27 October 1980(1980-10-27) (aged 31) Notting Hill, London, England
Genres
Rock[1]
psychedelic pop[2]
Occupations
Musician
singer
songwriter
Instruments
Vocals
guitar
bass guitar
drums
percussions
Years active
1967–1980
Formerly of
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Shagrat
Steve Took's Horns
Musical artist
Steve Peregrin Took (born Stephen Ross Porter; 28 July 1949 – 27 October 1980) was an English musician and songwriter, best known for his membership of the duo Tyrannosaurus Rex with Marc Bolan. After breaking with Bolan, he concentrated on his own singer-songwriting activities, either as a solo artist or as a frontman for several bands.
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StevePeregrinTook (born Stephen Ross Porter; 28 July 1949 – 27 October 1980) was an English musician and songwriter, best known for his membership of...
United Kingdom. The name Took may refer to: Barry Took (1928–2002), British comedian and television presenter StevePeregrinTook (1949–1980), British musician...
1969. StevePeregrinTook and Mick Farren formed Shagrat with Wallis and his ex-Entire Sioux Nation bandmate Taylor in February 1970. Previously, Took and...
Fairies (featuring Twink and ex-The Deviants), Shagrat (featuring StevePeregrinTook, Mick Farren (early lineup), and Larry Wallis); key people included...
percussionist StevePeregrinTook had used the Pink Fairies name for various activities, including one shambolic gig in Manchester (with Farren on vocals, Took on...
Deviants, plus StevePeregrinTook of Tyrannosaurus Rex. The final two tracks were the only commercial release of any songs written by Took until 1990, ten...
joined the Boston Crabs, and the Mottoes broke up. In September 1962, Barrett took a place at the art department of the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology...
gang known as the Crips Tookie Gilbert, American baseball player StevePeregrinTook, English musician/songwriter and prominent member of the UK underground...
McLaughlin (guitar), Alan Hawkshaw (keyboards) and Visconti and StevePeregrinTook (backing vocals). This performance was released on the album Bowie...
of Joker's Wild, Gilmour had watched the Tea Set. Morrison's assistant, Steve O'Rourke, set Gilmour up in a room at O'Rourke's house with a salary of...
the solo album Mona – The Carnivorous Circus, which also featured StevePeregrinTook, John Gustafson and Paul Buckmaster, before ending his music business...
his own rock band together with guitarist Ben Cartland, drummer StevePeregrinTook and an unknown bass player. Napier-Bell recalled of Bolan: "He got...
Visconti – bass, background vocals Barry Morgan or Andy White – drums StevePeregrin-Took – pixiephone unidentified strings Henderson, Alex. "The World of...
in 1970 for use on his first solo album Mona, which also featured StevePeregrinTook (credited as "Shagrat the Vagrant"). In 1977, the Hells Angels arrived...
Hawkwind's frequent solo support act and occasional live guest musician StevePeregrinTook had a song "The Ballad of the Mountain Grill," released in 1995 on...
spring 1969 sessions for a fourth album with original percussionist StevePeregrinTook in the wake of "King of the Rumbling Spires". These tracks were later...
"Still Yawning Still Born" a song by StevePeregrinTook recorded acoustically by his band Shagrat in 1971 and by Took solo in 1972 - released 1992/1995...
objector (from his early childhood in 1942, former).[citation needed] StevePeregrinTook, musician and songwriter, best known as the percussionist in Tyrannosaurus...
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