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📰 Unusual Music – News: Apr. 1968
A quiet, early glimpse of Marc Bolan and Steve Took as their strange, hypnotic duo begins to ripple through the underground — mystical, acoustic, and already attracting curiosity for both their name and their sound. 📰 Publication Details Publication: Widnes Weekly News Date: April 19, 1968 Country: United Kingdom Section / Page: Page 19 Format: Small Article 📰 What the Clipping Shows The article appears under the headline “Unusual name, unusual music.” It introduces Tyra

Tyrannosaurus Rex
Apr 19, 19682 min read


📰 Unusual Name, Unusual Music – News: Apr. 1968
A warm, lightly amused tone runs through this late‑’60s profile, capturing Tyrannosaurus Rex at the moment they first began to attract wider attention. The atmosphere is one of curiosity and discovery — two young musicians emerging from London’s underground scene with a sound and identity unlike anything else in the pop pages of the time. “‘Tyrannosaurus Rex’ means ‘King of the Lizards.’” “Their music is as unusual as their name.” 📰 Publication Details Publication: Widnes We

Tyrannosaurus Rex
Apr 19, 19683 min read
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