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 Tyrannosaurus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was assigned to Tyrannosaurus rex in 1912 by Henry Osborn.
rex and "The King of the Dinosaurs", was a giant carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Upper Maastrichtian, the last stage of the Cretaceous period, 70–65 million years ago.
rex, nicknamed ‘’Stan’’ in honor of amateur paleontologist Stan Sacrison, was found in the Hell Creek Formation near Buffalo, South Dakota, in the spring of 1987.
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 Rarebird's T. Rex Reviews
Rex, the '70's British glam rock band led by the late Marc Bolan, had only one hit single in the U.S. ("Bang A Gong (Get It On)" in 1971), but they were a huge sensation in their native England, almost on a par with the Beatles and the Stones.
Like most T. Rex albums, this one was produced by Tony Visconti, and all of the songs were written by Bolan.
In the beginning, when T. Rex was formed in 1967, they were merely a duo comprised of Bolan and Steve Peregrine Took (who took his name from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings); they played all acoustic music and were called Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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 BBC NEWS Entertainment Music T Rex band member dies
Finn left T Rex in 1975 to form his own band and in recent years had toured with his own incarnation of T Rex.
Bolan, the most famous member of the band, died when the car he was a passenger in hit a tree in 1977.
T Rex were led by the charismatic Marc Bolan
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/2651733.stm   (313 words)

  
 T- Rex - Tanx LP Buy Music Online - Specialist Collectors Genres CD LP60s 70s Psychedelic Progressive Rock Folk
T- Rex is one of many thousands of bands and artists we hold in stock at the Freak Emporium.
The band's follow-up to their legendary The Slider, 1973's Tanx was for many the last classic T. Rex record before Bolan began his irreversible descent into drug addiction.
Although we can hear Bolan trying to expand the band's sound with R&B style backup singers and horns, songs like "Rapids," "Highway Knees" and "The Street & Babe Shadow" deliver vintage T Rex.
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 T. Rex (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rex (originally known as Tyrannosaurus Rex), was a British rock band fronted by Marc Bolan.
The band was founded by Marc Bolan in 1967 and performed just once as a five-piece rock band, at The Roundhouse, before immediately breaking up in disarray.
Along with Marc Bolan and T. Rex and Ringo Starr, Born To Boogie also featured Elton John, who jammed with the friends to create a rockin' studio versions of "Children Of The Revolution" and "Tutti Frutti"; Elton John appeared on TV with Bolan later playing (miming actually) the piano part to "Get it on".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/T._Rex_(band)   (2194 words)

  
 t rex Rankings
Rex, T-Rex, T Rex, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Rolan Bolan, The...
rex was one of the largest terrestrial carnivores of all time...
Rex, brytyjska grupa rockowa, za??????o??????ona w 1967 w Londynie przez M. Bolana.
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 NME.COM - News - T REX STAR DIES
The band were at the forefront of the glam-rock phenomenon that swept Britain in the 70's, and were credited with influencing David Bowie's glam incarnation.
T REX percussionist MICKEY FINN died in hospital in CROYDON at the weekend, aged 55.
Finn was a member of the band during their most successful period from 1970 until 1975, replacing original member Steve 'Peregrine' Took.
www.nme.com /news/103912.htm   (333 words)

  
 T. Rex : Tanx (Japan Bonus Tracks) - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Rex's golden era; unfortunately, the band members would drift off one by one soon after, until Bolan was the only one remaining by the mid-'70s.
Rex hit-making machine was beginning to show some wear and tear, but Marc Bolan still had more than a few winners up his sleeve.
Rex sound -- soulful backup singers and horns are heard throughout, a full two years before David Bowie used the same formula for his mega-seller Young Americans.
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 VH1.com : T. Rex : Biography
The band's next album, T. Rex, peaked at number 13 and stayed on the charts for six months.
Rex released "Get It On" (retitled "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" in the U.S.), which became their second straight U.K. number one; the single would go on to be their biggest international hit, reaching number ten in the U.S. in 1972.
Rex; the singles "20th Century Boy" and "The Groover" soon followed it to the upper ranks of the charts.
www.vh1.com /artists/az/trex/bio.jhtml   (1190 words)

