Mott The Hoople

New Best of Mott The Hoople just came out. Take a look at http://www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk/Product.aspx?ProductID=3729

A band which is great but could have been greater

I had the pleasure of seeing them live on many occasions even one time with Queen as the support band! also saw them as Mott, British Lions (Pete, Buff, Morgan & Ray of Mott with John Fiddler former front man of Medicine Head) and of course Ian solo helped out by the great Mick Ronson. Also saw Bed Company with Ralpher playing guitar. Happy memories.

Mott, circa '71-'74 stands up to anything recorded later in the punk, glam vein. This was the very beginning of angry, alternative rock. Bowie got involved on Dudes before he was anybody. Queen used to open for these guys for chrissakes! But the waters of rock n roll success are turbulent and for whatever reasons, Mott ended up simply not achieving the sustained success that others did. How cool a band was this and how cool is Ian Hunter? ... the thermometer breaks when you put it next to the... More... Mott, circa '71-'74 stands up to anything recorded later in the punk, glam vein. This was the very beginning of angry, alternative rock. Bowie got involved on Dudes before he was anybody. Queen used to open for these guys for chrissakes! But the waters of rock n roll success are turbulent and for whatever reasons, Mott ended up simply not achieving the sustained success that others did. How cool a band was this and how cool is Ian Hunter? ... the thermometer breaks when you put it next to these guys.

The sad thing is, I never even knew who these guys were until Def Leppard remade "Golden Age of Rock & Roll"... man, did I really miss out... I just can't get enough now. :)