“I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human. I felt very, very puny12 as a human. I thought, ‘Fuck that. I want to be a superman'” David Bowie is one of the most influential figures in the history of modern music, famous for his constantly-changing image and musical style. Known as the Chameleon of Rock, he astonished1 Britain in the 1970s, his most important decade, with his theatrical character Ziggy Stardust2, one of the most iconic creations in pop history, and the vehicle for some of his most famous songs.
MAKING MUSICAL HISTORY
Born David Robert Jones in Brixton, South London in 1947, David Bowie's career began in 1969, with the hit single Space Oddity3, about an astronaut, Major Tom, marooned4 in space. He…
