Mick Ralphs, whose guitar playing colored the songs of British rock bands Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, has died. He was 81. Kymm Britton, a representative for Ralphs and Bad Company bandmates Paul ...

Mr. Ralphs was first known as a founder of Mott the Hoople, a raucous live act that took its name from a Willard Manus novel about an oddball young man who works as a ticket-seller at a traveling ...

In 1969, the band would become Mott the Hoople, a name taken from the title and title character of a 1966 novel by Willard Manus.

Mick Ralphs, a guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of the classic British rock bands Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, has died.

In 1969, the band would become Mott the Hoople, a name taken from the title and title character of a 1966 novel by Willard Manus. The group’s self-titled first album, recorded in a week, won a cult ...