Bowie - Loving the Alien

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Sandford has followed, reviewed and written about rock music for twenty years. His biographies of Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Kurt Cobain and David Bowie have won him widespread critical acclaim. Klappentext Based on interviews with family members! colleagues! lovers! and the previously silent William Burroughs! this unsparing yet even-handed biography guides the reader through the many personas! crises! and musical metamorphoses of David Bowie. 30 photos. Zusammenfassung Based on interviews with family members, colleagues, lovers, and the previously silent William Burroughs, this unsparing yet evenhanded biography guides the reader through the many personas, crises, and musical metamorphoses of David Bowie?also known as Davy Jones, the Laughing Gnome, Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, the Thin White Duke, a drug-addled grandfather of punk, actor, art aficionado, political activist, one of rock's most resonant icons, and a totem of modern pop culture. Nowhere else is the man and musician so convincingly deconstructed and so compellingly humanized. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Golden Years * Buddha of Suburbia * The Prettiest Star * Mr. Bowie Does Something New * The European Canon * Art Decade * Lets Dance * Jareth! King of the Goblins * Sound + Vision * Outside * Earthling

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Sandford, Sandford Christopher
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1998
• EAN: 9780306808548
• ISBN: 978-0-306-80854-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, MUSIC / Essays, Pop Music, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Biography: arts and entertainment