"Waiting for the Man' 'The Prettiest Star', 'Cygnet Committee' and 'Memory of a Free Festival.' Later that same month Hype signed to Mercury Records. The Hype (David Bowie band) Hype was a band formed by David Bowie in 1970. They were originally called ""Harry the Butcher"", then ""David Bowie's imagination"". Bowie settled on the name Hype. Bowie has said he chose the name tongue in cheek. The band has been credited with helping to form the glam rock scene in the 1970s. The band was also the debut for Mick Ronson when they played at the Roundhouse supporting Noel Redding's"
"of whom had been strongly influenced by Reed's work with the Velvet Underground. Bowie had obliquely referenced the Velvet Underground in the cover notes for his album ""Hunky Dory"" and regularly performed both ""White Light/White Heat"" and ""I'm Waiting for the Man"" in concerts and on the BBC during 1971–1973. He even began recording ""White Light/White Heat"" for inclusion on ""Pin Ups"", but it was never completed; Ronson ended up using the backing track for his solo album ""Play Don't Worry"" in 1974. Mick Ronson (who was at the time the lead guitarist with Bowie's band, the Spiders from Mars)"
"David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million albums worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling"
"1970s to try and kick his own cocaine habit, Bowie and Vaughan's management failed to come to an agreement on how to temper the situation, and in the end Vaughan pulled out of the tour. Vaughan was replaced by longtime Bowie guitarist Earl Slick. Bowie and Carlos Alomar selected an initial list of songs for the tour, 35 of which they rehearsed for the tour. One song that was on the rehearsal's song list that never actually got to the rehearsal stage was ""Across the Universe"", which Bowie had covered in 1975 on his ""Young Americans"" album. Initially the band"
"the duo Slick Diamond. They toured and gave performances for a short time in the late 1970s. Slick was initially hired by David Bowie to replace Mick Ronson as lead guitarist for the ""Diamond Dogs"" tour in 1974 (the live album ""David Live"" was recorded during this tour). Slick also played lead guitar on Bowie's ""Young Americans"" and ""Station to Station"" albums, released in 1975 and 1976 respectively. After disagreements with Bowie's management, Slick was replaced as lead guitarist for the 1976 Station to Station tour by Stacey Heydon. Slick continued working in the studio with former Mott the Hoople"
"Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) is a live album by David Bowie. It was released posthumously as a Record Store Day release on 22 April 2017 through Parlophone record label. Produced by Bowie and mixed by Tony Visconti, it was recorded on the Diamond Dogs Tour in September 1974, some material from which appeared in the BBC documentary ""Cracked Actor"". The full show spans across five sides of vinyl, with the sixth featuring an etching of Bowie. The album differs from the first Bowie live album, ""David Live"", recorded on the same tour."
"he debuted Ziggy Stardust. The statue features a likeness of Bowie in 2002 accompanied with his alter egos, with Ziggy at the front. David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant"
"and deeper timbre, until his seductions seemed purged of emotion: a ballad sung by a vampire. ""Cracked Actor"" shows he was already using his phrasing to command attention."" Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) is a live album by David Bowie. It was released posthumously as a Record Store Day release on 22 April 2017 through Parlophone record label. Produced by Bowie and mixed by Tony Visconti, it was recorded on the Diamond Dogs Tour in September 1974, some material from which appeared in the BBC documentary ""Cracked Actor"". The full show spans across"
"Glass Spider Tour in 1987 that Reeves Gabrels originally became friends with David Bowie. Tin Machine David Bowie Reeves Gabrels Collaborations The Cure The Mission UK Reeves Gabrels Reeves Gabrels (born June 4, 1956) is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. A member and guitarist of British band The Cure since 2012, Gabrels worked with David Bowie from 1987 to 1999, and was a member of the band Tin Machine. He has lived in New York, Boston, London, Los Angeles, and Nashville. His Nashville-based band since 2007, Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Friends, features Gabrels on guitar and vocals."
