Mott the Hoople

Remembrance Rock 

Straight Shooter: Remembering Mick Ralphs

July 2, 2025July 5, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bad Company, Can’t Get Enough, Mick Ralphs, Mott the Hoople, Paul Rodgers, Ready for Love, RIP, Simon Kirke

Former Bad Company and Mott The Hoople guitar great was 81

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Remembrance Rock 

Great White’s Jack Russell Gone at 63

August 16, 2024August 16, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Great White, Ian Hunter, Jack Russell, Led Zeppelin, Mott the Hoople, RIP

The hard rock singer retired from touring last month after Lewy body dementia diagnosis

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Rock 

Billy Tibbals Lives For Rock ‘n’ Roll

May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2024, Billy Tibbals, Chris Robinson, David Bowie, Los Angeles, Mott the Hoople, Nightlife Stories, Silver Arrow Records, T.Rex, The Black Crowes

Catching up with the new English blood of the L.A. scene

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Rock 

Stranger Than Fiction: A Conversation with Ian Hunter

April 29, 2024May 25, 2024 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 2024, CHEAP TRICK, Defiance Part 2: Fiction, Fiction, Ian Hunter, interview, Lucinda Williams, Mick Ronson, Mott the Hoople, Rick Nielsen, Trudi Hunter

The British rock legend talks about his new album Defiance Part 2 and what the future holds

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Music Journalism Records 

The Return of the White Label Promo Preservation Society

October 6, 2023 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 2023, Bud Scoppa, Dana Gillespie, Dave DiMartino, David Johansen, Detroit with Mitch Ryder, Dusty Springfield, Fishbone, HoZac Books, Ira Robbins, Jeff Tamarkin, Johnny Mathis, Michael "Cub" Koda, Mitchell Cohen, Mott the Hoople, Music Journalism, Records, Sal Maida, Susan Whithall, The Dead Boys, The James Gang, White Label Promo Preservation Society, White Label Promo Preservation Society Vol. 2

Inside the second volume of the book series that looks beyond the Billboard charts

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Glam Rock 

Hymn for the Dudes: Mott The Hoople’s Mott at 50

July 20, 2023July 20, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, All the Way From Memphis, All the Young Dudes, Brain Capers, Columbia Records, Def Leppard, Joe Elliott, Luther Grosvenor, Mick Ralphs, Mott, Mott the Hoople, Spooky Tooth, Ziggy Stardust

Looking back on a perfect rock ‘n’ roll record

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Rock 

Ian Hunter Is Defying The Odds

May 9, 2023May 11, 2023 Dave Steinfeld 1 Comment All the Young Dudes, Defiance Part 1, Ian Hunter, Mike Campbell, Mott the Hoople, Ringo Starr, Robert Trujillo, Slash, Sun Records, Taylor Hawkins

With a fab new album, the 83-year-old Mott man shows no signs of slowing down

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Music Journalism Rock 

25 Great Songs About Rock & Roll Life

January 31, 2023February 1, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments AC/DC, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Bad Company, Beastie Boys, Bonnie Raitt, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Grand Funk Railroad, Horse Girl, Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Patti Smith, The Guess Who, The Kinks, The Minutemen, The Old 97's, The Ramones, The Tubes, The Who, Willie Nelson

Ranking some of our favorite tunes that brought you behind the curtain

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Glam Rock 

A Funky Little Boat Race: Mott The Hoople’s All the Young Dudes at 50

September 19, 2022September 20, 2022 Tim Sommer 7 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, All the Young Dudes, David Bowie, Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Mott the Hoople, The Clash, The Kinks

What makes it one of the weakest albums from one of the greatest British rock bands

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Indie Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

The Handcuffs Revisit Their Roots

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments Brad Elvis, Burn The Rails, Chicago, Chloe Orwell, Morgan Fisher, Mott the Hoople, The Handcuffs

With a little help from Morgan Fisher of Mott The Hoople, the Chicago band delivers their best work yet on Burn the Rails

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Rock 

Ian Hunter, 83, Penned Best Song of His Career at 76

June 18, 2022February 5, 2025 Ken Kurson 10 Comments Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Dennis DeYoung, Foreigner, Ian Hunter, John Panozzo, Jon Bon Jovi, Mick Jones, Mick Ralphs, Mott the Hoople, Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Styx, The Who

Mott leader’s tribute to Bowie revealed an artist heading loudly into that good night

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Art Pop Remembrance 

LISTEN: Five Years Without Bowie

January 10, 2021January 10, 2021 Ron Hart 2 Comments Adrian Belew, Ben Monder, Bjork, Blackstar, Brian Eno, CAN, Cluster, David Bowie, David Sanborn, Donny McCaslin, Durutti Column, Echo and the Bunnymen, Iggy Pop, Japan, Jason Lindner, Kraftwerk, Lester Bowie, Mark Guiliana, Mott the Hoople, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nile Rodgers, Pat Metheny, Philip Glass, Pulp, Robert Fripp, Roxy Music, Stevie Ray Vaughan, T.Rex, The Smiths, Tim Lefebvre

Celebrating the Thin White Duke on his death day with an exclusive new mix

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Country and/or Western Psychedelics Rock Uncategorized 

ALBUMS: Across The Great Divide

December 26, 2019December 26, 2019 David Bash 0 Comments Fairport Convention, Idle Race, Matthews Southern Comfort, Mott the Hoople, Procol Harum, Rod Stewart, The Faces, The Hollies, Traffic

On this excellent anthology subtitled Getting It Together In The Country 1968-1974, the influence of American music on British rock is examined

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Glam Rock 

“There’s No Such Thing As Rock & Roll”

December 19, 2019July 20, 2023 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Ian Hunter, Mad Shadows, Morgan Fisher, Mott, Mott the Hoople, Mott the Hoople 74, The Hoople

A conversation with Mott the Hoople’s Morgan Fisher

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Music Journalism Rock 

Expect Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Process to Stay Broken

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Jeff Tamarkin 3 Comments Bad Company, Billy Preston, Carly Simon, Dionne Warwick, Emerson, George Michael, Gram Parsons, Grand Funk Railroad, Harry Nilsson, Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, Judas Priest, King Crimson, Lake & Palmer, Link Wray, Lionel Richie, Little Feat, Mary Wells, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Mountain, Neil Sedaka, Patti LaBelle, peter Frampton, Ry Cooder, Sonic Youth, Suzi Quatro, T.Rex, Television, the Doobie Brothers, The Go-Gos, the MC5, the Meters, The Monkees, the New York Dolls, the Shangri-Las, The Turtles, Thin Lizzy, Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones, Warren Zevon

Former nominating committee member cautions rockers that Wenner exit won’t cure much

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