[4][2] When he was in junior high school he began considering a career in music after drummer Damian Cordisco asked him to play bass in his band.

Bolan credits Cordisco with opening his ears to music he had not heard, by artists such as Ramones, AC/DC, Joe Jackson, Sex Pistols, the Cars and Elvis Costello.

[3] After high school, Bolan joined with Scotti Hill and other musicians to form a band named Godsend.

[citation needed] Prunella Scales released "Dressing Up the Idiot [es]" on Mutiny Records in 1997.

He did this project with Skid Row drummer Rob Affuso, Jonathan Callicutt and Evil Jim Wright (guitarist for Spectremen, BigFoot, Road Hawgs).