David Bowie Savanna Weninger Lauren Wardwell Brock Wiley Keith wiegand Born on January 8th, 1947 as David Jones in Brixton, London As a child he learned to play the Ukulele, the tea-chest bass, the piano, and the saxophone. Little Richard was one of his biggest inspirations in music He formed his first rock and roll band, the Konrads, at 15 Other bands include the King Bees, David Jones, and the Buzz He changed his name to David Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones from The Monkees’ Bands that he performed with in his early musical career began his showy pop and mod side Early On In 1962, Bowie was punched in the eye by a friend, George Underwood The damage could not be repaired, leaving him with poor depth perception and a permanently …show more content…
Life Outside of Music Jareth the Goblin King The Regular Dude with the Regular Band The Outsider The Elder Statesman Meta-Bowie The Many Faces of David Bowie The Whimsical Singer/ Songwriter The Man Who Sold the World Ziggy Stardust Aladdin Sane The Thin White Duke The Man Who Fell to Earth Before he became a glam rock star, Bowie had an unsuccessful start with his first solo album, David Bowie (1967) However, his second album, Space Oddity (1969) was a huge success This album was a combination of ballads, progressive rock, and folk music It was inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey The Whimsical Singer/ Songwriter This was the title of Bowie’s third album in November 1970 He went from folk music to hard rock and metal The song describes a man who doesn’t recognize himself, parallelling Bowie’s issues with his identity This album is said to mark the birth of glam rock The Man Who Sold The World Following his coming out in 1972, Bowie released the concept album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Ranked number 35 in Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time It is one of his most memorable personas Inspired by Japanese culture, Alice Cooper, and Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork