Although David Bowie’s gifted hit of "All the Young Dudes" had effectively rescued the band from oblivion just two years prior, a subsequent falling out with their fan and benefactor revealed that ...
A surprising rejection helped create one of the most celebrated songs in David Bowie’s catalog.
Mott The Hoople hadn’t even played a gig when they recorded their debut album shortly after madcap visionary producer Guy Stevens put them together, looking to create his dream collision between the ...
The history of rock 'n' roll is full of stories of dissolution and disaster, of drug-fueled tragedy and excess. Stories of pure, selfless generosity are so much rarer that they're almost antithetical ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Let’s get something straight — singer Ian Hunter is 79 years old. That’s older than heart patient Mick Jagger, and older than Bob ...
Ian Hunter borrowed a bit of Easter imagery for “Roll Away the Stone,” the closing number from Mott the Hoople’s final studio album in 1974. He didn’t take the religious symbolism much further for a ...
David Bowie’s disembodied voice came over the speakers at Keswick Theatre in Glenside on Monday – a recording of the late singer introducing Mott The Hoople at its first U.S. show in 1972 at the Tower ...
If Mott the Hoople had split up as planned in 1972, the group would still have had a small following with fond memories of the band. Mick Jones, who went on to become a founding member of The Clash, ...
The fact that there's plenty of musical fire left in Ian Hunter comes as no surprise to rock fans who've followed the singer's career over the past decade or so, but the revelation that his cohorts ...
It’s been a tough time for glam rock. Following David Bowie’s death last week, which saw an outpouring of grieving fans across the globe, the BBC reported today that Mott the Hoople drummer Dale ...
British glam rockers Mott The Hoople are coming to America for the first time since their tour in support of 1974’s The Hoople. They’re using the moniker Mott The Hoople ’74 to mark the return of ...