Electric Warrior Electric Warrior Electric Warrior is the second studio album by English rock act T. Rex, their sixth if including the group's earlier incarnation as Tyrannosaurus Rex. The album marked a turning point in the band's sound, dispensing with the folk-oriented music of the group's previous albums and pioneering a flamboyant, pop-friendly take on electric rock and roll known as glam rock. The album reached number 1 on the UK charts and became the best selling album of 1971. The top 10 single "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" also became the band's only US hit. "Electric Warrior" has since received
Electric Warrior myself just how good records can be. [...] I have a duty to at least try and make something as sweet and irresistible as this". The song "Jeepster" is featured in a bar scene in Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof" (2007). In the opening scene of the film "Billy Elliot" (2000), the title character is shown putting "Electric Warrior" on a turntable and skipping to the song "Cosmic Dancer". "Cosmic Dancer" was also included in the soundtrack for the film "Velvet Goldmine" (1998). Bolan, in a 1971 interview contained on the Rhino Records reissue, said of the album "I think "Electric