Took’s arrangements contributed to transforming Bolan’s music from the straightforward rock ‘n roll it had previously been into an exotic brew of musical styles designed to appeal to Bolan’s new audience of hippies. Took contributed harmony backing vocals, which are more noticeable in live recordings than on studio recordings, and provided bongos, African drums, kazoo, pixiphone, and Chinese gong. The flower-power unit, championed by John Peel onto the club and stage circuit and thence into the record shops, released three albums and achieved two top 40 hits.
STEVE PEREGRIN TOOK FULL
After one disastrous concert at the Electric Garden in London, Bolan and Took reduced the band down to a duo, busking in subways on acoustic guitar and bongos, Took having been obliged to sell his full drum kit to pay the rent until paying gigs started to come in.
STEVE PEREGRIN TOOK MOD
At the age of 17, having played drums for some months with a mod band named The Waterproof Sparrows, he answered an advert in Melody Maker for the electric band that Marc Bolan was forming following his departure from John’s Children, Tyrannosaurus Rex. He took his name from the hobbit Peregrin Took in J. Took was born Stephen Ross Porter in Eltham, London on 28 July 1949. Early life and Tyrannosaurus Rex (1967–1969) Twink and the other ex-Deviants then formed a new band called the Pink Fairies (mark 2), without Took or Farren. Took appeared prominently on Farren’s first solo album Mona – The Carnivorous Circus (recorded December 1969, released 1970). Together with Twink’s girlfriend Silva Darling, they performed what Farren would later describe as "less of a gig than a protracted harangue" at the University of Manchester in October 1969, which rapidly dissolved into chaos. This band was named in honour of a drinking club of the same name the three had formed earlier that year, along with other leading lights of the underground scene. The Pink Fairies (1969–1970)Īfter being sacked by Bolan, Took formed a prototype version of the Pink Fairies with Twink and Mick Farren, recently ousted from his own band, The Deviants. After breaking with Bolan, he concentrated on his own singer-songwriting activities, variously as a solo artist or as a frontman for several bands. He is best known for his membership of the duo Tyrannosaurus Rex with Marc Bolan.
Steve Peregrin Took (born Stephen Ross Porter 28 July 1949 – 27 October 1980) was an English musician.
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