Lost Bands of Yesteryear #1 - Mott The Hoople 

It’s an absolute shame and disgrace that Mott the Hoople is not in the hall of fame. Ian also deserves a place there for his solo work. Sales numbers should not matter , talent should!!

Saw Mott back the early seventies with the NY Dolls and Aerosmith as supporting acts. At the end of the show Mott and its entire crew came to edge of the stage to shake hands with the fans. That was about 15 people all together. Very impressive thing to do i thought. Love this band.

I used to listen to the song, "Thunderbuck Ram" so loud that it tore my good speakers.

My favorite band of all time. Brain Capers is still wonderful to listen to, and to sing along with. Love Ian Hunter. He belongs on the same pedestal as Lennon and Dylan. Thanks for doing this video.

Mott the Hoople are the real sound of early seventies classic rock. All the Young Dudes proves that in its pure, no frills musicianship. A classic song for all time, never gets old Thanks, Mott the Hoople.

I have been a fan and have been listening to Mott the Hoople for over 50 years. I'm happy you featured them here. Good job.

All American Alien Boy was Hunter's showcase....horns, background vocals, fabulous writing and arrangements, te works.... "This is God, take one"

Mott. One of my favorite bands of all time. Ian Hunter with Ronson was great. Saw them countless times. Mott. Great Great band that was missed by too many.

I’m 67 now and I remember Mott the Hoople very well and I was a fan! Saw them perform once at Muhlenburg University. So long ago the Aerosmith opened, great show and I still play the records now and then. Great stuff. Long live Ian Hunter.

My absolute favourite bands of the 70s. Thanks for the post. Long live Mott & Ian Hunter .

I loved Mott the Hoople and still listen to them till this day. Also, Savoy Brown and Wishbone Ash. Not many hits, tasty tunes.

Blue Oyster Cult Flash Mott The Hoople Phila. Spectrum Aug, 1973 Great Concert!

This band lit a spark that caused a MAJOR rock and roll inferno. Love this band!

Fantastic 19 minute history. Very well done indeed! Mott was a terrific live band and was very generous to opening bands - giving them full stage, lights and sound. Saw them with the Dolls, Queen and Aerosmith. They will always have a rent-free place in my heart. Thanks!

I’m 76- always loved Mott. Patic. ‘Once bitten..’

Mott the Hoople,was a rock band that was also dirty,gritty& one of the first punk bands, ian Hunter is a overlooked genius wordsmith& I was very blessed by the rock God's to witness Mott the Hoople live just one of rock's best kept secrets, peace

Mott The Hoople is one of my all-time favorite bands. They are criminally overlooked. "Mott" and "The Hoople" are both masterpieces. Also, Ian Hunter's solo work and his work with Mick Ronson, is a must listen. Also well worth checking out are Ian's biography and Pete Watt's book "The Man Who Hated Walking".

Got to see Mott The Hoople while still in high school in '71. They were an unknown act at the time (before All The Young Dudes) opening for Johnny Winter. I remember very clearly trying to make sense out of their name off the ticket. They literally "slithered" onto the stage & BLEW our little high school minds! To this day it stands as one of the best live shows I've ever seen, and I've seen a gazillion shows...

Mott the Hoople was great in their day! Still love the albums All The Young Dudes and Mott!!

You skimmed over the Mott and The Hoople era like it was no big deal The Hoople is one of the greatest albums in history. Golden Age, Marionette, Pearl n Roy, Crash Street Kids, Alice, and then the Live album, especially Rest in Peace. That era there were at the top of their class.

The beginning and ending of One of the Boys is so cool. That song and Jerkin Crocus are my favorites by Mott.

You didn't mention MOTT THE HOOPLE LIVE. One of the ABSOLUTELY MOST BLISTERING live albums EVER.

That song- Saturday Gigs really blew me away. I had never heard of any band singing about them giving a history of their years & calling it quits. As Mick later said, he should have stayed with them. Great band.

Can’t believe it…one of my all time fave bands and you chose to start your new series with Mott! Wow. I knew you had good taste (and appreciate Ronno) but this is amazing. So I had to express my glee even BEFORE watching as my husband & I must view this debut together soon. Thanks in advance for promoting Mott. Can’t wait.

Mott The Hoople is one of my all time favs!!!!!!!

I saw Mott The Hoople live in May of 1974. It was awesome!

