Marc Almond
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Marc Bolan has been cited as a major influence by some of the biggest names in music from David Bowie to Johnny Marr. Bolan's golden era was in the late '60s and '70s when he was the biggest selling singles artist since the Beatles, movie star, and the electric spark behind Glam Rock. He died in 1977 aged just 29, after a car crash in London. For this collection, artists including Nick Cave, U2, Elton John, Joan Jett, and Peaches have reinterpreted...
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Producer Hal Willner has made a specialty of matching maverick artists, often in unexpected pairings, with surprising material; in 2006, he offered up a supreme example with the first volume of Rogues Gallery, hatched up on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest with actor Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski, who serve as executive producers of both volumes.