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Pop Hebdo #6

02/10/1976

MB: I could not do much with him any more given that he's only able to play the congas. At the beginning, Mickey was an associate but towards the end, we were following different directions, musically I meant, but we remain good friends!

PH: I noticed that you have slightly modified your style. Is it difficult to change, I mean, do you need to start again from nothing?

PH: What do you prefer: making singles or albums?

MB: It's very exciting making singles but it's more important for us to achieve an album. Our last one, “Futuristic Dragon,” is very different. We spent ten months on it and it was recorded in the United States. It also has “New York City.” I employed, among others, two drummers and four synthesisers.

After nearly three silent years, Marc Bolan returns with a very new T.REX, an album entitled “Futuristic Dragon” and … a son!

Pop-Hebdo: During the two years, your career seemed very quiet if not totally stalled. What happened during this time?

Marc Bolan: I never really stopped working. Of course, I took time to think about what I've achieved so far and what I will do next.
I needed to, by the way!

PH: Why the split with Mickey Finn?

MB: It's also one of the reasons why I seemed absent these last two years; I wanted everyone to move on. There's now the Bay City Rollers and all this cr*p. Finally, I wanted a break to give me the time to start again without totally changing.

There is Gloria Jones, Richard Jones, who were part of the “Majestics.” Actually, it's the album I should have released by the time of “Born to Boogie.”