20th Century Boys (band)

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20th Century Boys
Genres Heavy metal, hard rock
Years active2003–2004
LabelsUlftone Music
Past members Michael Bormann
Michael Voss

20th Century Boys were a heavy metal pairing of German lead vocalists Michael Bormann of Jaded Heart and Michael Voss of Mad Max. The duo recorded 11 songs by T. Rex as a tribute to Marc Bolan and released them as an album called Beware of the Rex! in 2004. This was only a one-time project for Bormann and Voss.

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