The first single I bought as an 11-year old kid was Roll Away The Stone and I have been a life long fan ever since. I wasn't allowed to go and see them then but have seen Ian's Rant Band many times here in UK and have even been lucky enough to spend some time with them after gigs. Mott The Hoople and Ian Hunter have been the only real constant in my otherwise topsy-turvy life. I'm almost 61 now and it's great to learn that Ian has two more albums being released with some of Rock's greatest legends featured on them (Jeff Beck, Slash, Ringo Starr, etc.).

Their version of All The Young Dudes,is an era defining celebration of a new youth culture..a truly remarkable song;thanks Bowie!!!

Brain Capers is my favorite MtH album. The last time I saw Ian, he opened with The Moon Upstairs.

I love Mott. Missed seeing them in their heyday but saw them in April 2019. Before the pandemic hit. Ian Hunter was a couple months from his 80th birthday and sounded FANTASTIC. He only cheated on a few of the high notes on “Violence.”

Mott The Hoople ..absolute English cult classic . People who know anything about music love them and is it any wonder they are still talked about { 2022}..Disasters ,hard slogs to nothing ,glam heroes ,etc etc.. Their light now slightly diminished with original members sadly dying still burns ever bright . ...Television man is crazy saying we 're juvenile delinquent wrecks ....Hey brother you guessed Im a dude !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mott the Hoople is my 3rd favourite band of all-times, just behind the Beatles and Genesis. The Albums "Mott" and "the Hoople" never get old. I could listen to those until the end of times.

The Guy Stevens/Clash stories are so great. A key figure in the recording of London’s Calling in more ways than one

"Death May Be Your Santa Claus" is one of the unofficial theme songs of my radio show. It's called"Born Inside The Belly" on WAYO 104.3 Fm from Rochester NY. From1-3 pm. Wednesdays and can be listened to online. I play tons of Mott,Bowie,Lou Reed,All manner of 60s psych,freakbeat,soul,punk,prog,reggae, everything. Sir,this video is exemplary. Mott is a root band and you captured their essence! Top drawer like Small Faces,The Kinks,and The Move,to name but a few!

Thank you for telling the story of one of the greatest, yet most under-rated bands of all times! I'm just sorry that I never got to see them perform live. I watch the videos on YT but I still scream and turn it up full blast whenever one of their songs plays on the radio. 🥰

‘Ready For Love’. Mick Ralphs ! Legend. 😎🎸👍🏻

Great overview of one of my favourite bands. I loved all their singles but never heard an album until I found a copy of "The Hoople." Forever bound up with witnessing a big punch-up at Harlow Town Park where I was watching Caravan perform....I was given a copy of the live album, and I had to search for the the rest. I bought "Mott" three times....all different sleeves! The pink gatefold was the best of course. I delved into the Island LPs starting with Brain Capers....what an album. The others were harder to find but they all found their way to me. Overend's bass playing was what drew me, he had a kind of symphonic sound, great big arching lines, not always playing root notes, but ones which stood out and resonated emotion and unexpected colour, like on "The Journey" or "Half Moon Bay." "Crash Street Kidds" combined Alice Cooper with the Glitter Band....Mott were going to have Mike Leander produce the follow up to "The Hoople.....imagine the great big brass and bass heavy sound of "I Love You Love Me Love..." They were heading that way. "Honaloochie Boogie" is one of those magic songs you get every once in a while. Really quite sophisticated interplay of chords and bass which for me signified glamour. Funny seeing Andy Mackay of Roxy Music honking his sax on "All The Way From Memphis" on Top Of The Pops.

" The Hoople" remains my favourite Mott The Hoople album - then " Mott " next best , followed by " All The Young Dudes " . If you were a Bowie fan at the time , you tended , by association , to like Mott The Hoople .

Thanks for another interesting episode. I was 11 years old in 1974. Roll away the stone was one of my absolute favourites, and still is. A great band.

Really enjoyed that, thank you. Mott and Purple are my fave bands from that era - Zeppelin close second! People who "get" Mott the Hoople love them, while others make fun. Mott's last three singles tell their own tale: Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll was a happy, uptempo hard rocker; Foxy Foxy was a slower, sweet but sad song; then Saturday Gigs was a poignant ballad which virtually said "We're breaking up". Those two final songs remain tear-jerkers, but a lot of the band's songs are full of humour and cheer. Definitely a big influence on Sex Pistols and Clash. One of the nicest things about MtH is that the band members themselves didn't think they were anything special - but they were!

I love this band. I only have 2 LP's that were released here in Brazil in the 70's. Unfortunately, more obscure bands didn't have albums released here in Brazil. But, i completed the collection acquiring the others CD"s of this incredible band. LIKE NOW !!

