The NME Consumers' Guide To Marc Bolan, part 2: The Rise And Fall Of Bolanmania
Paul Morley, NME, 27 September 1980
BOLAN WENT electric and it was deemed, astoundingly, that he'd 'sold out'. For wanting to reach young people with vibrant pop music at a time when rock music was sinking into a clandestine mud, Bolan was consistently attacked.
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