"working in the band, Bowie stated several times over his years with Tin Machine that he was happy working in the band. Bowie used his time with the band as a way to revitalize himself and his career (which he would later in March 1997 call a ""lifeline""), citing Reeves Gabrels as a source of his new-found energy and direction: Tin Machine Tin Machine were an Anglo-American hard rock group formed in 1988, notable for being fronted by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. The band consisted of Bowie on lead vocals, sax and guitar, Reeves Gabrels on guitar, Tony Fox Sales"
"now lives with his wife, Teresa Woo-Murray, and son, Marcus. Weldon Irvine David Bowie Iggy Pop Jerry Harrison George Murray (musician) George Murray is an American bass guitarist best known for his work with David Bowie on a number of Bowie's albums released in the 1970s. Murray was part of Bowie's rhythm section for much of the decade, alongside drummer Dennis Davis and guitarist Carlos Alomar. He studied at Bronx Community College and had toured Europe, South America and Canada with George McCrae as well as touring and performing with the Broadway plays ""Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope"" and"
"other artists performed concerts, including Britney Spears, Madonna, and U2. Bowie shelved his solo career in 1989, retreating to the relative anonymity of band membership for the first time since the early 1970s. A hard-rocking quartet, Tin Machine came into being after Bowie began to work experimentally with guitarist Reeves Gabrels. The line-up was completed by Tony and Hunt Sales, whom Bowie had known since the late 1970s for their contribution, on bass and drums respectively, to Iggy Pop's 1977 album ""Lust for Life"". Although he intended Tin Machine to operate as a democracy, Bowie dominated, both in songwriting and"
"substance in the work. That is my responsibility to the music and the audience."" Gail Ann Dorsey Gail Ann Dorsey (born November 20, 1962) is an American musician. With a long career as a session musician, she is perhaps best known for her lengthy residency in David Bowie's band, from 1995 to Bowie's death in 2016. Aside from playing bass, she sang lead vocals on live versions of ""Under Pressure"" (taking the part originally sung by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury) and dueted with Bowie on other songs, including ""The London Boys"", ""Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)"", ""I Dig Everything"", accompanying Bowie on"
"the band's name ""reflects the sound of the band,"" and Bowie stated that he and his band members joined up ""to make the kind of music that we enjoyed listening to"" and to rejuvenate himself artistically. The band recorded two studio albums and one live album before dissolving in 1992, when Bowie returned to his solo career. By the end of 2012, they had sold two million albums. Bowie would later credit his time with Tin Machine as instrumental in revitalising his career in the 1990s. The album ""Never Let Me Down"" (1987) and subsequent Glass Spider Tour had left"
"Tin Machine Tin Machine were an Anglo-American hard rock group formed in 1988, notable for being fronted by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. The band consisted of Bowie on lead vocals, sax and guitar, Reeves Gabrels on guitar, Tony Fox Sales on bass, and Hunt Sales on drums. Tony and Hunt are the sons of American comedian Soupy Sales. Additional musicians (who were not band members) included English guitarist Kevin Armstrong who played on the band's first studio album and first tour, and American guitarist Eric Schermerhorn who played on the second tour (and live album). Drummer Hunt Sales said that"
"Gail Ann Dorsey Gail Ann Dorsey (born November 20, 1962) is an American musician. With a long career as a session musician, she is perhaps best known for her lengthy residency in David Bowie's band, from 1995 to Bowie's death in 2016. Aside from playing bass, she sang lead vocals on live versions of ""Under Pressure"" (taking the part originally sung by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury) and dueted with Bowie on other songs, including ""The London Boys"", ""Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)"", ""I Dig Everything"", accompanying Bowie on clarinet, and a cover of Laurie Anderson's ""O Superman"". From 1993 to 1996, Dorsey"
"from a decade-long recording hiatus with ""The Next Day."" He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, ""Blackstar"" (2016). Bowie was born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 in Brixton, London. His mother, Margaret Mary ""Peggy"" (née Burns; 1913–2001), was born at Shorncliffe Army Camp near Cheriton, Kent. Her paternal grandparents were Irish immigrants who had settled in Manchester. She worked as a waitress at a cinema in Royal Tunbridge Wells. His father, Haywood Stenton ""John"" Jones (1912–1969), was from Doncaster, and worked as a promotions officer for"
"he wore platform boots and feather boas during his performances. Exploiting his androgynous appearance, rock star David Bowie wore a dress on the UK cover of his 1970 album, ""The Man Who Sold the World"", and often wore dresses, makeup and leotards both onstage and while doing interviews. In a time when very few people were out, he announced he and his wife were both bisexual. In 1972 Bowie co-produced Lou Reed's album ""Transformer"", which includes several genderbendings songs, notably the classic, ""Walk on the Wild Side"". The New York Dolls are a protopunk band, formed in 1971 and who"
"Joseph Bowie Joseph Bowie (born October 17, 1953) is an American jazz trombonist and vocalist. The brother of trumpeter Lester Bowie, Joseph is known for leading the jazz-punk group Defunkt and for membership in the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. Bowie was greatly influenced by his older brothers, saxophonist Byron Bowie and trumpeter Lester Bowie. His first international tour was with Oliver Lake of the Black Artists Group in 1971. During this time in Paris, he worked with Alan Silva, Frank Wright, and Bobby Few. He also worked with Dr. John in Montreaux in 1973. He moved to New York City, and"
"fire at his producer's house in 1994. Singles Albums Junior's Eyes Junior's Eyes was a British group led by guitarist Mick Wayne (born Michael Wayne, 1945, Kingston upon Hull - died 26 June 1994), which recorded one album and is notable for acting as David Bowie's backing band during 1969. Mick Wayne's first group was 'The Outsiders', with Jimmy Page on guitar. After recording one single for Decca Records in 1965, the Outsiders broke up the following year at which point Wayne joined Hull musicians 'The Hullaballoos', replacing Ricky Knight briefly before they too broke up. He made an attempt"
"Lou Reed Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was the lead guitarist, singer and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and also had a solo career that spanned five decades. The Velvet Underground achieved little commercial success during their existence, but are now regarded as one of the most influential bands in the history of underground and alternative rock music. After leaving the band in 1970, Reed released twenty solo studio albums. His second, ""Transformer"" (1972), was produced by David Bowie and arranged by Mick"
"album was culled from performances on the 14th & 15th July 1974 at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia. It is complete and exact. No studio overdubs or re-recording of voices, instruments or audience have been added with the exception of several backing vocals due to loss of theatre mike contact."" The Tower Theater concerts also gave rise to a backstage revolt by Bowie's touring band. David Sanborn and Hugh McCracken (who had learned in a conversation with John Venable of The Record Plant Remote that the concerts were being recorded) informed other band members that a non-contractual recording was about to"
"Reeves Gabrels Reeves Gabrels (born June 4, 1956) is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. A member and guitarist of British band The Cure since 2012, Gabrels worked with David Bowie from 1987 to 1999, and was a member of the band Tin Machine. He has lived in New York, Boston, London, Los Angeles, and Nashville. His Nashville-based band since 2007, Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Friends, features Gabrels on guitar and vocals. As a guitarist, Reeves Gabrels is recognized for his virtuosity and versatility, able to ""explore sonic extremes with a great, adaptive intuition for what each song"
"David Byron David Garrick (29 January 1947 – 28 February 1985), better known by his stage name David Byron, was a British singer and songwriter, best known in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist with the rock band Uriah Heep and recognized for his charismatic stage presence and his operatic voice. From mid-1960s to early 1970s David Byron did session work for a company called Avenue Recordings, singing lead and backing vocals (occasionally along with Mick Box on guitar and Paul Newton on bass). These were cover versions of Top 20 hits and were released on EPs & LPs."
