Ian Hunter fronted Mott the Hoople before Bowie handed them "All the Young Dudes" and pulled them from obscurity; after the band split in 1974 he built a solo run on songs like "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" and "Cleveland Rocks." Defiance Part 2: Fiction keeps up the guest-heavy format he started with Defiance Part 1, pulling in players connected to the Beatles, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Brian May, Joe Elliott, and the late Taylor Hawkins. Hunter can still call in serious favors this deep into a career.
