About the Book

One day I blew my nose and half my brains came out. Los Angeles, 1976. David Bowie is holed up in his Bel-Air mansion, drifting into drug-induced paranoia and confusion. Obsessed with black magic and the Holy Grail, he s built an altar in the living room and keeps his fingernail clippings in the fridge. There are occasional trips out to visit his friend Iggy Pop in a mental institution. His latest album is the cocaine-fuelled Station To Station (Bowie: I know it was recorded in LA because I read it was ), which welds R&B rhythms to lyrics that mix the occult with a yearning for Europe, after three mad years in the New World.Bowie has long been haunted by the angst-ridden, emotional work of the Die Brucke movement and the Expressionists. Berlin is their spiritual home, and after a chaotic world tour, Bowie adopts this city as his new sanctuary. Immediately he sets to work on Low, his own expressionist mood-piece.

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 138 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Continuum (Aug. 31st, 2005)

ISBN-10: 0826416845

ISBN-13: 9780826416841

Dimensions: 4.78 x 6.58 x 0.36 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.30 lbs

• Categories: Rock Music