David Berthy Posts

Like a lot of T. Rex fans, for a long time I overlooked the album Tanx
(despite its amazing cover), assuming that The Slider was the last
album worth spending time with. Granted, Tanx did mark the beginning
of the end of T. Rex. Made in 1973, the very height of the “T.
Rextasy” phenomenon, it was the last album recorded with the classic
T. Rex lineup, and Bolan’s legendary ego--fueled by brandy, money, and
cocaine--was stratospheric by this point. One would assume this would
all make for a disaster of an album, but in actuality the louche
decadence of the record’s sound is its greatest virtue, perfectly
suited for Bolan’s spaced-out lyrical non sequiturs.

TREX