Complete Chronicles

A name born from a typo, a debut single on the horizon — Marc Bolan’s story begins not with a roar, but with a quiet twist of fate.

Before the glitter and the cosmic boogie, Marc Bolan appears here as a determined teenager — already crafting the persona that would one day reshape British pop.

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