He was drumming under his real name for a group called "Legend", fronted by Mickey Jupp, when Marc Bolan, the man behind the new-found success of T. Rex, spotted him and asked producer Tony Visconti to approach him.
He was drumming for a band called "Legend", led by Mickey Jupp, at the time Marc Bolan, the key figure behind T. Rex's breakthrough success, discovered him and asked producer Tony Visconti to reach out to him.