The Revolutionaries: Rex Friends

The piece captures a moment when producers were becoming as culturally influential as the artists they shaped, with Visconti positioned as a quiet architect behind some of the era’s most defining sounds.

The March 31, 1973 edition of Billboard magazine features a full-page promotional advertisement for Flo & Eddie (Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan) on tour with the Alice Cooper Show, promoting their single “Afterglow” and upcoming live dates. Publication: Billboard Date: March 31, 1973 Country: United States Location: USA Section: Advertising / Tour Promotion THE STORY The fun, cartoon-style advert shows Flo & Eddie in a playful train window pose with the tagline “Catch Us If Yo

Feature on Mickey Finn, the charismatic bongo player and percussionist of the glam rock sensation T. Rex, in Germany’s biggest youth magazine Bravo. PUBLICATION: Date: June 2, 1972 Country: Germany Title: BRAVO Section: Feature / Photo Profile THE STORY The article profiles Mickey Finn, highlighting his striking appearance (170 cm tall, 72 kg, 25 years old), his rise from an unknown film extra earning 200 shillings per week in 1962 to a key member of T. Rex, who were then dom

Born: Stephen Ross Porter, Eltham, London Known for: Member of Tyrannosaurus Rex (with Marc Bolan), later solo artist and frontman for several underground bands Early Life & Tyrannosaurus Rex Took was born Stephen Ross Porter on 28 July 1949 in Eltham, London. He attended Shooters Hill School and took his stage name from Peregrin Took, a hobbit in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. At 17 he played drums with the mod band the Waterproof Sparrows before answering an advert