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Results for David BowieThere are really only two types of David Bowie biographies: the ones liberally laced with 'rock god' references and those damning him with faint, 'musical chameleon' praise. Actually, both appellations describe this performer, for he has been one of the few to successfully position himself in the crowd's consciousness for almost 40 years by earnestly reinventing himself and his musical style. Born David Jones in Brixton, England, Bowie has championed, and then abandoned, everything from mod, hippie and punk to metal, soul, goth and electronica. Along the way were some fabulous successes like 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' in 1972 and the single "Let's Dance" in 1983. Acting, world and supper club tours and solo performing have not escaped his purview, either. Through the highs and duds, the drug haze and clear vision days, Bowie has presided over his music and image with that wide-pupil stare [the result of a youthful pugilistic event] that makes his a face impossible to forget....more
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by Matt Gewolb•June 18, 2008•
"turning down the twang and cranking up the amps results in biting guitar riffs"
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by Andre Perry•May 28, 2008•
As I drove across the United States during that summer of 2005 with I’m Wide Awake on my stereo, the collection of songs revealed itself as a standup little alt-country record.
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by Lavinia Jones Wright•May 21, 2008•
"a cat in a dress is unnatural looking, no matter how pretty the cat or the dress"
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by Denise Sullivan•April 16, 2008•
"I didn't pick up a guitar when I was younger for silly reasons... because all my friends had already started, and I didn't want to be a Johnny Come Lately," says Will Hodgkinson, author of Guitar Man and, more recently, Song Man, his "six-string odyssey" of learning to play and write songs at the advanced age of 34.
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by C!-Team•April 16, 2008•
Old-school UK punk, the next big blues-rock duo, a versatile Japanese one-man band, and two different representations of costumed glam-rock
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12/18/2007
One Box, 10 David Bowie CDs, All Good
Some people think David Bowie has spent the past decade making emotionless art...
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10/31/2007
Concert Vault continues to astound. Thanks to WV for making these great concerts available to everyone. It offers...
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10/7/2007
David Bowie was featured in radio broadcasts as follows, which Wolfgang might have access to -
25/08/1991 Rockit...
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7/17/2007
The Vault Is Amazing i'm telling everyone i know about it. today i listened to bob marley and the wailers and tracy...
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7/1/2007
New Pink Floyd Concert Is Great.Please Can We Have More David Bowie,Roxy Music,Pink Floyd,And The Who. Thanks!!!!!!!!!...
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