A pair of doors opened up like the mouth of Hades. Ed Cobb wrote it. Oh, no. T Rex. Radio 1 DJ John Peel who brought Tyrannosaurus Rex to public attention ferried Bolan and Took up to Kidderminster for an allnighter on Easter Sunday, April 14, 1968, following an appearance on his Top Gear show in London. Four years earlier, Bolan had headlined the venue himself. Pills to wake up and pills to go to sleep. Bath He was grounded in many respects. How come we never heard Glorias version of events.why was she never questioned? Because that was the plan. so how easy was he lifted out ? The 7.30 news bulletin stopped me in my tracks as I was getting ready for work, I could not believe it. It was thought Bolan was killed when his car hit the now much-beribboned sycamore tree. We need to move on now., It has been alleged that Jones was drunk at the wheel but one source who does not want to be named, but who was close to Jones at the time, refutes this: Gloria had a lot of self-control. "When I arrived a girl was lying on the bonnet and a man with long dark curly hair was stretched out in the road - there was a hell of a mess, I rushed to get the police," he said. I mocked him, constantly. When we rang the hospital later they told us the driver had a broken arm and jaw, but the passenger was DOA (dead on arrival), he added. They were returning to Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out in central London . she told lie after lie, somehow excusing herself from the situation like she was never there. Yes, you are correct, my father was the ambulance driver that attended, he was thrown through the window sadly. Jones broke her jaw in the accident. As the scene rotted, male prostitution gnawed its edges, but in its dedicated pursuit of style an image that could outstare the world the Mod world groomed many a future star. This topic is very interesting. You think, what would Jimi Hendrix have done if hed lived? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The night I cut Marc Bolan from the wreckage of his car. This is not true ,Marcs brother said Marc looked perfect, like he was just asleep,Ive seen the photos of the car ,it had not been cut open ,werent wearing seatbelts,of course not,cars didnt have them then .This man wants to get his facts straight ,just looking for attention obviously and should stop spreading disinformation ,I spent a day photographing the fire brigade as a photojournalist and Ive seen what a car looks like that has had someone cut out of it .why does this man make it sound like Gloria was standing by the car ? One of the rare exceptions was Marc Bolan. RIDE A WHITE SWAN: THE LIVES & DEATH OF MARC BOLAN: I remember the time I spent with Marc and June in the late '60s with massive affection. Thanks. #ltjones #marcbolanINSTAGRAM: L_T_Jones And maybe acting, too., Steve Harley: The world was a mirror to him. The couple had been followed home in another car containing Richard Jones. It covers the accident in near forensic detail and I have located and interviewed pretty much every member of all 3 emergency services who were present and I can assure you that Chris Watts story is Not true. Plus Simon Napier-Bell and Tony Visconti, who worked with Bolan; Harry Feld, his brother; Toyah Willcox, who worshipped him; Gloria Jones who went out with him and had his son; Danielz, of tribute . Marc bought me The Lord Of The Rings and said: If you want to know more about me, read this., BP Fallon was Bolans publicist at the height of his charges fame. Re: Chris Watts interview. Brendon was a Londoner and was shocked by the news. The 29-year-old former T-Rex singer was killed instantly when the car being driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes. He specialised in covering rock music and helped popularise the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) after using the term for the first time (after editor Alan Lewis coined it) in the May 1979 issue of Sounds. Exactly..Gloria was in a coma when Marc died and didnt come around until after his funeral..so there are some obvious lies here! For very little girls, who had just outgrown their teddy bears, Marc Bolan became a replacement. Trouble is it is not the true or full story.To read the true story look up Vicky Aram who was there that night as a guest of Marc and Gloria. Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. her injuries (i want to say unfortunately, but i wont) were not life-threatening. The guitarist, known for his talent and curly hair, died in a car crash on 16 September 1977. 