Promo biography - sent in by Rolan Bolan

Born in London/England, to Marc Bolan (seventies rock icon) and Gloria Jones (seventies soul diva). Late in Sept 75 Marc named his son after discussions with David Bowie and record producer Tony Visconti. Bowie had named his son Zowie and if Tony had ever had a son he wanted to have named him Monty… thus Marc’s son became known as Rolan Bolan. Marc’s life was tragically cut short in
late Sept 77 when his car crashed; Marc was only 29 when he passed away. He left a string of hits behind him including GET IT ON, HOT LOVE, METAL GURU, JEEPSTER, RIDE A WHITE SWAN, 20th CENTURY BOY; he also had left his young son Rolan.
Rolan Bolan was just two weeks short of his second birthday when this tragedy had struck, in the middle of the aftermath of his father’s passing a decision was made that the young Rolan was to be moved to his mother’s home back in Los Angles USA where he was raised. Now as a man, he has no memory of his father... he only has the music and the legacy that he left him…

‘Rock and soul is at the start of this story, and it’s where we still are!’ with the obvious rep that was hanging over his shoulders the expectant that has been looming over him ever since he walked on stage. It has not been easy ‘some people expect to see and hear something that they’re not here to see’ some people may say that he ‘sounds’ like his dad and looks like his ma’ well Rolan is just doing music and the music is just doing fine. Since 1998 Rolan has been playing live shows in L.A, New York, London, Manchester, Madrid, Paris, Netherlands. T.V appearances on the BBC, ITV, GMTV, VH1, RTL LIVE, with documentaries on CH 4, WHO’S GOT BOLAN’S MILLIONS, as well as his DVD ‘IN THE DAYTIME THE STARS WILL SHINE’ by ZEST films which tells the story of Rolan finding his roots in life and in music. He has also worked with many a name producer such as The Dust Brothers, Dave Scher, also artists such as Black Eyed Peas, and Finely Quaye.

Rolan’s sound can’t be described as anything else other then ‘rock and soul’ today Rolan adds a mixture of influences such as AL GREEN, LOVE, ELEPHANT RUCKUS, JEFF BUCKLEY, LED ZEPPELIN, BILL WITHERS, ROLLING STONES, T.REX. Stick this lot together with a splash beer and sunshine and you start to see the blueprint where Rolan’s sound is coming from. The band is a strange mix of west coast Americans and northern English. First up is Bert Thomas, a session
drummer from Atlanta/LA whose sessions have taken him all over the world and has worked with many a top name. Up next is Vince ’vinny’ Rock a guitarist from East Yorkshire/England who first met Rolan when he attended the Cambridge corn exchange show way back in Sept 97 which was the first time Rolan had ever sung in public. Next we have Dave Lawry a bass player from Vince’s hometown
back in East Yorkshire Bridlington.

Now in 2004 Rolan is ready to further what is already there… ‘A soul… a musical soul’ and to put his sound across to the hearts and minds of generations of people wanting to listen, the public are bored of the formula of what’s there being served up on the radio and TV. What’s happened? Where’s the love?
Where’s the meaning? Where’s the passion? The public are already intrigued by his presence. He has unique contagious energy that is certain to incite some female attention, and has an unabrasive mellow vibe that men can relate to. He’s a combination of spirit and show. It’s now time for the new solid funk groove sound of raw ‘rock & soul’.