The scruffy, sarcastic, Bowie-boosted misfits who turned Dylan leftovers into glitter-soaked anthems and nearly broke up every week – but gave us “All the Young Dudes” anyway They looked like they’d been dragged out of a pub fight, sounded like the Rolling Stones after three bottles of Newcastle Brown, and had a singer who wore shades indoors and a guitarist who dressed like a Victorian undertaker on his day off. Yet for one glorious 1972–1974 stretch, they were the coolest g

Mott The Hoople’s "Where Bowie Leads" , a Liverpool Stadium gig review, September 30, 1972.

Mott The Hoople’s "Hot Mott" , a one-page feature on the High Wycombe live performance in New Musical Express , January 8, 1972.