Read Ringo Starr’s full Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech for T-Rex’s Marc Bolan

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T-Rex frontman Marc Bolan was among the new inductees, and he was welcomed into the Hall by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.Alongside Bolan, Nine Inch Nails were also inducted, with Iggy Pop giving a speech to welcome Trent Reznor and co, while Depeche Mode also joined the revered list.“People knew him as a great musician, a songwriter, a guitarist, but he was also a poet,” Starr said of his friend, who died in a car crash in 1977. “And he was really proud of that.“He was always telling me that he was the Number One selling poet in Britain.

In fact, his poetry was as important to him as his music. He had great style and was really unlike anyone else I have ever met.Ringo added: “He was a great performer, just incredible.