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David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust
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David Bowie is one of rock's most influential figures. For over thirty years of recording and performing, his innovation has inspired and influenced a generation of performing and visual artists. He has continually and masterfully reinvented himself, from the glam rock days as “Ziggy Stardust” to the goth-cyber of “Low” and “Heroes,” and from the soulful rhythm and blues of “Young Americans” to the post-punk “Scary Monsters.” Unlike many recording artists of his generation, Bowie remains insistently on the cutting edge of the popular culture. He now lives in New York City with his wife Iman and daughter Alexandria.
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One of rock's most enduring performers, David Bowie's kept relevant by developing his sound through the years. Originally on the cutting edge of mod and glam in the '60s and '70s, Bowie's Ziggy Stardust persona put glitter rock on the map and made him an international superstar. Although he'd enjoy varied levels of success, his career explored everything from soul and R&B to new-wave styled pop to post-grunge alternative.
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Rock legend David Bowie is set to star in the next series of British TV series Doctor Who, playing an alien. Producers of the BBC show have targeted the Ziggy Stardust singer because of his "great other-worldly looks" according to reports.
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Bowie started changing his image in late 1971. He told Melody Maker he was gay in January 1972 and started work on a new theatrical production. Enter Ziggy Stardust, Bowie’s projection of a doomed messianic rock star. Bowie became Ziggy; Ronson, Woodmansey, and bassist Trevor Bolder became Ziggy’s band, the Spiders From Mars. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (#75, 1972) and the rerelease of Man of Words as Space Oddity (#16, 1972) made Bowie the star he was portraying. The live show, with Bowie wearing futuristic costumes, makeup, and bright orange hair (at a time when the rock-star uniform was jeans), was a sensation in London and New York.
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March 22: Shawn Mullins, who covered Bowie's Changes for the soundtrack to The Faculty may have had more Bowie on his mind when writing his album Soul's Core. An Irish DJ recently played just Mullins' vocals to his hit song "Lullaby" along with the backing of none other than Bowie's own Ziggy Stardust. In many parts, it is obvious that the two bear more than a passing resemblance, with the guitar riff for Ziggy Stardust being the kicker. Coincidence??
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Bowie kept going strong the next year, releasing the LP Aladdin Sane, and then toured again as Ziggy Stardust. But at a London concert in July 1973, Bowie shocked his fans by suddenly announcing that "not only is it the last show of the tour, but it's the last show that we'll ever do." With that, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars were no more. He then immediately released Pin-Ups, a collection of covers of mid-'60s British hits, and then mixed an album for Iggy Pop, Raw Power.
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