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“There were days he couldn’t come in. But when he got in front of the microphone, he sang his balls off": Tony Visconti on the making of David Bowie's final album Blackstar
By Paul Brannigan published
David Bowie and producer Tony Visconti had a friendship and professional relationship spanning decades, so their final work together was an understandably emotional affair

“I wanted to define the archetype messiah rock star. That’s all I wanted to do”: the epic oral history of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust album
By Julian Marszalek published
How David Bowie became Ziggy Stardust and turned rock’n’roll on its head

“His mother used to rock him to sleep to Kooks!”: the time David Bowie and Trent Reznor teamed up on tour together
By Niall Doherty published
Bowie and Nine Inch Nails headed out on the Dissonance tour in 1995

The most played live songs by 25 iconic rock bands
By Dave Everley published
Which songs have Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Queen and others played live the most? Spoiler: contains surprises

10 rock stars who have appeared in ridiculous TV ads
By Paul Travers published
Lemmy flogging milk? Iron Maiden pushing road safety? Dokken hawking anti-virus software?! Here are 10 times rock stars have appeared in crazy TV ads

"There was a lot of gravity about him in his final years, he was a deep thinker": Tony Visconti shares his first impressions and final memories of David Bowie
By Paul Brannigan published
"He was always open to any kind of influence. His antennae were always up": Tony Visconti on David Bowie

"I Believe In A Thing Called Love inspired me to start my own glam rock band": Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms picks the 10 songs that changed his life
By Emily Swingle published
From Roxette and David Bowie to Iron Maiden and Slipknot, these are the records that made Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms

"He was absolutely fearless... not caring about what was selling, not caring about what felt safe": Corey Taylor on what David Bowie taught him as an artist
By Paul Brannigan published
Slipknot's Corey Taylor hails the eternal genius of the late David Bowie

"An amateur sounding vocalist who sings wrong notes and out of tune": the BBC's verdict on the "devoid of personality" David Bowie in 1965
By Paul Brannigan last updated
In 1965, David Bowie's band auditioned for airplay on the BBC, and got rejected by a vote of five to two

“There’s two days missing from my life. Apparently, we had a really good time!” That time The Cure's Robert Smith went on a two-day bender with David Bowie's guitarist, then offered him a job
By Niall Doherty published
Robert Smith and future Cure guitarist Reeves Gabrels got together in 1997 to rehearse for David Bowie’s 50th birthday gig, then hit the town to celebrate. Things got messy
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