From Wikipedia:
Michael Philip Des Barres, 26th Marquis Des Barres, is an English actor and pop singer. He appeared as Murdoc in the original MacGyver, Lenny Stokes in Lois & Clark, and Murdoc’s mentor Nicholas Helman in MacGyver (2016). He replaced Robert Palmer in the band the Power Station, fronting the band at the 1985 Live Aid concert.
From MichaelDesBarres.com:
Rock Ridge Music to release MDB’s new 70’s cover album “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll” October 11th 2024
Think of “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll” as Michael Des Barres’ musical autobiography, the soundtrack of his youth and the songs that shaped him in the spirit of classic cover albums like Bowie’s Pin Ups or Bryan Ferry’s These Foolish Things, both released within weeks of one another in October, 1973. That places it smack in the middle of the dozen covers on this album, all originally released between 1971 and 1975 (with the exception of the Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting for My Man,” which was arguably the inspiration for everything that followed on this collection).
Des Barres’ love letter to the ‘70s and his own entry into the rock ‘n’ roll circus includes stateside classics like Iggy and the Stooges’ “Search & Destroy” and Alice Cooper’s “I’m Eighteen,” along with U.K. stalwarts [Mike] Chapman & [Nicky] Chinn (Mud’s “Dyna-mite” and Sweet’s “Fox on the Run”), Roxy Music (“Love is the Drug”), Bowie (“Moonage Daydream”), T. Rex/Marc Bolan (“20th Century Boy”), Mott the Hoople (Bowie’s “All the Young Dudes”), the Faces (“Stay with Me”), Slade (“Cum on Feel the Noize”) and the Stones’ title track. All were released within a four-year period when Des Barres was forming Silverhead in London before leaving for Los Angeles to form Detective. And while he remains true to the songs’ hook-filled origins, he makes each track vocally his own.
“These 12 songs represent chapters in my life,” he explains. “It is a look back from someone who was not only there but was the most stoned person in the room. I still remember these songs. If it was Christmas, they’d be my carols. What they all had in common was melodies, a big chorus and plenty of eyeliner, with all that sensuality. That was what that era was all about. It was an epic moment in my life that I wanted to pay homage to.”
