Alias David Bowie: A Biography by Peter & Leni Gillman [FIRST EDITION] 1987 • Henry Holt

Alias David Bowie: A Biography by Peter Gillman & Leni Gillman

U.S. FIRST EDITION  • FIRST PRINTING [1978] HENRY HOLT & CO.

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David Bowie is among the most accomplished and enigmatic figures in the world of entertainment. His multifaceted career as rock musician and actor on stage and screen spans twenty years, and yet his personality remains as elusive as ever. Have his chameleon changes been merely a brilliant response to shifting fashions? Or do they reflect a ceaseless quest to take hold of his personal and artistic identity?

Here is startling new material concerning every phase of Bowie's influential, often colourful career. His family background is traced and discussed for the first time, throwing new light on the sources of his creativity and his interest in alienation and mental illness. Terry, his half-brother, was a vital early musical influence and had a close relationship with David. Yet, for much of his life, Terry, who was to suffer from schizophrenia, was scarcely acknowledged by David. This traumatic relationship is fully explored, and themes from this and other family tensions are identified in Bowie's music. Bowie's confident progress from pop idol to respected public performer is fully documented and prevides a penetrating insight into the strange world of rock music and multimedia entertaining.