Meet the Flintstones

Dino became part of the glam-rock movement and started his own band. They put on a lot of makeup and feather boas and leather chaps. He collabarated on several albums. He was an important inspiration to many of the younger generation. In fact that is why the young Marc Bolan named his band T-Rex. He idolized Dino to the point that he would let the randy reptile tea bag him between shows. Dino wrote several seminal songs in the glam rock era. He was the uncredited author of Ride a White Swan and All the Young Dudes which was originally about Dino’s adventures in the loo at Charing Cross Station. T-Rex was one of the most influential bands of the era and started the movement of large arena bands that toured playing the same music since 1968. That’s why it’s called dinosaur rock.
(John Deacon, Behind the Music: the Dino Flintstone story)

9/30/08 3:12 PM