T. Rex (band) move to electric guitars coincided with Bolan's more overtly sexual lyrical style and image. The group's new image and sound outraged some of Bolan's older hippie fans, who branded him a "sell-out". Some of the lyrical content of Tyrannosaurus Rex remained, but the poetic, surrealistic lyrics were now interspersed with sensuous grooves, orgiastic moans and innuendo. In September 1971, T. Rex released their second album "Electric Warrior", which featured Currie and Legend. Often considered to be their best album, the chart-topping "Electric Warrior" brought much commercial success to the group; publicist BP Fallon coined the term "T. Rextasy" as a
The Free Electric Band The Free Electric Band "The Free Electric Band" is a song written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood and performed by Hammond. The song reached #19 on the UK Singles Chart and #48 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1973. The song appeared on his 1973 album, "The Free Electric Band" and was produced by Hammond and arranged by Michael Omartian. The lyrics tell the story of a postwar middle-class American youth who rebels against the values of his parents by pursuing a musical career rather than the professional life that had been expected of him. Lalla Hansson recorded the