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Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan remains one of British rock's most iconic superstars. He reinvented himself from a left field hero of the rock underground into a pop heartthrob and was a major inspiration to both the punk and heavy metal worlds before famously being killed in a car crash in London in 1977. Growing up in East London, he was playing guitar in a skiffle band by the time he was nine and left school early to become a male model. Pursuing his passion for music, Bolan was signed by manager Simon Napier-Bell and released his first single The Wizard in 1967. He then joined art band John's Chi...