1986: Kinross Miners 'killed where they stood', 1968: Post Office backs first class service. Im not sure on your comment , but please feel free to ask . Marc Bolan T. Rex Jones who drove the car in which Bolan died in a Sept. 16, 1977, crash at the age of 29 (it was ruled an accidental death) was a theater performer and was with. It absolutely HAS to be a beautiful man failing Nye or Alex, a chap similar to both but in his 20s would be ideal. He was a passenger in a mini driven by his common law wife GLORIA JONES. [1] Hackney Hospital, London, England. It cant last, he told me in 1972, when the hit parade was studded with his records. But who would be beautiful enough to play Marc? She was a kids TV presenter she used to work with a puppet called Ollie Beak, remember him? He was deluged with a fanmail of childish scrawls. Already people had started leaving notes and messages. He offers his perspective on Bolan versus Bowie: Yes, Marc was a rocknroll boy. she was never extradited. his presence in the music industry can still be felt through his works and contributions to the field even after nearly four decades of his demise On September 16, 1977, two weeks before Bolan would have turned 30, returning from a party thrown by Rod Stewart, he was killed when the purple Mini being driven by his girlfriend, American soul singer Gloria Jones (she recorded the original version of Ed Cobb's "Tainted Love") hit a chainlink fence and then a tree near Gypsy Lane in Southwest Gloria Richetta Jones . Bolan and his girlfriend Gloria Jones were out clubbing when she crashed their car into a tree. Their first album, Beard of Stars, was a dramatic success, but again, limited to the cult market. Dont believe a word of this Marc was not cut out of the wreckage he was lifted out by Glorias brother Richard and layd down on a blanket as he then tried hopeless cpr on marcs lifeless body. Marc Bolan of T.Rex would've turned 65 years old today (Sept. 30) had he not perished in a car crash back in 1977, and according to Gloria Jones - his girlfriend and the mother of his. The 29-year-old former T-Rex singer was killed instantly when the car being driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones,. Fans are still distressed by his death without someone trying to make it more gruesome than it was.can this man supply us with official records ? I was on the same label as him, EMI, and hed say: Oh yeah, my new single, its done 30,000. And Id say: Marc, Ive seen the figures. Total class., On Bolans final British tour, promoting his 1977 album Dandy In The Underworld, he invited The Damned to join him on the road as T.Rexs support band. It did 3,000., Marc had to talk everything up. There were decadent parties, times when he wallowed in bizarre sex. So ended the life of Marc Bolan, the founder of glam rock, one of the most bizarre fashion styles British popular music has ever produced. My tour manager and I were on the first plane to England. She sang backing vocals and played clavinet with T. Rex from 1973 to 1977. I think he would have stretched out into other fields. I can understand that Gloria was probably under the influence and the car not as well maintained as it might have been. and should not have happened, Accidental? Rock 'n' roll lost one of its greatest talents on Sept. 16, 1977, when Marc Bolan and his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, were involved in a tragic auto accident. Just my honest input , I was 21 too remember the impact it had on me as if it was yesterday, Im so sorry your life ended I always saw you on TV you was one of the best so sad your not around god bless you never forgot from Tony, never read so much crap in such a short time before, This is very strange and doesnt tally with the other witness accounts. For the next six and a half years their lives were to continue a universe apart, until late one night they crossed at a sycamore tree by a hump back bridge on the South Circular. Marc Bolan remains one of the most iconic figureheads in the history of British music despite losing his life in tragic circumstances, painfully too early as the T. Rex man passed away following a car crash on 16th September 1977, just two weeks prior to his 30th birthday. 0:00 / 4:45 Gloria Jones "Tainted Love" 1964 My Extended Version!!! But I adored all that. Russell, I was 19 at the time, and could not believe what I was hearing on the radio. Many comment on this , and growing , I did read on this site ,that Marc house was a mile away from Mortons , we its not is much further , and that persons comments on Gloria have been responded to negatively. Bolan looked coolly confident, well accustomed to the experience of The Interview. I think he would have written a film. Either Jones brother, or a former fireman is a practised liar; one of them is trying to be the tenant of a lifetimes lease on the publics memory, by borrowing the fame neither the annonymity of public service should bring, and doesnt; or by being, otherwise just the brother of a performer. It was such a jolt that I had to find the nearest place to get a drink. No other vehicle was involved. When Tyrannosaurus Rex morphed into T.Rex, mystic aura and attentive audience (small) was replaced by wild sexuality and riotous audience (large). If, people want racism to go away, then it needs to be taken seriously, not thrown around like calling everyone who disagrees with you one. As Mark Paytress noted in his book Bolan The Rise & Fall Of A 20th Century Superstar: When the Mini was examined after the accident, the pressure on the offside front tyre was only 16lbs, 12lbs less than it should have been; one of the rear tyres was marginally down; and two nuts on one of the front wheels were not even finger-tight. He thrived on it., Marc was grateful to have a second chance, says Tony Visconti. I would be surprised if Gloria had been stone cold sober..but she wasnt charged with any offense. A local