On Sept. 8, 1972, Mott the Hoople released "All the Young Dudes," a glam-rock anthem written by Bowie and produced by the singer. The song became the band's biggest hit, reaching No. 3 on the U.K.

Although David Bowie’s gifted hit of "All the Young Dudes" had effectively rescued the band from oblivion just two years prior, a subsequent falling out with their fan and benefactor revealed that ...

Mott The Hoople hadn't even played a gig when they recorded their debut album shortly after madcap visionary producer Guy Stevens put them together, looking to create his dream collision between the ...

They were more popular in the UK than the US.

Zeppelin were too loaded down in their alpine Ebow and Allah blues, their plane lost in the astral clouds somewhere between Mecca, Memphis, and Mordor; the Stones were faux-brutal celebutantes, ...

If Mott the Hoople had split up as planned in 1972, the group would still have had a small following with fond memories of the band. Mick Jones, who went on to become a founding member of The Clash, ...

It’s fair to say that Booker T. & The M.G.’s changed the course of Mick Ralphs’s life. The Herefordshire electrician was 18 when he first heard Green Onions on Radio Luxembourg in 1962. “I loved the ...

Dale “Buffin” Griffin, drummer and founding member of the Seventies glam rock group Mott the Hoople, passed away Sunday in his sleep following a long battle with Alzheimer’s. He was 67. The band’s ...

Ian Hunter borrowed a bit of Easter imagery for “Roll Away the Stone,” the closing number from Mott the Hoople’s final studio album in 1974. He didn’t take the religious symbolism much further for a ...

Unfortunately the new year has been cruel to the rock world, as another veteran musician has passed away. Mott the Hoople drummer and founder Dale 'Buffin' Griffin has passed away at the age of 67 ...