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Mott the Hoople: (Anthem Gang)
Bowie's ragged darlings-scruffy, desperate, and suddenly All the Young Dudes. Honaloochie Boogie was their drunken wedding toast; Foxy, Foxy their midlife crisis. Glam for kids who couldn't afford eyeliner. More Bowie handouts arriving weekly.
Mott The Hoople: "Where Bowie Leads" Review (1972)
Mott The Hoople’s "Where Bowie Leads" , a Liverpool Stadium gig review, September 30, 1972.
Mott The Hoople
Sep 29, 19721 min read
Mott The Hoople: "All The Young Dudes" Album Review (1972)
Mott The Hoople’s All the Young Dudes album review, along with a live advertisement and Dunstable concert review, published in New...
Mott The Hoople
Sep 22, 19721 min read
Mott The Hoople: "All the Young Dudes" Album (1972)
Mott The Hoople’s All the Young Dudes was released as an LP album in the UK by CBS Records (catalog number S 65184) on September 8,...
Mott The Hoople
Sep 8, 19724 min read
Mott The Hoople: "All The Young Dudes" Single Review (1972)
Mott The Hoople’s "All The Young Dudes" , a one-page review in Melody Maker , July 29, 1972.
Mott The Hoople
Jul 28, 19721 min read
David Bowie: "Bowie at His Best: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" Review (1972)
David Bowie’s "Bowie at His Best: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" , a one-page album review in New Musical...
David Bowie
Jun 9, 19721 min read
Mott, Bowie: "Festival Hall" Article (1972)
Mott, Bowie’s "Festival Hall" , a one-page article in New Musical Express , June 10, 1972.
David Bowie
Jun 9, 19721 min read
Live at Fairfield Hall Advert: Feb. 1972
A bold Melody Maker advert announces Mott the Hoople’s early‑’72 Croydon date — a pre‑Bowie era gig that captures the band on the cusp of transformation
Mott The Hoople
Feb 20, 19722 min read
Waltham Forest Tech College Ad: 1972
Mott The Hoople's Forest Road Gig Promo
Mott The Hoople
Feb 4, 19721 min read
Fairfield Hall Croydon: 1972
Mott The Hoople’s Half-Page Advert in Melody Maker, January 22, 1972. Sunday 20th Feb 1972. 7.30 p.m. Island Artists Present BRONCO D.J. ANDY DUNKLEY
Mott The Hoople
Jan 22, 19721 min read
Hot Mott: 1972
Concert review from High Wycombe, featured in New Musical Express on January 8, 1972.
Mott The Hoople
Jan 8, 19721 min read
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