. 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. 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. Magical stories, in that peculiar handwriting of his. As our interview progressed, it took on a jumbled, disorganised, almost stream of consciousness quality. He was getting fit, the cheekbones were coming back, he was excited, he had a great band, and the songs were getting better.. [2] Richard Bevan, interview with Simon Napier-Bell, 19 April 2006: "Well, Marc Bolan never came out but he was completely bisexual. RIDE A WHITE SWAN: THE LIVES & DEATH OF MARC BOLAN: I remember the time I spent with Marc and June in the late '60s with massive affection. Clarifying certain points and dealing with police and coroner in particular, has been a very slow procedure with many legal hoops to jump through ( or find a way around). AN UNTIMELY DEATH. She is still in hospital, with a broken jaw and serious facial injuries. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. and should not have happened, Accidental? We dont need sensationalism right now, she states plainly. 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. I think I got close to it when I wrote the line cloak full of eagles. Mark Feld grew to fame as Marc Bolan, had the number one records, the dabblings with drugs and alcohol and kinky sex that are the first fruits of rock success, and he died in a car crash in the early hours of yesterday morning, just as he once foresaw. Steve Took dropped out in 1969, to be replaced by Micky Finn, whom Bolan met in a health food restaurant. At the time of Marcs death I wasnt a huge fan, but now I really appreciate his work. 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. Then Ride A White Swan [Bolans 1970 hit single] happened and suddenly I was very sellable. The relative success of I Love led to a one-off TV special, Rollin Bolan. As Visconti explains: Marc found a formula that he stuck with, which in the end didnt serve him well. #ltjones #marcbolanINSTAGRAM: L_T_Jones Miss Jones - an American singer who had just returned from the US - broke her jaw and is suffering from shock. Steve Harley takes up to story: Muriel Young kick-started it all. she has said in interviews that they had been driving for 45 minutes, but the bar was only a mile from where they lived. So very sad. By Simon March 27, 2022 Advertisement Marc Bolan, best-known as the frizzy-haired leader of T. Rex, died September 16th in a car crash. The T Rex star was killed instantly when his car hit a tree in south London. Agree with Steve. Singer Marc Bolan (1947-1977) on a tour bus in June 1972. Talking about punk, Bolan was one of the few mainstream music stars not to be horrified when Babylon began to burn. Lifes a gas I hope its gonna last, Bolan crooned at the peak of his fame. One of the rare exceptions was Marc Bolan. 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. The car crash that killed him 30 years ago this month, brought him abruptly to the end of a . Nowhere is the affection between Bowie and Bolan clearer than in the way Bowie took care of Bolan's son Rolan. Penny..would you email me pleasethanks Bari. It was two weeks before his 30th birthday. Ill have to get back into cars, I might be doing something with Marvel Comics. The 29-year-old former T-Rex singer was killed instantly when the car being driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones,. Im talking about him as if I can see him now. By the side of Queen's Ride, one of the roads that skirts Barnes Common, a flight of steps ascend to the roadside memorial to rock legend Marc Bolan (1947 - 1977). recalled Chris Watts, then a member of London Fire Brigade but for the past 21 years licensee of the Albion Inn, Bath Road, Worcester, when a call came to attend an accident on the South Circular. He lived for the day. Bolan died on 16 September 1977, two weeks before his 30th birthday. Im 64 years old. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The night I cut Marc Bolan from the wreckage of his car. Hair tinted with wispy gold and blue hues, he sported large square spectacles, presenting a somewhat bizarre cross between Cliff Richard conservativeness and Elton John outlandishness. Richmond, United Kingdom (GB) Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 1947 - 1977) was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and poet. Yes Gloria Jones was the driver and its likely she wasnt entirely sober and had alcohol & cocaine in her system, two things Bolan and his entire circle indulged in. Any proof? He said: Have you heard the radio today? Because that was the plan. She and Bolan were also in a committed romantic relationship and had a son, Rolan Bolan (born September 26, 1975), together. They had a baby, and this year, Marc Bolan began to make a come-back. 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. BOB HARRIS OBE Your email address will not be published. Jones broke her jaw in the accident. The managing director of EMI, Bob Mercer, phoned me up. Fans are still distressed by his death without someone trying to make it more gruesome than it was.can this man supply us with official records ? Only when she could not be charged . Ive written some great lyrics, and people say its all mindless garbage. I dont think Ive any idea. It was here that a fatal, early morning crash, ended the career of one of the great superstars of the glam-rock era, and it is to . He died aged just 29 when he and Tainted Love singer Gloria, now 71, crashed in a purple Mini just a mile from home in Barnes, South West London. 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. Thanks for reading this. I remember one Top Of The Pops where Marc was wearing a toy plastic Roman breastplate that hed bought in Woolworths and one of his nipples was showing! Marc Bolan singing his first hit, Ride a White Swan. Her rendition of "Dock of the Bay" appears as a bonus track on T.Rex's album Bolan's Zip Gun. (dont get me wrong the 80s were full of musical talent). 