'Electric Warrior' & 'The Slider'

The origins of T. Rex date back to August 1967 when then acoustic performer Marc Bolan booked a gig at Electric Garden. He had no band. 

So he takes out an ad in the local newspaper, holds auditions at 3 p.m. and is ready for the gig at 5 p.m. He and his band were booed off the stage and they broke up.

Bolan did keep a drummer/percussionist, who had changed his name to a hobbit from The Lord of the Rings trilogy (Steve Peregrin Took), and they continued to gig until they went electric and formed what is known as T. Rex, a sort of boogie/glam/1970s panty-dropping radio music for reformed hippies.

 

Of these two albums, Electric Warrior was released first and became the band’s biggest hit in England and The Slider became the band’s biggest album in the United States. It also evoked an hour conversation from an older co-worker, who is REALLY INTO T. REX.

Bolan died in a car accident in 1977. Ironically, he never learned to drive due to a fear of premature death.

Steve Peregrin Took was killed by an orc.