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| | RINGO TOUR 2001 - IAN HUNTER BIO PAGE |
 | | Hunter's lyrical foresight and percipience were astonishing - 'The Moon Upstairs' (1971) pre-empted Punk Rock by five years, 'Crash Street Kidds' (1974) predicted social unrest and British street riots in the early '80s and Queen must have been listening to Ian's five minute operetta, 'Marionette', an obvious precursor to their #1 smash hit, 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. |
 | | By the mid '80s however, Ian's output was less frequent, being restricted to occasional songs for movie soundtracks, until he resumed his partnership with Mick in 1988, when they recorded and toured for the first and only time as 'Hunter Ronson'. |
 | | Ian's new 2CD collection 'Once Bitten Twice Shy,' released by Sony Music on 15 May 2000, provides evidence of this quality in abundance including classic single and album tracks, a series of rare and previously unreleased recordings plus a special version of the eternal 'All The Young Dudes', recorded live by Ian and Def Leppard. |
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