Mott the Hoople/Ian Hunter WWW Resources

AOL folder
Discussion forum
Other websites

Introduction

There are a number of places on the net where Ian Hunter and Mott the Hoople fans gather. The most important is a e-mail discussion list, which is free to anyone with an e-mail account. If you are an AOL subscriber, there is/was a Mott/Hunter/Ronson discussion folder available (at no extra charge). And, of course, there are other web-sites also dedicated to Mott, Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson.

If you know of other resources not listed here, then please let me know.

Discussion forum

The best way to keep in touch with other fans and to hear the latest news is to subscribe to the hunter-mott mailing list, which was set up by fans Rory and Gina Musil.

This is a non-commercial discussion/chat forum run by fans for fans, to allow everybody to keep in touch. Subscribing is easy: just go to www.yahoogroups.com, fill in a simple form and you'll be added to the list.

Subscription costs nothing (yes, it's free!), and is available to anyone with an e-mail address. It is the best way to keep in touch with other Ian Hunter/Mott The Hoople fans. We have several very knowledgeable fans contributing (and one or two members of the band are rumoured to be "lurking" as well), and any news tends to hit the list before it hits the papers. Remember, "you read it here first..."

Please bear in mind that despite the similarity in names (between the list and this website) I am not the list administrator.

I have also been told about this German Ian Hunter discussion forum: http://de.groups.yahoo.com/group/ian_hunter_clan.

Web-sites

Official websites

The following are official websites for MTH, IH and related personnel.

Casino Steel, who played on the Dirty Laundry album, has his own website.
Darrell Bath now has his own website.
Ian Hunter has his own website, with a regular column penned by Ian himself.
Ariel Bender also has his own website.
Mick Bolton now has his own website.
Mick Ralphs now has his own website.
Morgan Fisher also has his own website.
Rick Rose isn't part of the MTH family, except that Mick Ronson produced a couple of his albums in the 1980's.

Fan websites

The following sites are dedicated to Mott the Hoople and/or Ian Hunter. I have attempted to put them in alphabetical order, either by name of the site (Half Moon Bay, Just a Buzz, Outsider) or of the creator.

Half Moon Bay by Terry Burgess.
Jay's Music Trading Pages by Jay Sciascia.
John's Mott the Hoople Page
Just a Buzz OnLine by Justin Purington, ace website which complements his fanzines.
Mick Ronson - Only After Dark is a Mick Ronson website put together by John Slaven.
MickRonson.com is an unofficial fan site dedicated to Mick Ronson.
Ninety-six Decibel Freaks by Rich Manson
The Mott Archive by Sven Gusevik, a great website from the expert.
Sandra Loveless has set up an Ian Hunter fan site at http://www.myspace.com/ianhunterband.
Mick Ronson has always been regarded as an important member of the Mott The Hoople/Ian Hunter family, so check out this excellent Mick Ronson website.

BTW, MottTheHoople.com has been snapped up and is in good hands...

Record labels

The following are links to official record company websites, mostly small independent labels (who invariably seem more clued up than the majors).

Angel Air have of course released tons of material over the past few years.
Cherry Red have released a number of Morgan Fisher CDs in the past few years.
Citadel of course released Ian's The Artful Dodger in 1997 and the Mick Ronson Memorial Concert.
NMC have released Mick Ronson's Indian Summer, Just Like This and Showtime, as well as Ian Hunter's Missing In Action.
Papillon is Ian's label in the UK. Their website has a section on Ian that includes a new biog and an audio clip or two from the new album.

AOL

America Online has (had? can someone confirm it's still going?) a Mott the Hoople and Offshoots folder in the Music Message Center. This is accessed as follows:

Select the Goto pull-down menu
Select the Keyword menu function
Enter the keyword MMC; this takes you direct to the Music Message Center
From the Message Center screen select Rock/Pop
From the Rock/Pop screen select Artists G-O
From the Artists screen select Mott the Hoople and offshoots and you're there!

You need to be an AOL subscriber to access the above folder. This forum has largely been superceded by Rory's mailing list, but if you're already an AOL subscriber it is worth checking out.

Encyclopedias

There are a number of rock encyclopedias online, and a number of them mention Mott and/or Ian. They are nearly all incomplete and contain errors and/or omissions, and deal with the subject in a superficial way. I refuse to list any of them since IMHO us fans have done a much better job. I will, however, mention the Scuzz homepage, an on-line magazine which has a couple of (good) pages about Ian and Darrell.