Jett, who was also a founding member of the all-female groundbreakers The Runaways, admits she’d had a crush on glam T. Rex singer Marc Bolan, saying in an article in Variety,“ That’s his scream I’m ...

His friend David Bowie stepped into to help when they were left penniless.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joan Jett has just released the video for her reinterpretation of the 1971 T. Rex track, “Jeepster.” The black and white clip ...

New tribute album Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex, which was produced by the late Hal Willner, is out September 4 and here’s one of Bolan’s best, “Jeepster,” as interpreted by ...

Joan Jett has shared a cover of T. Rex‘s “Jeepster,” part of the upcoming tribute compilation Angelheaded Hipster, out September 4th via BMG. Featuring Marc Ribot on guitar, Thomas “Doveman” Bartlett ...

It’s hard to imagine how voluminous late producer Hal Willner’s contact list must have been. Who else could employ musicians that range from top-tier names like U2, Elton John, Todd Rundgren, Kesha, ...

The 61-year-old musician says Bolan - who was the lead singer of T. Rex and one of the pioneers of the glam rock movement of the 1970s - inspired her music and image. Joan - who appears on Hal Willner ...

At the outset of Ethan Silverman’s documentary “Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex,” Billy Idol relays an anecdote about Marc Bolan — the magnetic songwriter and frontman of the ...

MARC BOLAN was pop’s preening, platform-heeled peacock. In the early Seventies, the T.Rex star struck a genius groove of hooks and hits. With a mop of dark curls framing his baby face, Bolan was the ...

After 50 years in the vaults, two exclusive T. Rex recordings have been unearthed and fans are about to hear Marc Bolan like never before. To unearth this completely unheard track, ‘I’m Dazed’, after ...