Metal Guru – The Life And Music Of Marc Bolan

A radical reassessment of the life and music of Marc Bolan is long overdue as the 40th anniversary of his death approaches.  Author and musician Paul Roland has been one of the most perceptive commentators on the Bolan legacy for many years and is a key contributor to BBC4’s landmark documentary on Marc Bolan and T. Rex.  On 4 September, ‘Metal Guru – The Life And Music Of Marc Bolan’ will be issued in paperback by Extradition Publishing.  Roland is renowned as a true Bolan authority, having authored four biographies over the past 40 years. ‘Metal Guru – The Life And Music Of Marc Bolan’ is an entirely new 240-page biography, based upon his lifetime of research and interviews with friends, family members, journalists, press agents, managers and the musicians who worked with Bolan throughout his mercurial career.

As Record Collector magazine said, “Roland is surely the biographer Bolan would have wished for”.

Including many rare and unpublished photos Metal Guru is the definitive portrait of one of the UK’s greatest and most inimitable stars. Marc Bolan’s music is unique in spanning the rock ‘n’ roll, Mod, psychedelia, hippie, glam and punk eras – his life was a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows, love and loss, triumph and tragedy.

Not until now has his genius been fully acknowledged in print, nor the complex, often contradictory and forcefully driven personality that created the timeless hits been so fascinatingly described – including the eerie omens of an early death that haunted him throughout his short life. In ‘Metal Guru’, Marc Bolan is finally revealed in all his guises: lovable and maddening; elf-like performer and steely-eyed businessman; shameless opportunist and doomed youth; musician, self-styled ‘street-poet’ and, above all, rock star.

For more information or to request interview with Paul Roland, please contact Chris Hewlett on 0845 601 2833 or chris@chrishewlett.com