Comments on: REVIEW: Marc Bolan & T-Rex – Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (1974)

By: Philip Herman

Philip Herman — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 05:58:16 +0000

I am 63 years old and grew up in Western Pennsylvania as a Bolan/Zappa fan. In my opinion, they are at extreme ends of the music spectrum. Although I always love Electric Warrior ( possibly because of the Zappa/Flo&Eddie connection ) and Mambo Sun was my teenage favorite song; I have always had an extreme love of the Zinc Alloy album. I have always tried to interest other people in ” the Avengers, superbad” with no success. I tried for many, many years to expand my musical tastes, only to be disappointed. I return always to T.Rex and Zappa. Thank you for this review and the comments that followed.

By: Dale Haskell

Dale Haskell — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:48:38 +0000

Great to see many standing up for ZINC ALLOY! Always considered it the most criminally underrated Bolan work. He was aiming toward the soulful side before many of his peers including Bowie,who would strike gold with Young Americans a year and a half later. The album simply delivers on ALL fronts! The accepted wisdom of critics and some fans be damned!

By: Young

Young — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:34:44 +0000

Huge T-Rex fan from Kitchener just dropping a line or two. I’m just now getting into this album…I’ve been listening to Marco since about 2000, and he’s been my main man ever since! Its not often that music makes me smile as much as T-Rex…

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:13:43 +0000

Zinc and Chilli Peppers Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic are 2 of my favourite albums, their similarities are quite remarkable.

By: steven

steven — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:22:21 +0000

i remember buying zinc in 74,i was 14,and remember on first play that nameless,was the only trex sounding track.i was pretty dissapointed at first,with the rest of the tracks.of course over time,i see it for what it was,a progression.I do however remember thinking at the time,why did,nt he cut out some of the album filler stuff,i.e spanish m and jive etc,call it venus loon,(which is the best track) instead of all the cream zinc stuff,and use the same cover shot.maybe it would have been better recieved.i would love here anyone else,s views.(by the way tanx is my all time great trex album.) stevie

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:31:39 +0000

I bought Zinc when it first came out in the UK in 1974.I was 16 at the time. This album like the man himself is highly underrated.

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:26:38 +0000

Zinc Alloy blows my mind… how in the world did the guy ever come up with such amazing, far out, mind-blowing stuff???

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:23:20 +0000

Bolan is the ‘real deal’ he wrote songs of ‘TRUE GREATNESS’ The songs on ‘Unicorn’, ‘My People Were Fair…’, ‘Prophets…’, ‘A Beard Of Stars’, ‘T.Rex’ etc. help make my life worth living…they take me off to an amazing, beautiful, mystical place that time forgot. Some of his songs are actualIy to me some of the highlights of life up there with old Oak trees, snow covered mountain ranges, glorious sunsets, starfilled nights, forest trails etc. Thank God for Marc Bolan!!!

By: finton

finton — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:45:08 +0000

You are right on the money – Zinc Alloy is the best Bolan album. I can never understand why Tony Visconti underrates it so much – everything he says about it actually pertains to the vastly inferior Tanx. Futuristic Dragon is also a blast.

By: dhutch

dhutch — Sat, 05 May 2007 03:09:06 +0000

i think zinc alloy was marc as his best
though tanx does come in close
zinc is my fav cause it has all my favs
galaxy, explosive mouth, liquid gang, truck on, midnight
and my all time superbad