Talk:T. Rex (band)

Band Members

Am I the only one offended that the T. Rex page has a section called "Member History" where there are groups listed that are NOT T.Rex (Mickey Finn's T. Rex, etc.)? These entries do NOT belong! If I started up a band called T.Rex I would not add the band info as a T.Rex linup. -Brian

Spelling?

Is it T Rex, T.Rex or T-Rex? At the very least, the article ought to be consistent within itself. --Auximines 11:49, 6 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

AMG lists them as "T. Rex". http://www.allmusic.com. Hyacinth 22:07, 6 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Ah... I believe from the album covers, it's simply "T Rex" after the band shortened it's name. No ".", No "-" Amazon wisely lists them as "Marc Bolan & T Rex". I prefer the older stuff myself, which made me learn to spell "Tyrannosaurus Rex" correctly when I put the lyrics of those 1st 4 albums up on my 1st web site back in late '94 --Catblack 06:23, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Electric Warriar shows "T. Rex" as does The Slider, Tanx, Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow and, of course, T. Rex Wax Co. Singles. These are all from AMG, so its possible other releases than those pictured were packaged differently...Hyacinth 08:04, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't put too much store by what AMG says- their entries on Crass are complete garbage.

BTW this articel could do with some cleaning up, I came here looking for a simple T Rex discography and found myself wading through a not too well put together articel I can't be arsed to either read or proof read/edit quercus robur 19:08, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

To clarify, I looked at the album covers pictured on AMG and thus your over the top complaint is also misplaced. Hyacinth 20:13, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

It's T. Rex. The '.' being in place of 'yrannosaurus'. It was used from 1970 onwards, when Bolan became more commercial. Raymi

vandalism

In the section "What Comes After Up," someone has appended "i smell of cheese." I will delete this, but perhaps keep an eye open for other defacements. --Llamatron 20:14, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Elton John's involvement with the band

http://members.cox.net/dregenold/marc/trex.html

What about it? Hyacinth 08:10, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pixie?

Of all the descriptors I've heard of this band, and the genre they've reputedly started, "Pixie Rock" is NOT one of them. As far as I know, it's Glam Rock; as in David Bowie and Roxy Music. Anyone have a source for that classification? --Addama 16:57, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aha! In the documentary provided with the one disc edition of Born to Boogie, Tony Visconti says the sound they created wasn't glam rock. And on the audio commentary to the film, Tim van Rellim says something like "It's ludicrous that people associate Bolan with glam rock...". On the List of hard rock performers, T. Rex are listed (as well as Bowie). I tend to class them as just "rock and roll".

 It's all well and good that you've proven me wrong, but my question is still there :) Good work, though. --Addama 20:40, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On the page for the band on the Japanese Wikipedia, I think their described as "visual kei". Haveaguess 20:37 16 June 2006

 VK is a very special brand of musician very close to me, and while I don't consider Bolan or T.Rex within the scope of Visual Kei, I can see that as being a very close classification. *shrug* --Addama 20:40, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows" Release Date

Article says that this album was released on 7 July 1968. However, the copyright on the CD is 1967. How can the CD have a copyright of 1967 if it wasn't released until the middle on 1968? James Richardson 11:06, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea what the correct release date was, but the copyright could well be dated to when the recording was made, since that's when it was created. —Whouk (talk) 12:50, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

According to Cliff McLenehan's book "Marc Bolan 1947-1977: A Chronology", My People album was released July 1968 and if you check out the 2004 edition of the CD, it says the original release date was 1968. —Ericp 16:45, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The first CD is wrong; they often are. 1967 is way too early for this.BTLizard 15:32, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think we need articles on the individual singles, especially the well known ones like "Get It On" "Children of the Revolution" etc. I am so sick of one of the most influential bands of all time not getting enough exposure on Wikipedia. After all, they we're tipped to be bigger than the Beatles...

Just outta interest

Howcumzit Electric Warrior, The Slider and Tanx all have 13 tracks apiece? And why is the B to "Celebrate Summer" (Bolan's last release) called "Ride My Wheels"? Creepy...

Answer: Electric Warrior has only 11 tracks. Marc was a prolific writer, so it doesn't surprise me that he had 13 tracks on "The Slider" and "Tanx."

WikiProject

Somebody's proposed a WikiProject on Bolan and the band. Interested?

Wikipedia: WikiProject list of proposed projects#WikiProject Marc Bolan & T. Rex

Please fix this link.

Were any songs banned?

I was wondering. Were any of T. Rex's more sexually explicit songs banned by the BBC? I know "Desdemona" by John's Children (a Bolan composistion) was banned, but there were a lot of strong songs on The Slider that I think were too explicit for the BBC's tastes. Haveaguess