Again...you CRUSHED It with another super-charged first pick for your Lost Bands of Yesteryear #1 - Mott The Hoople. Superb analysis and insight on a VERY influence band from the '70's and beyond...you just can't beat rock & roll ground through the lens of the The Guitar Historian.

Absolutely loved it! Thanks for keeping their stories alive!

Thanks so much for this! I was a big Mott the Hoople fan back in the day, but lost track of them after Hunter and Ralphs left. Here's a bit of Mott trivia: The song, "All the Way from Memphis" was written after the band's performance in that town in 1972. Memphis' enthusiastic rock fans loved Mott the Hoople at a time when very few other southern US cities did. Memphis' fans were SO enthusiastic, that the band wrote a song about the city. When they came back to Memphis in 1974, they performed to a turn-away crowd of 12,000 crazed fans that nearly blew the roof off the Mid-South Coliseum when they announced that the song was their gift to the city. I was at both shows, and loved every minute. Their live act was excellent-I don't think their studio output ever really approached the intensity they showed in front of a live crowd. In fact, their live album (which you didn't mention) is considered by many fans, including me, to be their very best. Thanks again!

Excellent take. One of my favorite bands growing up. I was devastated when Mick left and felt betrayed when Ian left. It was decades later that I listened to Ian’s solo albums and am once again a huge fan. Truly one of the greats from Classic Rock Another great band to cover is Wishbone Ash.

Fantastic summary!! Thank you!

Very much enjoyed ! Mick Ralphs suffered a Stroke in 2016 and is paralyzed on the left side. Just keep it coming . :)

Ian Hunter was my first concert - 1980 - he opened for Heart - love Mott and Ian !! Thanks for doing this series

Great documentary. Thank you.

Always loved mott the hoople,first time I heard mott was the single "all the young dudes",way back in 72' I was 9yrs old.although they went some lineup changes over the years.i still love them especially the Ariel bender yrs.i recently bought the albums"mott""mott the hoople live"an "greatest hits",im 61 yrs now an still jam these albums to this day♥️🎶🎵🎶

Mott were indeed great,loved them ,from when I first saw them on Beatclub in 1971.Another band which deserves ton be better known and better appreciated is the Pretty Things,certainly one of the most creative bands in rock .

I'm a huge Mott fan from way back in the day, long live the Mott !

Love all of your documentaries- keep 'em coming!

I don't know why it took me so long to warm up to Mott the Hoople's music, I always thought they were ok, and even had a couple of their albums but when I heard the album by Ian Hunter called " Shrunken Heads" i was blown away, one of my favorite albums ever. It made me dig into all of Ian's early recordings and they are all fantastic, my tastes in music changed as I got older but I should have been listening to Mott The Hoople when I was younger. If you haven't heard ' Shrunken Heads' by Ian Hunter give it a listen, one of my favorite albums of all time.

My first ever concert! 1976, Fayetteville, NC . Blue Oyster Cult, RUSH, Mott the Hoople. You know I was blown away.

I find it hard to believe, that Spooky Tooth ever changed their name to Procol Harum.

That was just great my friend, Thank you.

Thanks for a great video. Mott the hoople was one of my favourite bands in the mid seventies and now i know everything about the band.

The guitar solo in "Sucker" (from All the Young Dudes) is a masterpiece. Should get more attention.

Loved this! Mott the Hopple was really important and I’m glad they were #1 on The new show. Thanks!!

Loved this. Very good. Need more

Thank you for posting this excellent history.

"One of the Boys" is more definitive of who Mott was!

I remember Mott, Crash street kids, marionette, alice, trhough the looking glass, walking with a maountine, all the way to memphis and I like there version of Sweet jane and shouting and pointing. Agree complitely they deserv more public attention. Like all those "React to" channels should listen to them to.

Excellent video, can't wait for your next one.

Great show chocked full of info. So interesting. Thanks G.H.

Very interesting video. One point: Procol Harum evolved out of The Paramounts, whereas Spooky Tooth evolved out of The VIPs and Art. There were no substantial connections between the bands.

Just found your channel. I'm going to give a shout to Ian Hunter Band's "Welcome to the Club" with Ronson on lead guitar. One of the best live albums I've ever heard. It captured the energy of the event perfectly. Thumbs up & subscribed

Superb coverage. Unmatched as far as I have found, so far.

A very nice retrospective on the band, truly a group that didn't get its full due. Good job Guitar Historian.

I think this new series is a great idea! I saw the post-Hunter Mott in 1975, alas, it was a bit lackluster. But I made up for that by catching Hunter-Ronson in 1979, which was a great show.