  
 The T. Rex Essay - VH1's Behind the Music
Then, in a moment that would shock the band to their foundation, founding (bassist, drummer) was struck down in the prime of youth (by a drug overdose, by choking to death on his vomit, in a drunk driving accident, by cancer).
With extensive touring where the band members had to carry all their equipment and roadies on a single moped and the extreme (energy, theatrics, nudity) of their live shows, [insert band name] started it's meteoric rise to the top.
Almost as important as [insert band name]'s music was their wild stage shows and extremely feminine on-stage dress and appearance, which included liberal use of hair-spray, make-up, spandex, high heels, feather boas and lingerie.
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 LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'T_'
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 CANOE -- JAM! - T.Rex drummer dies at 55
Originally formed as Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1967 by lead singer Marc Bolan, the band shortened their name in 1970 after Finn joined to replace original member Steve Took.
Finn resurrected the band in 1997 under the name "Mickey Finn's T-Rex," and released the studio album "Renaissance," last year.
Mickey Finn, percussionist with the 1970s British glam rock band T.Rex, died on Saturday night at age 55, said his manager.
jam.canoe.ca /Music/Artists/T/Trex/2003/01/13/pf-751428.html   (203 words)

  
 Jitterbug Love A Tribute To Marc Bolan And T.Rex
Soon after-ward Marc quit the band due to lack of success, and because he was not the lead vocalist.
The bands third album "Unicorn" is the most accessible, with a Spector-esque sound and Bolan's most effective songs yet.
The band ended abruptly when the hire-purchase company took their equipment back.
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 T. Rex
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 T. Rex - Electric Warrior DVD-A review
For me, T. Rex is one of those bands that was perfect for its time, which was the early ‘70s.
According to Visconti, the mix was done with T. Rex sitting right in front of you in a 180-degree semi-circle, with Bolan& voice in the center channel and his guitars to the right and left sides (not right and left front).
The rest of the band is sitting right in front of you with the strings, horns and backing vocals popping up everywhere, but mainly behind you.
www.avrev.com /music/revs/t-rex_dvda.html   (732 words)

  
 The T. Rex Essay
Said rock band doesn't have to be good, in fact they don't ever even have to play in concert or even together, they just have to exist.
Well, he wanted to start a band, he was the only member at the time he talked to me. He had named the band the Geese.
Another requirement for being a college student is to at one time be either officially or unofficially a member of a band, preferably a rock band.
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 The Ballrooms of Mars - T. Rex
Rex was a British band fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist Marc Bolan.
Alright, so it's not the same T. Rex, but it's still a pretty cool dinosaur.
It's not the original T. Rex, of course, but still, Bolan's getting a lot of exposure lately in commercials.
www.easthollow.com /trex/index.asp   (341 words)

  
 T. Rex
In 1970 they became "T.Rex" and evolved into the first ever "glam" band.
The first "glitter rockers," the group T. Rex was one of the most popular in British rock history.
Rex bassist Steve Currie also died in an auto accident, four years later.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/teeth/soundtrack/tre.html   (120 words)

  
 Glam Rock and Marc Bolan
When Bolan formed T. REX he added the electric guitar to his sound and the new pop explosion in the UK was born.
T.REX only had one radio hit in the USA, Bang A Gong in 1972, which was rerecorded by members of Duran Duran in their Powerstation project in 1985 when it again became a smash hit in the States.
Many punk bands were influenced by Bolan's style of music.
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 Review - Marc Bolan And T. Rex: 20th Century Superstar
Whereas A Wizard only focused on the full band T. Rex period from 1972-77, this one starts with his first solo single recorded as Toby Tyler in 1964.
The Slider soon followed, and the next two discs - aside from a BBC live recording of "Sailors of the Highway" - are all culled from albums T. Rex released between 1972-77.
The next album, simply titled T. Rex showed a shortened name change, and Bolan then added fulltime bassist Steve Currie and drummer Bill Legend to the group.
www.cosmik.com /aa-march03/reviews/review_marc_bolan_and_t_rex.html   (620 words)

  
 T.Rex Reviews
Ringo Starr was so enamored of "T. Rexstasy" that he set about making a loose documentary on Bolan and band, one whose loose flights of improvisational cinema seem as dizzy as they do substance-fueled.
The "Tea Party Medley" is one strange soirée of hits, while disc two presents the only complete recording of a T. Rex show, capturing the band's triumphant Wembley homecoming on March 18, 1972, in all its screaming teen glory.
David Bowie's glammed-out Ziggy Stardust may have inspired much British critical hype at the dawn of the '70s, but it was Marc Bolan's T. Rex whose infectious blend of rock roots and mystic troubadour conceits were the era's biggest teen-frenzy pop phenomena.
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 T. Rex Discography
Originally billed as Tyrannosaurus Rex (which featured Steve Peregrine Took), Bolan eventually abbreviated the band's name to T. Rex (which by now featured Mickey Finn replacing Took).
Electric Warrior and The Slider are watershed moments in the glam movement, and T. Rex became a hit-making phenomenon in England during the early half of the Seventies.
But fame is a borrowed crown, and Bolan struggled to maintain that commercial momentum when glam's engine began to sputter, unwisely courting a funkier sound in an effort to stay relevant.
www.connollyco.com /discography/trex   (289 words)

