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David Bowie

Biography

David Bowie

David Bowie burst into the limelight with his single "Space Oddity." His Ziggy creation was the culmination of many influences, including kabuki, Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, and the costumes of Freddie Burretti and Kansai Yamamoto.

David Bowie

Books by David Bowie

Moonage Daydream: The Life & Times of Ziggy Stardust
by David Bowie and Mick Rock - Art, Music, Nonfiction, Photography

In 1972 David Bowie released the iconic LP The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which established him as a major force in modern pop music. It was also his platform to present a visually fascinating and sexually ambivalent stage persona called Ziggy Stardust. Simultaneously, Bowie befriended the famed rock-and-roll photographer, Mick Rock, whom he invited to chronicle his Ziggy persona on film. Together, David Bowie's text and Mick Rock's images trace the rise and final swansong of Ziggy Stardust.