Biography

When he left Mott the Hoople in 1974, Ian Hunter took Bowie sideman and late-era Hoople guitarist Mick Ronson with him, and further indulged the pub-rock-tinged, proto-new wave songwriting that made Hunter the MVP of his former band. His first solo outing featured the hit song "Once Bitten Twice Shy," which would be covered memorably by Great White a decade later. Hunter released well-crafted albums on a semi-regular basis throughout the '80s, '90s, and aughts, enjoying some FM hits and the continued respect of peers and younger artists, who appreciate the artist's deft blend of classic, rootsy melodicism with a slightly cock-eyed, punky point of view.

Top Tracks

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• 3,000 Miles From Here

• All Of The Good Ones Are Taken

• All The Young Dudes

• American Music

• Apathy 83

• Captain Void 'n' The Video Jets

• Cleveland Rocks

• Colwater High

• Day Tripper

• Death 'n' Glory Boys

• England Rocks

• God

• How's Your House

• I Am What I Hated

• I Wish I Was Your Mother

• Invisible Strings

• Irene Wilde

• Just Another Night

• Justice Of The Peace

• Once Bitten Twice Shy

• One Of The Boys

• Psycho Girl

• River Of Tears

• Roll Away The Stone

• Saturday Gigs

• Scars

• Ships

• Slaughter On 10th Avenue

• The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nuthin' But The Truth

• The Great Escape

• Up And Running

• When The Daylight Comes

• When The World Was Round

• Who Do You Love

• Women's Intuition

• Words (big Mouth)

• You Nearly Did Me In

Discography

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• Man Overboard

  New West

  2009

• Live in London

  The Great American Music Company

  2007

• Shrunken Heads

  Yep Roc

  2007

• Strings Attached

  Sanctuary

  2004

• Rant

  Fuel 2000 / Varese

  2001

• The Artful Dodger

  Outoftime

  1997

• Dirty Laundry

  Cleveland International / Cleveland

  1995

• All of the Good Ones Are Taken

  American Beat Records

  1983

• Short Back and Sides

  EMI

  1981

• Ian Hunter Live: Welcome to the Club

  American Beat Records

  1980

• You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic

  Razor & Tie Music

  1979

• The Ballad of I.H. & Mott the Hoople

  Columbia

  1979

• Overnight Angels

  Columbia

  1977