This is my facebabout site to inform fans and friends about new music, news and information. Marc bolans rock shrine a place of modernday pilgrimage. There are whispers of film projects, his 1971 hit get it on can be heard on the carling chrome advert. I really do believe he stands as an artist on his own right, so hes entitled to have his own wiki page. Starring mel novak, krista grotte, vida ghaffari, marv blauvelt, larry andrews, sky le fleur, david. Roland knows more about bolan than any other living being, tom hibbert, new music news marc bolan was the biggest pop star in postbeatles britain and in 1972 the beatles acknowledged bolan and his group t. Rolan is a recording artist working on his first official release on 2007 september. After bolans death on 16 september 1977, the passing decades have brought new admiration of a unique and quintessential pop star.
So i think setting his page to marc bolan redirection again wouldnt be fair. Marc bolan was an english singer, songwriter, musician and poet. In 1997 rolan was really made aware of his fathers place in rock history when he went to a screening of the movie born to boogie, directed by. Gloria now helps run a childrens orphanage in one of the poorest areas of sierra leone, west africa, where she is also building the marc bolan school of music. The duo acknowledged their shift in direction with their fifth album, which bore their new name, t. The commitment of marc bolans fans to keep his memory alive has allowed the site of a tragedy to become a site of modernday pilgrimage and a lasting memorial to one of britains most talented musicians. Levine had richard maibaum write a script way back in 1972, based on the fifth and sixth books in the series, in the. Rolan bolans profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central. Bolan with girlfriend gloria jones who wrote sang tainted love in 1965, and son rolan. We think my dads story and his music is important not only to older fans, but appeals to. He is the son of marc bolan, the lead singerguitarist of 1970s british rock band t. Rolan bolan tour dates follow the son of marc bolan and gloria jones, rolan is a rising star on both sides of the atlantic, successfully bridging the gap between the generation gaps between young and older fans. At last bringing his indie laid back with a kick vibe to the mainstream, rolan bolanwhose music was once.
Shop for vinyl, cds and more from rolan bolan at the discogs marketplace. But then, he reveals in this touching interview, he found an unlikely saviour. In 1997 he went to a screening of marc bolans film, born to boogie, directed by ringo starr which showed two t. The light of love foundation uk, wants, as marc bolan did, to inspire children, to give them the chance to learn to play musical instruments, to write, to compose, to produce records and to be heard by the world. Stevie nicks rhiannon project alice cooper planning new video. Rex and was one of the pioneers of the glam rock movement of the 1970s. I have a friend who is something of an hw insider, but hes also a bit of a bullshitter. Remembering how david bowie saved marc bolans son rolan. Starring mel novak, krista grotte, vida ghaffari, marv blauvelt, larry andrews, sky le fleur, david p. The lawsuit comes from rolan feld, the son of the bands frontman marc bolan. The more i come over here, the more i remember, he explained. Rolan seymour feld bolan is a musician in the band rolan bolan and the brothers bounce. With rolan bolan, krista grotte saxon, nichole mcauley, mel novak. His singles outsold the combined sales of jimi hendrix and the who.
At the moment im comfortable with that, but one day ill have my own story to talk about. Metal guru is a nicely packaged, well put together collection of marc bolant rexs musical career. Rex to a quartet with the addition of trap drummer bill legend and. Rex, slade and sweet were my first musical influences and they determined the charts at. It was announced august 2014 that shane salerno, hollywood producer and screenwriter has optioned the executioner mack bolan series of actionadventure novels for a film franchise, and bradley cooper will be portraying bolan in a film version of the book series with todd phillips attached as director, though the project may have stalled. Soul recordings that marc bolan collaborated on during the mid70s, presented here for the first time. Rolan bolan hmm there was a documentary about marc bolan on tv a few years ago and it showed rolan with his mum gloria, he apparently lives in america new york i beleive and works in the music industry a writerproducer sort of thing. Rolan and gloria jones, and marcs brother harry feld a taxi driver have been invited as guests of honour. Marc bolans ex, gloria jones, said she dreamed about him being worried. Bolan also became a father with the birth of rolan bolan, his son by gloria jones, and. Their son, rolan, was uninjured, due to his parents habit of of leaving him with his grandparents when they went to dinner. Rex front man, marc bolan and soul diva, gloria jones.
