Capitalist: Look At Them Rewriting the History

By October of 1974 Mott the Hoople had four hit albums in America and completed a very successful tour – including a week-long ‘residency’ at Madison Square Garden – where every concert was sold out. But it was taking a toll on Mott frontman, Ian Hunter: he was under enormous pressure to write songs as well as constantly touring. He was signing the papers to buy his house at Chappaqua, New York, and 45 minutes later was lying in a hospital bed.