“I was there” legendary drummer Woody Woodmansey recalls the night that he and David Bowie launched Ziggy Stardust in Aylesbury’s Friars club 45 years ago this week And one man who remembers the historic night all too well is ‘last surviving original Spider’ and the band’s drummer Woody Woodmansey He said: “Aylesbury was really the … Read more
In his memoirs Nicolas Roeg, who casted David Bowie as alien in The Man Who Fell To Earth, refers to the mirror as ‘the very essence of cinema’. He who searches for mirror scenes in films and series will be confronted with indestructible metaphors. David Bowie united them all. A video essay by Maarten Slagboom … Read more
In the year that would have marked his 70th birthday, Royal Mail is issuing a set of 10 stamps to honour David Bowie. The late singer’s life as ”one of the most influential music and cultural figures of all time” will be celebrated with a collection of 10 stamps, six of which will feature the … Read more
Recorder is a new independent bi-annual print magazine exploring one artist at a time through artwork, illustration and literature. The first issue features David Bowie and they are asking fans to back their Kickstarter campaign in order to help hit their funding target and be able to complete making Recorder Issue #1: David Bowie Click … Read more
The following is a transcript of an interview which featured on Australian Current Affairs show “60 Minutes” just recently. And when old Charlie brought up the topic of young fans, Dave was even happy to mention Labyrinth, a topic skirted in the past, but put in good humour by a very retrospective and jolly Dave … Read more
Space Oddity was originally recorded on the 20th of June 1969, and released, less than 3 weeks later (those were the days!) in early July of that year. It was included on Bowie’s 2nd album, called David Bowie, in the UK and, Man of Words/Man of Music, in the US. Later, it was reissued in … Read more
Recorded on 15th April 1977 at CBS Television City, Los Angeles, USA Iggy Pop – vocals David Bowie – keyboards / backing vocals Tony Sales – bass / backing vocals Hunt Sales – drums / backing vocals Ricky Gardiner – guitar
