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"Bowie was standing there and for a split second you could see the panic in his eyes": The story of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the moments that made him a star

Band members, friends and associates tell the story of The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars

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“I was attracted to melodic bass players like Carol Kaye. Why should a rock bassist play dumb notes all the time?” How Tony Visconti rethought rock bass for David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World

The legendary producer revisits his ground-shaking bass work on Bowie’s 1970 breakthrough album

Guitar World

"I've analysed hundreds of players over the years. They're all a part of what I do": Clem Burke's 10 essential drum albums

"You've got to listen to what the greats have done," the Blondie 'heartbeat', who passed away this year told us

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"I've analyzed hundreds of players over the years. They're all a part of what I do": Clem Burke's 10 essential drum albums

"You've got to listen to what the greats have done," the Blondie 'heartbeat', who passed away this week, told us

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"I got Bowie’s microphone with his lipstick on it!" Sex Pistols' Steve Jones on stealing David Bowie's musical equipment from a London stage on the night before the final Ziggy Stardust performance

Before he became the guitarist for the Sex Pistols, Steve Jones was an accomplished thief, as David Bowie was to discover to his cost

Louder

“People coming up to me and saying, ‘Good album, good songs.’ That hadn't happened to mebefore”: David Bowie on his first classic album

“The whole album is so unusual,” says Bowie fan Boy George

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“Herbie Flowers was supposed to do the date, but he couldn't make it. So Bowie said to me, ‘You'll have to play bass’”: Trevor Bolder speaks out on his storied history with David Bowie

How could anyone who played bass on Ziggy Stardust not be a rock legend?

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“When you’re the bass player and it’s time for the solo, you go nuts, because you’ve been playing rhythm for everyone else for so long!” Tony Visconti on David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World

Spurred on by guitarist Mick Ronson, Tony Visconti’s bass playing ranged from the wildest of improvised runs to proto-heavy-metal support

Guitar World

"On the Space Oddity album we had no idea what we were doing. So we tried something different, something harder": the making of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World

In 1970 David Bowie was a one-hit wonder, but The Man Who Sold The World helped him recalibrate his sound and vision, setting him on a path to becoming a decade-defining artist

Louder

"I never wanted to be just the bass player, plonking away. I played a lot of notes – too many sometimes!" Trevor Bolder and the low-end magic of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust was recorded in just one day. It made David Bowie a star. But bass players could only hear Trevor Bolder...

Guitar World

Boris is our new neighbour, say posh London locals

A plush South London neighbourhood is alight with gossip about the former Prime Minister

Evening Standard

David Bowie 'would have beaten ABBA to hologram performances', says bandmate

David Bowie's Spiders from Mars bandmate, Woody Woodmansey, has said that if the iconic singer was still alive he would have embraced hologram technology

Irish Mirror

David Bowie World Fan Convention in Liverpool: Line up, schedule and tickets

The all-important line up and timings for this weekend's huge David Bowie event

Liverpool Echo

Heaven 17's Glenn Gregory says singing David Bowie's songs is more than his wildest dream come true

"Sometimes it was really hard - there were people with posters in the audience weeping"

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David Bowie supergroup Holy Holy remove unvaccinated drummer Woody Woodmansey

Band featuring Bowie’s longtime producer Tony Visconti are scheduled to tour in March

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