A guitarist and songwriter, he ditched glam rock at its peak and scored with meatier stadium-rock anthems like “Can’t Get Enough” and “Feel Like Making Love.”

Mick Ralphs, co-founder of rock band Bad Company, has died at 81, a few months before he was scheduled to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

A song from a Mott the Hoople album helped spawn the formation of Bad Company more than 50 years ago. In 1972, the song “Ready for Love” appeared on the Mott the Hoople album All the Young Dudes with a segue into an epic instrumental,