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Niall Doherty

“Ziggy Stardust was the first song I ever performed”: Perry Farrell on his pre-fame days as a David Bowie impersonator

Perry Farrell and David Bowie in LA, circa 2004

As the frontman of Psi Com, Jane’s Addiction, Porno For Pyros, Satellite Party and more, Perry Farrell has been one of the great entertainers in rock music for four decades, which makes it all the more annoying that the only thing that could make his CV even better is the thing he did before he was famous: working as a David Bowie tribute act.

“Before my first band, Psi Com, I was a David Bowie impersonator,” Farrell once told Classic Rock. “Ziggy Stardust was the first song I ever performed in front of people.”

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