Their Young Dudes days are well behind them, but Mott The Hoople still gets mentioned as a major influence by some of todays artists that are.  After decades of lttle or no contact with other members of the group, Ian Hunter is getting the band back together for a half dozen dates in England (9/26 Monmouth, and Oct. 1,2,3,5 and 6 in London).  The band that included Mick Ralphs, who left to join Bad Company in 1974, would not have lasted the 6 years it did had David Bowie asked them to record All The Young Dudes, their biggest song by far, in 1972.  Guardian.co.uk