man who witnessed the crash said, "When I arrived a girl was lying on the bonnet and a man with long . ", Marc Bolan with with Elton John on Top Of The Pops in 1971, Marc Bolan with Gloria Jones shot in London in 1976, Bolan's wrecked Mini 1275 GT on Barnes Common, Bolan lost in a reverie on the set of Born To Boogie, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott hospitalised by altitude sickness in Colombia, Always wanted to record a Kiss song with Gene Simmons? Last month, he was given his own television show again, featuring the punk bands who had learned so much from him. Its all cycles, but this ones mine.. 25 August 2013. R.i.p. Fashion was a part of the phenomenon, so were the new, cool discos of Swinging London. Marc wouldve embraced any movement as long as it reflected well among the gullible. Marc Bolan Death. His mind seemed to be travelling in a million different directions at the same time. His death haunts so many of us to this day.But how low down for this guy to fabricate such a tale,when there are so many documented accounts of the crash site. I know one person who shouldnt play him, though: Jack Whitehall!!! And in spite of tours and heavy promotion, Bolan never made the breakthrough into the American market. The Grapefruit imprint has collected two discs' worth of material from Bolan's early band John's Children, while RPM has reissued two albums from Gloria Jones on one CD including the Bolan-produced Vixen. It's very unlikely that a manslaughter charge would have stuck. He was so talented and beautiful, I love Marc with all my heart. The couple were on the way to Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant. And Richard got her out of Uk . Something is not right here. Their Hippy period had never been as fey as Britains, and there were no American DJs with dues to pay to their flower-power pasts. People were saying that I was done for even from the time when Debora [Tyrannosaurus Rexs 1968 single] came out, he told me. He was afraid to let go.. It was 40 years ago on 16 September that Marc Bolan died in a car crash in southwest London at the appallingly young age of 29. Talking about punk, Bolan was one of the few mainstream music stars not to be horrified when Babylon began to burn. Elton John sent a bouquet. A racist mechanic? the fireman is not the only one not telling the truth. She and Bolan were also in a committed romantic relationship and had a son, Rolan Bolan (born September 26, 1975), together. Geoff Barton is a British journalist who founded the heavy metal magazine Kerrang! Agree with Steve. It was once said of the Rolling Stones: Would you let your daughter marry one of these? But as far as the stars of glam rock were concerned you had to work out the gender first. Why do people continue to diminish the word racist? But it was an occasion Ill never forget. A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. That was how Geoffrey Bayldon [the actor in Catweazle] got a part in the Born To Boogie movie. There was an amazing trade in pillows silk-screened with his face. At the height of T.Rexs popularity in 1971 Bolan had had two No.1 singles (Hot Love and Get It On) and a No.1 album, Electric Warrior, an all-time classic full of cosmic boogie, slinky sex, unmitigated raunch and rounded off by bucketloads of pixie charisma. But Even sober people can (and often do) crash their automobile when driving at the early hours of the morning down dark, poorly-lit roads, even when they havent been partying all night. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, While driving home from a London club with Bolan, Gloria Jones lost control of her car, smashing into a tree. He was the cosmic punk again.. So were my friends, the next day I told them about the incident. Rock singer MARC BOLAN, 29, was killed early this morning in a car crash. Magical stories, in that peculiar handwriting of his. She was going to be charged with DD, but Richard got here out of UK, so she could be charged, hence lots of Bolan fans, blamed her for, the loss of Marc. Steve Took dropped out in 1969, to be replaced by Micky Finn, whom Bolan met in a health food restaurant. Whatever happened to all his guitars etc people out there know what happened !!! Marc was never cut out. He was a little afraid. No one can quite agree on what exactly Marc Bolan would be doing today, if hed lived. These days, Jones, who's 71, oversees the Marc Bolan School of Music and Film in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Marc on that night was celebrating and starting drinking after months of getting dry . A little before five oclock the car left the road at Queens Ride, Barnes Common, and crashed into a tree. Yes, a movie is long overdue. When the iconic figure and lead singer of T-Rex, Marc Bolan, sadly died following a fatal car crash in 1977 and the musical world was thrown into widespread mourning. Presumably it wasn't considered wor. She was the driver of the car, an Austin Mini, that crashed and killed Marc Bolan on 16 September 1977. Advertisement Rolan Bolan Net Worth It caused outrage., While its true that the hits never totally dried up for Marc Bolan, theres little doubt his creative muse fizzled rather than sizzled in his latter years. On