Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan was the glittering wizard who kicked the door open for glam rock, and I find his legend irresistible. A working-class boy from Stoke Newington who draped himself in feathers and lamé and made the whole world shimmer with T. Rex, he distilled rock and roll into something gorgeously theatrical and instantly danceable. His death at 29 in a car crash was cruelly premature, yet punk, post-punk and Britpop all walked the trail he blazed. The brightest flames burn shortest, and that cliché fits him perfectly. I still can't hear Get It On without wanting to move.

Name (English)

Marc Bolan

Name (Japanese)

マーク・ボラン

Reading

まーく・ぼらん

Born

September 30, 1947 – September 16, 1977

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

Origin

Stoke Newington, United Kingdom

Occupation

guitarist / singer-songwriter / singer / rock musician / model

• Official sitehttp://www.marc-bolan.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Bolan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q287514

Tags

• guitarist
• singer-songwriter
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.