David Bowie

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David Bowie on the cover of the Heroes album
“Poor Iggy became a guinea pig for what I wanted to do with sound”: in 1977, David Bowie moved to Berlin to kick drugs. He emerged with five albums that changed music forever

By Ian Fortnam Published

Two Iggy Pop albums and the ‘Berlin Trilogy’ – the second half of the 1970s was David Bowie’s most groundbreaking period

Albums
Marianne Faithful and David Bowie onstage at The Marquee
On the night David Bowie said goodbye to glam rock he was accompanied by The Troggs and a stoned Marianne Faithfull dressed as a nun

By Fraser Lewry Published

David Bowie's The 1980 Floor Show: filmed in London in 1973 for a US audience, with an unlikely supporting cast and a final farewell from Ziggy Stardust

Concerts & Shows
David Bowie wearing a hat in 1975
“Rock’n’roll is dead. It’s a toothless old woman. It’s really embarrassing”: how David Bowie turned his back on glam rock to make his ‘plastic soul’ masterpiece Young Americans

By Chris Roberts Published

Drugs, madness and an ex-Beatle – the crazed story of David Bowie’s 1975 album Young Americans

Albums
Tony Visconti and David Bowie
“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

Albums
David Bowie posing as ZIggy Stardust
“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

Albums
Bowie and Trent Reznor in 1995
“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

Concerts & Shows
Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury, Angus Young and Robert Plant live onstage
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

Tracks & Singles
Lemmy, Iggy Pop, Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson and Ratt in TV adverts
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

Bands & Artists
Tony Visconti and David Bowie
"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

Bands & Artists
Lord Of The Lost 2023
"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

Tracks & Singles
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