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but the Bopping Imp Keeps Bopping CHRIS WELCH UNCOVERS THE TYRANNOSAURUS SPLIT ... but the Bopping Imp keeps bopping .. IS Tyranno aurus Rex extinct? Never ' in a million years! t e v e Peregrine AS THE blues became Took, the drummer the dominating musi­ who took his name cal factor of the late from the stories of sixties, scores of Taste-one Professor Tolkien bands were spawned has split. But Marc in Britain each playing endless Elmore James Bolan, the Bopping riffs to a rapidly ex­ Imp, plans to keep panding audience. of the few bopping. The blues had been discovered on a com­ The t \vo-man group mercial scale once again. went their separate From the Howlin' Wolf • ways on returning and John Lee Hooker heydays of a few years to survive from their first tour before, the groups moved of America. on to James, Robert John­ Lnsr \\l'l'k Marc, the gul1ar­ son and B. B. King. lst/song writer who Out or the whole blues created th<> concept of n boom a handrul of bands emerged with true ability the boom sfmplt.' "acoustic and bonl!oes " medium for and originality. One such expreit'>ing his songs, ad­ band is Taste., a trio ve-rtlsed in the MM for formed in 1968 by guitar­ BY ROYSTON ELDRIDGE "a J!l'nt le ynun.: guy who ist Rory Gallagher c:in play percussion." DIED than others but a lot of the other way to rock and Heavier what we do is improvised pop." "Some groups have left as tong as there is a Taste spend most of the Wh11t causc>d the Bohrn­ the blues scene because strong theme that you can coming month in Scandi- Took breakup, and what the boom has died down improvise on. navia where they have 11:n lie-. aheud for T. Rex? ?~t th~ boom has~ gon~ "It is an abstract goal exceptional following Marc materialised before P~~g rdiss~. ma~~d ~ge that we are aiming for, we before they return to the m r In a skinny pullover MARC .BOLAN: " We decided to split before we left for America " people _ the audience just want to play what is ~~=t~e!t f~r~eginning of and brij?ht yellow and the groups - have natural to us regardless or cru,hcd velvet trousers, grown up a little bit." what it is called. The "We'll be doing two bl'aming and full of us at all. It sounds and want to do some• "The best way to work It Evidence of the matur- ' undergrouna' as most months there on our own enthu,la,;;;m. unbelievable I know. but thing on his own. in the States is to find 1ty of Gallagher, drummer people call it has done a this time on the club and " 11 \\ a, m} bfrthd,ll yes­ it's reall)' down to each •• I think ve.ry positively nic.e people to stay with." John Wilson and bassist lol of good. Musically the college. ci rcu it. I think the terday,·· he rl'venlcd, as or us wantin~ to do our now and I knO\\ exactly What was the reaction to Richie McCracken can be whole scene is improving new album will be re• Wl' -.amplt>d the ale s up• own thing. J don't know what I want to do. There their act. gathered from the fact a Ith o ugh sometimes leased in the States and plied h} lr1rc's g:trru­ what he wants to do. I won't be a new direction h Very heavy acceptance. that they accompanied people seem to forget the here at about the same lous, bearded cot-. pub­ think he \\ants to get - il will be a continued We didn't do any of our Blind Faith on their tour enjoyment thing, if you time. lici~t Into a heavier group thing growth. I have one or new things. It was like of America and were intellectualise a thing too "We're not really con• "I wa!t 22 - c.in you with iwink from the two people in mind and I startin1,t all over ngain. asked to stay on ofter much, it loses its freedom. cerned with singles. If you helh.•\ e that? And I can Pretty Things. have put an ad in the But we were very fortu­ Clapton, Baker, Winwood "Groups are improvis- release a single and it's a rt.•nwmbt>r when I was .. We decid~ to split LWO MM. It will still be a duo . nate, and went down and Grech returned to the ing a lot more and the hit you·ve got to follow il nlne;, It doeSn'I seem 10111: days before \\ e left ror " Tyrannosaurus Rex is still well, thank God. home ~round. musicians at lea.st are up and then you've got to ai.:o \merica, which made a very young thing and " We're going back in "The effect of touring listening to jazz. Jazz. is bend and bend. Albums \Vh-tl happt>ncd twixt ll',e e\1crybod)' very uptight. although It tu.s gone January and we'll have a with Blind Faith was that the inevitable step from are becoming more impor• and l\lnrc? 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Threre are "We shall be doing a just tried to let the music alv.-ays shades or vlole~ce concert tour or England happen naturally. everY\,he.re. It's 3maz1ni: before i:,olng back to '' Blind Faith sound soft New Singles · when you think half or J\meri:rn, probably with and t!asy on the car hut the American popuh1tion John. And I'd like to do we still played from b under 25. That's about the first of lhe free silence to very loud" 4524· The Spiral Starecase 130 million young people, cnncerL, in the park nexl With Blind Failh's softer Here's a mod mod two­ No One For Me To Turn To and of course they are In year. approach - and a current conflict with thc> older trend away from heavy some by Sh~ftesbury to turn on Sue&Sunny generation. mu'liC - have the Tasle anybody (soundwise that is) " England seems so lovely Contract moved away from the .. Let Us Break Bread and small and medieval blues? ~q~U:edal give; you th~t Wah-Wah sound plus !· nd after Americ.'l. I couldn't "America hn!> changed my f~ot' co~;roi° Siren effects. Also operates as volume Rainbows wait to ~et back. But the head n lot. I want to New Day Dawning record company did a make conl:1ct with a lot MATURED 2. Duo Fu,~ Pedal I good promotion Job on us n1 orc people. It's like and T bl F neat Y, compactly, gives you Bass Norman Wisdom In the ~41 tes. FM radio Is having blinkers ripped "We certainty haven't re e uzz effect plus 'Expander'. tremendous. You get the from your eyes. I'm mu .:.h Where Do I Go From Here? left our roots or the blues, 2017 Squall Pedal (111ustr3ted) £17.19.6. equiva lent of fo ur Top freer In my attitude we've matured a little and Duster Bennett Gear programmes 24 towards mu sic." tried to give our mu sic a 2016 Duo Fuzz Pedal·£ 12 1 2 0 hours a dav, and vou get March ndmltl~d he c,,en little b11 more tasJ.c. On (recommended retail prices) · · I'm Gonna Wind Up Ending the jazz, soul or straight liked a little Jazz. 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