Anyone know what became of rolan bolan and zowie bowie. In 1977, glam rock star marc bolan was killed in a car crash that also seriously injured his girlfriend, gloria jones, who had been driving the car. He just told me that a biopic of marc bolan is going to be made with johnny depp staring. Extras include a bolan documentary presented by his son rolan, and the two full concerts from which the film. In the same year he appeared in ringo starrs film born to boogie, a documentary showing a. He is an actor and producer, known for cold plastic tv, marc bolan. Aint no square with my corkscrew hair bowiewonderworld. Rolan bolan explains his involvement in the project. This morning, breakfast talked live to marcs son rolan, and the music promoter eric hall, who grew up with marc bolan. Though clips of marc bolans 1977 after school granada tv series, marc, have been floating around youtube for a while, this is the first time ive seen all the episodes up in their entirety. Aint no square with my corkscrew hair by spencer leigh you dont have to be dead to have a hit record but it helps. How david bowie saved marc bolans son daily mail online.
On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Listen again across the day on bbc 6 music you could hear some rare marc bolan gems from the bbc archives including marc reading some of his own poetry on the late john peel radio show from june. In late sept 1977 marcs life was tragically cut short in a car accident at the age of 29. Rolan bolan children of the revolution official video. Marc bolans rock shrine is a short walk along queens ride from barnes station. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Insights from marcs son rolan and record producer tony visconti add value also. Rolan bolan son of legendary rocker marc bolan of trex. Rolan bolan son of legendary rocker marc bolan of trex signs with multiplatinum producer dito godwins new londonbased label ec3 records. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Ive looked around online and cant find anything but that doesnt really mean anything if the decision to make this. My daddy of britpop by marc bolans son daily mail online. This is a long overdue project and were really looking forward to finally seeing this get made says marcs son, rolan bolan. Rolan bolan faced poverty when his superstar father died in a car crash.
Bolan was on the rebound in early 1976 with the release of futuristic dragon, an ambitious set that featured a bigger sound than t. Rolan bolan listen and stream free music, albums, new. Rex singer marc bolans girlfriend gloria jones keeps his. He was the longestserving of the original bbc radio 1 djs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004. Rolan bolans godfather david bowiewho would quietly provide for gloria and rolan and paid for his educationarrives at the service. Marc bolan was an awesome musician in the early 70s and the biggest glamrock star at this time.
Rolan bolan was born on september 26, 1975 as rolan seymour feld. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Rolan bolan listen and stream free music, albums, new releases, photos, videos rolan bolan. Rex and was one of the pioneers of the glam rock movement of the 1970s bolan s appearance on the bbcs music show top of the pops in march 1971, wearing glitter and satins, is often cited as the beginning. Attempts to make a mack bolan film date back almost to its origins. Bowie, so dad said hed call me rolan bolan and thats how my name came about and im proud of it. Rolan was a small child when his father died in a car accident in barnes, south west london. Interviews with former band mates bill legend, herbie flowers and paul fenton make this 3 disc collection a worthy addition to the dvd collection. He now lives in california and has his own career as a musician.
To achieve this we are building a music school for the children of sierra leone, west africa, in the town of makeni. Right now, dads still a chapter in my life that people always want to know about. It led to his fortune, following the success of trex and other solo projects, to be kept. The only officially authorised website selling licensed merchandise by marc bolan and trex. Rex album also fared well, and bolan doubled down on the groups new protoboogie sound by expanding t. Wed imagine rolan bolan and his mother gloria jones wouldnt have. While bolan and jones were known to be a couple, marc was still legally. John robert parker ravenscroft, obe 30 august 1939 25 october 2004, known professionally as john peel, john was a disc jockey, radio presenter and journalist. Leaving a string of hits behind him, he had also left his 18monthold son. Rex fans would most likely get the most out of this 2cd compilation however most average fans would definitely get at least something good out of work in progress.