It’s shocking to consider now, but David Bowie had ended the 80s seemingly out of creative puff. His response was to embark on a series of bold, daring decisions that confused fans at the time but now appear to be a masterclass in course correction.
First, he formed a hard-rock band in Tin Machine, releasing two albums, their 1989 self-titled debut and 1992’s II, a project that he later declared had “charged him up” at a point when he was in dire need of artistic refuelling.