Well done, and pointing out the little gems on All the Young Dudes put the point home as to what a great recording that is. Hunter is also a terrific writer, love his solo stuff over the years. Always inventive

Outstanding production!!

Thanks for the great research! Well done....looking forward to this series!!

I saw Ian Hunter at the Richfield Coliseum in 1979 when I bought You’re Never Alone With A Schizophrenic. He was fantastic. I’ve been a fan ever sense.

the last show i saw at the fillmore east (05-15-71) was "mandrill", "mott the hoople" and "sha na na". mott was premiering material from their march '71 album release "wildlife". excellent performance!!

Mott my favourite and still got my worn audio cassette. Great to see Be- bop deluxe fab modern music lp cover in background.

BRAVO !!! Very good content . Keep up the great work you are doing !!

One of THE... GREATEST Rock n Roll bands EVER. NEVER got the recognition that they deserved, and they were SO much better than most of the other successful bands at that time. These guys were the REAL DEAL. Ian Hunter...Musical genius. The original CLASSICAL, SOUL, BLUES, ROCK N ROLL, GLAM, PUNK, METAL band..... LEGENDS.✌

Excellent history in less than 20 minutes. I would love to hear a Mott version of "Suffragette City".

Great video! My dad was best man at Buffin's brother's wedding. BTW, Hereford is pronounced "Herryford".

Want to say a big THANK YOU! I've been a fan of Mott since I discovered them with their album "Mott" back when it came out. When I heard it I went and bought all their previous albums. They are a favorite and really do deserve more recognition as they were an excellent band. Really appreciate the research you put into the video. Very comprehensive for a 19 minute video. I learned things I didn't know and have been a fan since 1973. Never saw them live, but did see David Bowie on his final "Reality" tour perform "All the Young Dudes" and it was amazing to hear a legend sing a song he wrote that saved the career of such a great band. Thanks again and looking forward to more in this series.

Great work brother 🇺🇸👍 there were so Many Late 60s Early 70s Bands. Spirit’ is one that comes to mind. My Brother has probably the largest collection of seldom recognized and obscure groups that made Albums during the 1968-73’ timeframe. Another cool group that made an incredible Album was -Babe Ruth’!!!!

Mott's, The Hoople is a great album. I feel sorry for anyone who hasn't heard it.

Great job, thank you! Brings back high school memories.

"All the Young Dudes" is a masterpiece.

"Down in the city Just Hoople and me" - Queen Let's not forget Mott's influence on Queen, and how Mott took them under their wing, and showed them how to tour. There's a reason Queen name-dropped Mott in Now I'm Here. Much later, they got Mott keyboardist Morgan Fisher to tour with them as a backing keyboardist during the European leg of the Hot Space tour.

Thankyou for a most succinct , well researched and fascinating presentation xxx

Great video!!! Mott was my entry into rock music in the mid-70's. Mott the Hoople Live, to this day is one of the greatest live records ever imho and All the Young Dues is, as you point out, an absolute classic.

Colosseum would be an excellent band to mention.

I may have missed it, but, if not, would love to see a video about Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner, never forget hearing their opening to sweet jane for the first time working in a record store in the 70's, I still dig it up and play it, absolute classic! thanks, enjoy your channel

I'm old but loved mott the Hoople and I still do! When I get in a nursing home I'll still play MTH in my head. Thanks for the memories!

wow. luved these guys in high school. .70's

Thank you so much from my wife Janet and myself, for such a detailed and sweet vid on one of the great unsung bands Mott the Hoople. Too bad that when Bowie dumped Ronnno, like a jerk, that Mott the Hoople didn't reform and make more music. Mott without Ian was pretty awful. Thanks again

I was 14 in ‘74 , and Mott stood out as a great sound. So it was always a mystery what ever happened to them. That’s why shows like this are so important to music history. One other band to check out is the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Watch “Framed”, on RU-vid.

I’m 71 and still listen to them all the time. Track 8 on my car CD player of mott live is my favorite

One of my all time favorite bands. My son is named Ian because of Ian Hunter

My Favorite Band of All Time My Favorite Frontman of All Time Ian Hunter An Absolutely Amazing Band that Time Forgot. Influenced so many Bands and other Musicians. My Brother saw them 3-4 Times in Philly including The Tower Theatre where David Bowie was Headlining & Mott Opened. Will always be my and Joe Elliot of Def Leppard’s Favorite Band

I’d love for you to do one of these on the Small Faces/Faces

Love it! Thanks for this!