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. Bless him. But who would be beautiful enough to play Marc? Police at the scene of the car crash in which 29 year old pop star Marc Bolan, of the group T-Rex, was killed, on 16/09/1977. The Old Rectory at Weston-under- Penyard, near Ross on Wye belonged to the Hereford Diocese and was put up for sale because it was too expensive to maintain as a clergy house. ", 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? The couple's son Rolan Bolan settled in Los Angeles and became a musician and model for clothing brand Tommy Hilfiger. 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. It was thought Bolan was killed when his car hit the now much-beribboned sycamore tree. Marc wouldve embraced any movement as long as it reflected well among the gullible. Today though, interest in Bolan is thriving. Jones was driving. Marc Bolan - lead singer with English glam rock band T. Rex - died in the early hours of Friday 16th September 1977. I heard the sad news on medium-wave radio, and I was just shocked. This is the story of his final hours, You see, my idea of rocknroll is that subterranean homesick blues feel, said Marc Bolan. I visit the site where T-Rex frontman Marc Bolan died in 1977. All the events that happened subsequent to his death just added insult to injury. Image supplied by Memory Lane Prints. Choisissez parmi des contenus premium de The Bolan de qualit. A few heads grumbled the words sell and out, but Bolan left them for dust. Soul Funk. the fireman is not the only one not telling the truth. But Marc got a little bit lazy later on.. He loved kids and he loved kids TV shows. The Flying V came up for sale as did the one he gave to ringo star , ringo sold it , and the late Bowie has one . It didnt mean anything. BA1 1UA. The guitarist, known for his talent and curly hair, died in a car crash on 16 September 1977. You might have seen me on Top Of The Pops. It was absolutely brilliant. I agree with you Steve. I couldnt even believe hed died., I was sitting out in my garden. . There was all this glass on the ground; nobody had bothered to clear it up. According to Visconti, who was there with his wife Mary Hopkin, the occasion turned into a circus. *Marc Bolan (Marc Feld), car accident in 1977. T-Rex; he was 29. "If people still want to speculate about the manner of his death, fine. Just so sad. Re: Chris Watts interview. Thanks for all your research. Marc was firing on all cylinders, Sensible recalls. Something is not right here. He offers his perspective on Bolan versus Bowie: Yes, Marc was a rocknroll boy. Ilkka Suni, Joutseno, Finland Well the car was tested , and wheel nuts lose and very low tyre pressures, obviously would take control away from driver . singer Gloria Jones, she was fortunate enough to survive the crash. In retrospective, back then Marc Bolan dying was just as shocking as the death of David Bowie, and some others of the brightest rock stardome. Fallon invented the term T.Rextasy and was immortalised as purple-browed Beep in Telegram Sam. Then came the rivalry, but their camaraderie never really diminished. He is best known for his work with British rock band T. Rex. marc was actually thrown into the backseat, and new evidence suggests that a metal spike entered his eye. It was true.. Their small son Rolan Bolan was not in the car. The bad years had taken little toll of his looks, but he would have been 30 next year. She offered Marc a teatime TV series. Marc had died at . A bolt from this fence smashed thru the windscreen, hit Bolan in the head and killed him. But theyd better get the damn hair right seen too many bad wigs when it comes to representations of Marc Bolan! . It was less to do with fighting Rockers at Clacton than with the pursuit of style. yeah yeah yeah, His guitars , well actually a few are around , Sadly but thankfully rarely, ex service members will later say they attended high profile incidents just to gain attention. Marc said: Do you know what? These days, Jones, who's 71, oversees the Marc Bolan School of Music and Film in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, But Television-Man had said we were crazy, said we were juvenile delinquent wrecks Aw man, I needed TV when I had T-Rex? In June 1973 he proclaimed: Glam rock is dead. In spring 1974 he quit Britain to binge on cocaine and booze, and, in thrall to his new love, American singer Gloria Jones, try his hand as a soul-music producer in the States. RIP Marc. When David started singing he and Marc forged a great friendship, recalls Jones today. Last month, he was given his own television show again, featuring the punk bands who had learned so much from him. I doubt it. Hed got rid of his drug habit, hed gone through his arrogant stage, he was almost humble. She is still in hospital, with a broken jaw and serious facial injuries. He would seize any opportunity to further his own career. There was a rabbi reading a eulogy, and Marcs coffin was in the middle of these twin tracks, like on a railroad. In August 1994 Marc's former wife, June, died of a heart attack aged 48 while on holiday in Turkey, a trip she . His mind seemed to be travelling in a million different directions at the same time. Thats the problem with me, you see. In the 1970s, she was a keyboardist and vocalist in Marc Bolan's glam rock band T. Rex. Its all known. Police said Bolan, 29, was killed when a car driven by his girlfriend, singer Gloria. And today Gloria,. 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. 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. According to research, he was 29 years old and killed in an accident. Marc Bolans mini-revival ended abruptly in the early hours of Friday, September 16, 1977. 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. It always has been and always will be the biggest dissapointment of my life that I never met Marc in person. 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. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Required fields are marked *. The tree itself, leaning over a small . 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). Marc bolan was my idol. The eulogy was beautiful, and then this funereal music started up on the organ. The Damned werent bona fide punks, anyway. Marc. his presence in the music industry can still be felt through his works and contributions to the field even after nearly four decades of his demise 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. 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