History Music / MottTheHoople

* BreakupBreakout: Mick Ralphs went on to become decently well known outside the band, but as a member of Music/BadCompany.

->''All the young dudes,\\
Carry the news,\\
Boogaloo dudes,\\
Carry the news.''

Mott the Hoople were a British GlamRock group with {{Blues}} influences. Guy Stevens, who signed the band to Island Records and also named Music/ProcolHarum, took "Mott the Hoople" from the title of an old novel about a circus freak. They became a cult success in the late 1960s playing covers of RockAndRoll and [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion British Invasion]] songs, but a string of unsuccessful tours and unpopular albums took their toll on the band and they decided to break up.

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* ''Shouting and pointing'' (1976; as Mott)

Enter Music/DavidBowie, who was a fan of the band and offered them a song if they agreed to stay together. After Hoople initially turned down "Suffragette City" they agreed to record the rock anthem "All the Young Dudes", which featured Bowie on saxophone[[note]]on an early take that wasn't released as a aingle[[/note]] and backing vocals. The song and its album (produced by Bowie) were hits and Mott the Hoople were able to stage a successful comeback as one of Britain's premier glam rock acts. Their next two albums (''Mott'' and ''The Hoople'') were also well received and they placed further hit records in the singles charts. However, Hoople's fortunes took a turn for the worse when lead singer and pianist Ian Hunter left the band; they changed their name to just Mott, then broke up after releasing a few more unsuccessful records.

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Enter Music/DavidBowie, who was a fan of the band and offered them a song if they agreed to stay together. After Hoople initially turned down "Suffragette City" they agreed to record the rock anthem "All the Young Dudes", which featured Bowie on saxophone and backing vocals. The song and its album (produced by Bowie) were hits and Mott the Hoople were able to stage a successful comeback as one of Britain's premier glam rock acts. Their next two albums (''Mott'' and ''The Hoople'') were also well received and they placed further hit records in the singles charts. However, Hoople's fortunes took a turn for the worse when lead singer and pianist Ian Hunter left the band, and they broke up after releasing a few more unsuccessful records.

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Mott the Hoople were a British GlamRock group with {{Blues}} influences. Guy Stevens, who signed the band to Island Records and also named Music/ProcolHarum, took "Mott the Hoople" from the title of an old novel about a circus freak. They became a cult success in the late 1960s playing covers of RockAndRoll and [[TheBritishInvasion British Invasion]] songs, but a string of unsuccessful tours and unpopular albums took their toll on the band and they decided to break up.

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* CareerResurrection: On the point of breaking up until "All the Young Dudes" finally gave them mainstream attention.

* SignatureSong: "All the Young Dudes".

Mott the Hoople were a British GlamRock group with {{Blues}} influences. They became a cult success in the late 1960s playing covers of RockAndRoll and [[TheBritishInvasion British Invasion]] songs, but a string of unsuccessful tours and unpopular albums took their toll on the band and they decided to break up.

* AGoodNameForARockBand: Guy Stevens, who signed the band to Island Records and also named Music/ProcolHarum, took "Mott the Hoople" from the title of an old novel about a circus freak.

* BreakupBreakout: Mick Ralphs went on to become decently well known outside the band, but as a member of BadCompany.

Enter DavidBowie, who was a fan of the band and offered them a song if they agreed to stay together. After Hoople initially turned down "Suffragette City" they agreed to record the rock anthem "All the Young Dudes", which featured Bowie on saxophone and backing vocals. The song and its album (produced by Bowie) were hits and Mott the Hoople were able to stage a successful comeback as one of Britain's premier glam rock acts. Their next two albums (''Mott'' and ''The Hoople'') were also well received and they placed further hit records in the singles charts. However, Hoople's fortunes took a turn for the worse when lead singer and pianist Ian Hunter left the band, and they broke up after releasing a few more unsuccessful records.

After the breakup, Ian Hunter did some solo work and later performed "All the Young Dudes" at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert with David Bowie and the surviving members of {{Queen}}, while lead guitarist Mick Ralphs joined the {{Supergroup}} BadCompany. While their success was relatively short-lived, Mott the Hoople managed to be fairly influential; David Bowie, as has been mentioned, was a huge fan of the group, while Queen did their first American tour as their support act (inspiring the song "Now I'm Here").