September 16, 1977, he was killed in a car accident, crushed in the passenger seat of a Mini driven by girlfriend Gloria Jones. I think I was still a schoolboy, actually, recalls Captain Sensible of The Damned. , that said did he have it on ?, i think yes he did as its a front wheel drive car the bell housing , on a transform engine would have been directly in front of his legs , but the whole engine was forced back to the passenger side . Lots of factors were present that wouldnt help. Bless him. 1975). Marc was scared of driving and it was the drivers responsibility to ensure that they were compos mentis when doing so hence many fans will always blame Marcs early demise as her fault she couldve booked a taxi they couldve stayed in a hotel overnight many other options of course. He is best known for his work with British rock band T. Rex. Six months later T. Rex bassist Steve Currie was killed in a road accident in Portugal. In fact she did not even learn of his death until after his funeral. then the courts decided they were going to prosecute her for manslaughter. I remember one Top Of The Pops where Marc was wearing a toy plastic Roman breastplate that hed bought in Woolworths and one of his nipples was showing! I could imagine Marc saying: For fucks sake, there he goes, hes standing right where I died, by the tree, and hes chatting up a bird. People may lose their physical continuity but it doesnt mean you have to lose them., In contrast to BP Fallons somewhat spiritual outlook, Steve Harley refutes any claim that Bolan had a death wish. Hair tinted with wispy gold and blue hues, he sported large square spectacles, presenting a somewhat bizarre cross between Cliff Richard conservativeness and Elton John outlandishness. I also rang Chris Watts and he couldnt even tell me who his other crew members were. Alright, so I went through a period of time when I didnt want to say anything in the papers, but I think every artist goes through that". Despite Bolans bravado, Futuristic Dragon only reached a feeble No.50 in the UK album chart. By Richard Jones. It never happened, but his music lives on After negotiating a humpback bridge on Queen's Ride, near Gypsy Lane, the car lost control. At least, that was the plan. And there was booze. (Image credit: Estate Of Keith Morris/Getty Images ), Marc Bolan in 1975: "It was fashionable to use my face on the cover of everything. He couldnt walk past a shop window; he couldnt walk past a fucking bus stop without looking at his reflection in the glass. Search instead in Creative? Your email address will not be published. He was a passenger in a mini driven by his common law wife Gloria Jones. Beautiful People. All in all very sad that people need to lie after the event all in all it would seem that Marc was a fairly decent sort of person. (in West Germany), My first record was 20 century boy,I was hooked, so sad,why dont they do a film of his life,like Freddie and Elton. Elvis had died not long before, and I was round Marcs house when the news broke. By the end of 1973 he was drinking a bottle a day. Gloria suffered a broken jaw and broken arm, but Marc was killed instantly in the crash on September 16, 1977. Mr. I was unable to return to London Marc Bolan T. Rex | WitchesBrewPress's Blog. She was gorgeous. singer Gloria Jones, she was fortunate enough to survive the crash. He was still in his seat and apparently dead. David Bowie and Rod Stewart were in attendance, as were Steve Harley and members of The Damned. Richmond, United Kingdom (GB) Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 1947 - 1977) was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and poet. On September 16, 1977, Marc was on his way home from a club in Berkeley Square with Gloria Jones. He dabbled in some more groups, and in 1968, making a vague living by playing acoustic guitar around the clubs (and in restaurants for a free meal) he met Steven Took, and together they formed one of the classic groups of the Hippy era, Tyrannosaurus Rex. Jones released an album in 1976, called Vixen . I found myself chatting her up. She is still in hospital, with a broken jaw and serious facial injuries. His taste was for the big time. Stan doesnt really like Conan that much, did you know? His purple Mini was being driven by his girlfriend Gloria Jones, when it swerved over a bridge and crashed headlong into a sycamore tree. Marc wanted to live forever. C. Carol Scott3. Is there anybody with the influence, the means, and most importantly the will !, reading this, whos willing to do so, please. It was a wonderful, exciting and creative time. It didnt mean anything. He was only now attempting to reassert his mercurial talents, and re-establish his popularity. It was September 16, 1977. Jones broke her jaw in the accident. The leader of . Chris states that his unit was on route to a large warehouse fire in Kingston and was redirected to the accident in Barnes. Showing Editorial results for gloria jones. Is it a girl? I got a phone call in the morning from my friend Fachtna OKelly, who was the manager of The Boomtown Rats. My father was a fireman at Richmond station and Chiswick and he attended the scene of marc bolans death. 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