Birth of Steve Peregrin Took
Birth of Steve Peregrin Took, born Stephen Ross Porter
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Steve Peregrin Took Biography and Timeline
Follow Steve Peregrin Took through 13 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Steve Peregrin Took, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1949–1980Years on this page
1949
1967
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Steve Took answers an advert in Melody Maker for the electric band that Marc Bolan was forming in response to his departure from Johns Children. Marc Bolan founds Tyrannosaurus Rex, after a solitary performance as a four-piece at the Electric Garden in Covent Garden, the group immediately break up, Bolan retains the services of percussionist Steve Peregrin Took and forms an acoustic duo
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Marc Bolan founds Tyrannosaurus Rex, after a solitary performance as a four-piece at the Electric Garden in Covent Garden, the group immediately break up, Bolan retains the services of percussionist Steve Peregrin Took and forms an acoustic duo.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Steve Took answers an advert in Melody Maker for the electric band that Marc Bolan was forming in response to his departure from John's Children.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Together with Bolan, Took formed an economy version of the old band, busking in subways on acoustic guitar and bongos
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Took provided bongos, African drums, kazoo, pixiphone, and Chinese gong, Took's arrangements were instrumental in transforming Bolan's music from the straightforward rock and roll it had once been into an exotic hippy brew.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Tyrannosaurus Rex, championed by John Peel onto the club and stage circuit and thence into the record shops, released three albums and achieved two top 40 hits.
1969
Twink
Took donated two of his songs to former Tomorrow/The Pretty Things drummer Twinks, 1969 solo album, Think Pink
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Before the first Tyrannosaurus Rex tour of America, Bolan and his management sack Took
1970
Entire Sioux Nation
Farren and Took headhunt guitarist Larry (or "Lazza") Wallis and bassist Tim Taylor from their underground band, the Entire Sioux Nation
Shagrat
Shagrat is formed (named after an Orc in The Lord of the Rings)
Shagrat
Shagrat is formed (named after an Orc in The Lord of the Rings). With the addition of drummer Phil Lenoir, Shagrat is formed (named after an Orc in The Lord of the Rings). Took and Wallis continue with drummer Dave Bidwell, rehearsing with various bass players and eventually forming an acoustic trio of Took on vocals and guitar, Wallis on acoustic bass and Bidwell on tambourine
1980
Death of Steve Peregrin Took
Death of Steve Peregrin Took
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.