Marc Bolan was a singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and poet. He was the lead singer of the band T. Rex and was one of the pioneers of the glam rock movement of the 1970s.
Born Mark Feld, Bolan was given a guitar by his father at age 9. He formed a skiffle band, and during lunch breaks at school, he would play his guitar in the playground to a small audience of friends. At 15, he was expelled from school for bad behavior.
Bolan briefly joined a modelling agency and became a “John Temple Boy”, appearing in a clothing catalogue for the menswear store. He modeled suits for their catalogs and for the window displays. It was suggested that Bolan was in fact bisexual according to those in the music scene. When asked about his sexuality during an interview in 1975, Bolan confirmed that he was, indeed, bisexual.
The Who’s Pete Townshend stated in an interview, “I remember Marc Bolan with full make-up on, working as a rent boy to buy clothes, in and around the Scene...