Marc Bolan

July 22 2018

BP Fallon – The Back To Front Rock Star

Aaron Lee Tasjan, Blondie, BP Fallon, BP Fallon & The Bandits, Elvis Presley, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Led Zeppelin, Magic, Marc Bolan, Music, Rock'n'Roll, Spoken Word, Verbal, Vinyl

The back-to-front rock star: BP Fallon reflects on his extraordinary career in music. DJ, musician, and all-round rock’n’roll star, BP Fallon has worked with Led Zeppelin, shared a stage with John Lennon, and now fronts his own band. But before he gets down to writing his memoirs, the Dubliner has another chapter to live, he tells Katie Byrne. “I give thanks that I’m still alive because a lot of crazy stuff went on. I mean crazy” Photo by and ©Patrick Bolger With his trademark bowler hat and black Converse shoes, BP Fallon looks every inch the rockstar as he poses […]

July 2 2017

BP Fallon Tribute Featuring Robert Plant – Listen Here

BP Fallon & The Bandits, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Led Zeppelin, Life's A Gas, Magic, Marc Bolan, Music, Radio, Robert Plant, Rock'n'Roll, Verbal

Memories are made of this… The wonderful tribute to BP Fallon on the Miriam O’Callaghan programme on RTE Radio 1 with special guest Robert Plant talking about his friend. BP recalls his childhood and bumpy schooldays, hiding on the Dublin to Liverpool boat to go see The Beatles at The Cavern, this schoolboy appearing every Saturday on the Telefis Eireann pop television show ‘Pickin’ The Pops’. He flashes back to when he appeared – twice – on ‘Top Of The Pops’ with John Lennon. He talks very very fondly of Marc Bolan, remembers Henry McCullough, discusses making his first record […]

January 16 2016

Reflections On David Bowie

Art, David Bowie, Life's A Gas, Magic, Marc Bolan, Music, Rock'n'Roll, Verbal

BP Fallon being interviewed about David Bowie on UTV News by Paul Colgan Last Monday seems like a year ago now, a dream. It still feels like a dream. David Bowie is dead. On Monday, a shocked and saddened BP Fallon spoke to Neil Delamere on Today FM, to Joe Duffy on RTE Radio 1’s ‘Liveline’ and was interviewed on UTV television news. BP then joined Paul McLoone in the Today FM studio for Paul’s David Bowie tribute show. BP Fallon speaking to Paul McLoone about David Bowie Audio above: The Paul McLoone David Bowie Tribute Show with BP Fallon […]

December 16 2015

Hear BP Fallon interview by Ian Dempsey

BP Fallon, BP Fallon's Wang Dang Doodle, DJing, Life's A Gas, Magic, Marc Bolan, Music, Verbal

Two Dodgy Geezers – BP Fallon & Ian Dempsey photography by Patrick Haughey Listen to BP Fallon interviewed by Ian Dempsey on TodayFM, talking about everything from Marc Bolan to Miley Cyrus and The Strypes to Emma Lou Remember – BP Fallon’s New Year’s Eve Wang Dang Doodle on TodayFM – Dec 31st 2015 at 9pm GMT to 1am Jan 1st 2016 – the last show of this year & the first of the next 🙂

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September 16 2014

“To say I loved Marc Bolan would be untrue…”

Brown Bread, Life's A Gas, Magic, Marc Bolan, Music, Rock'n'Roll

Marc Bolan & BP Fallon London 1970. Photography by Barrie Wentzell Marc Bolan died 37 years ago today. He was 29 years of age and rocking. Marc Bolan September 30th 1947 – September 16th 1977 TO SAY I LOVED MARC BOLAN WOULD BE UNTRUE I LOVE HIM A PERFECT MAN? NO A MAGIC MAN? YES MARC HAD A ROCK’N’ROLL HEART AND STYLE AND FLASH AND HE KNEW HOW TO MAKE THE GIRLS CRY IN HAPPINESS THERE’S MORE OF COURSE BUT THAT’LL DO FOR NOW KEEP ON CHOOGLING, MARC YOU ARE HERE FOREVER I LOVE YOU -BP Fallon x First published […]