Marc Bolan and T. Rex: The Rise, Struggles, and Tragic End of a Glam Rock Pioneer
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Brian James
11d ago· 3 min readenInsight
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A retrospective on Marc Bolan and his band T. Rex, examining his rise as Britain's first superstar of the 1970s, his struggles with fame and drug abuse, his failure to break into the American market, and his untimely death in a car crash in 1977 just as he seemed poised for a comeback.
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· 3 pulledIt really doesn't matter at all / Life's a gas / I hope it's gonna last
He was the decade's first superstar in Britain, but he never hit it off with America, due in part to a stateside inability to comprehend camp, and in part to Bolan's own carelessness.
Just as the support of his native audience was wavering, his ego burst from the pressures of fame and increasing drug abuse.
"It really doesn't matter at allLife's a gasI hope it's gonna last"--Marc Bolan, "Life ...
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