  
 Marc Bolan and T. Rex : Messing With the Mystic<>
Bolan's nifty songwriting and flair as a guitarist earned him the credibility to go with the fame, and T. Rex could have been one of the few bands to survive the punk revolution.
It came to him with T. Rex, who became the British pop sensation of the '70s, setting off a tabloid-and-young-girls feeding frenzy that came to be known as T. Rexstasy.
First as a Donovan-esque singer songwriter and then with psych-rockers John's Children and Tyrannosaurus Rex, Bolan demonstrated a drive for pop-stardom normally associated with Spice Girls.
www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/trex.htm   (371 words)

  
 Demon Music Group / 2 entertain - T. REX ON TV - A T. REX COMPENDIUM
REX ON TV - A T. ', the first official archive DVD to compile a collection of Marc Bolan and T. Rex's quintessential television appearances on French, German and UK television pop programmes through the seventies.
Using archive footage of performance and interviews, the documentary recalls his early career, period in the band John's Children, Tyrannosaurus Rex and T.Rex, his progression from obscurity to superstar and subsequent decline.
At their peak (1972) the band reportedly sold up to 100,000 records per day.
www.noblepr.co.uk /Press_Releases/demon/t_rex.htm   (670 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Mickey Finn, percussionist with T Rex, dead at 56
After stints with the bands Hapshash and Coloured Coat, Finn teamed up with charismatic singer-songwriter Marc Bolan in 1969 when T Rex's original bongo player Steve Took left the band.
But in 1997, after band members received a rapturous reception at a public performance to commemorate Bolan's death, the group reformed with Finn, Paul Fenton — another original band member — and several new musicians.
The percussionist, who took over leadership of the band when it reformed in 1997, died Saturday in a south London hospital, the band's manager Barry Newby said Monday.
www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2003-01-13-mickey-finn-obit_x.htm   (341 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : T. Rex Go "Electric" Again
The band's previous four albums (three of them under the original, more unwieldy name Tyrannosaurus Rex) had been primarily acoustic, recorded by Bolan, who would die in a car accident in 1977, and a percussionist, eventually Mickey Finn.
In the States, the band worked at Wally Heider's in Los Angeles and Media Sound in New York, and the London sessions were recorded at Advision and Trident (with all final mixing done at the latter).
Thirty years later, glam rock landmark gets it on in U.S. On the September 1971 release of the T. Rex's fifth album, Electric Warrior, just remastered and reissued in the U.S. by Rhino, frontman Marc Bolan achieved superstar status in Britain.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5935809/t_rex_go_electric_again   (706 words)

  
 T.REX
Tyrannosaurus Rex has they are known, record a session for Radio 1's 'Top Gear' programme, the first band to do so without having a record label.
Jack Green and Paul Fenton join the band as an additional guitarist and drummer in 1973, at the same time 3 girls are taken on for backing vocals, including Gloria Jones who later becomes Bolan's girlfriend.
The band are kicked off an Who tour after inciting a riot in W.Germany.
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 T. Rex: The Slider / Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow / Dandy in the Underworld / The T. Rex Wax Co. Singles: A's and B's 1972-77: Pitchfork Review
These four reissues from Rhino, which are essentially identical to the Edsel reissues from a few years ago, track T. Rex's downward trajectory but attempt to redeem the band's later, lesser releases by packaging each album with a bonus disc that re-creates the tracklist using alternate takes, live tracks, and B-sides.
Rex: The Slider/ Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow / Dandy in the Underworld / The T. Rex Wax Co. Singles: A's and B's 1972-77: Pitchfork Review
Meanwhile, the band-- percussionist Mickey Finn, Steve Currie on bass, and Bill Legend on drums, plus producer Tony Visconti-- lock in on the grooves that propel "Buick McKane", "Baby Strange", and "Chariot Choogle".
www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/t/t-rex/slider-zinc-alloy-and-the-hidden-riders-of-tomorrow-dandy-in-the-underworld-singles.shtml   (1063 words)

  
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 T. Rex: Tanx - PopMatters Music Review
Indeed, for most of its history T. Rex was equivalent to Marc Bolan, and the backing musicians maintained a studied anonymity.
Altogether, these reissues make a case not that T. Rex released a vast series of masterpiece albums, but that the group consisted of much more than the one hit single to which America cultural memory would reduce it.
Each gets its own “alternate version” on a separate disc made up of studio outtakes, which will be of interest mostly to musicologists or T. Rex fanatics.
www.popmatters.com /pm/music/reviews/t_rex_tanx_bolans_zip_gun_futuristic_dragon_work_in_progress   (1048 words)

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