Mott the Alzheimer: What's a Hoople?
Recording seven albums in five years – all of which made headway in the charts is remarkable feet. And while “All the Young Dudes” is what Mott the Hopple is set to be remembered for until the end of time, the band filled in space between some of the more avant psych acts of the sixties and what would eventually become punk a few years on.
An association with David Bowie didn’t hurt the band’s visibility, but by the time Mott the Hoople reached its last few albums it had basically aped a sound that wasn’t too far from the music portrayed in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. And regardless of what one might think of that film, there’s really no use for its music in a popular setting…Meatloaf? Come on.