"live, working in the studio only sporadically and haphazardly; the 1974 releases ""Big Fun"" and ""Get Up with It"" compiled recordings he made between 1969 and 1974. By 1973, Davis had established most of his band's line-up, a septet featuring bassist Michael Henderson, guitarists Pete Cosey and Reggie Lucas, drummer Al Foster, percussionist James Mtume, and saxophonist Dave Liebman; Liebman left the group the following year and was replaced by Sonny Fortune. Lucas, Foster, and Mtume functioned as the band's rhythm section, while Cosey, Henderson, and Fortune were given space to improvise as soloists. Their concerts—played frequently at rock venues"
"with Henderson, Mtume, Carlos Garnett, guitarist Reggie Lucas, organist Lonnie Liston Smith, tabla player Badal Roy, sitarist Khalil Balakrishna, and drummer Al Foster. Only Smith was a jazz instrumentalist; consequently, the music emphasized rhythmic density and shifting textures instead of solos. This group was recorded live for ""In Concert"" (1973), but Davis found it unsatisfactory, leading him to drop the tabla and sitar and play keyboards. He also added guitarist Pete Cosey. The compilation studio album ""Big Fun"" (1974) contains four long improvisations recorded between 1969 and 1972. Studio activity in the 1970s culminated in sessions throughout 1973 and 1974"
"David Live David Live is David Bowie's first official live album, originally released by RCA Records in 1974. The album was recorded in July of that year, on the initial leg of Bowie's Diamond Dogs Tour, at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. The second leg, a more soul-oriented affair following recording sessions in Philadelphia for the bulk of ""Young Americans"", would be renamed 'Philly Dogs', as reflected on a different live release, ""Cracked Actor"". The album catches Bowie in transition from the ""Ziggy Stardust/Aladdin Sane"" glam-rock era of his career to the 'plastic soul'"
"the Netherlands as ""David Bowie at the Tower Philadelphia"". Album Single David Live David Live is David Bowie's first official live album, originally released by RCA Records in 1974. The album was recorded in July of that year, on the initial leg of Bowie's Diamond Dogs Tour, at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. The second leg, a more soul-oriented affair following recording sessions in Philadelphia for the bulk of ""Young Americans"", would be renamed 'Philly Dogs', as reflected on a different live release, ""Cracked Actor"". The album catches Bowie in transition from the ""Ziggy"
"Carlos Alomar Carlos Alomar (born 7 May 1951) is a Puerto Rican-American guitarist, composer, and arranger. He is best known for his work with David Bowie from the mid-1970s to the early 2000s, having played on more Bowie albums than any other musician other than pianist Mike Garson. He has also performed with Duran Duran side project Arcadia, on the album ""So Red the Rose"". The son of a Pentecostal minister, Alomar was raised in New York. From the age of ten he taught himself to play the guitar, and started playing professionally at age sixteen. In the 1960s he"
"in low critical standing. Bowie decided to return to making music for himself, and, having been put in touch with Reeves Gabrels through his publicist for the Glass Spider Tour, Bowie formed his band Tin Machine in 1989 and retired his back catalogue of songs from live performance with his Sound+Vision Tour in 1990. Peter Frampton played two natural-finish maple body Pensa-Suhr Strat types, hand-made by New York-based John Suhr. For the song ""Zeroes"", he used a Coral electric sitar, given to him in the late 70s and previously owned by Jimi Hendrix. Carlos Alomar played on six Kramer American"
"Ash Bowie Ashley Hideyo ""Ash"" Bowie (born c.1968) is an American musician. In 1990, he formed the band Polvo (as a guitarist and vocalist) along with Dave Brylawski, Steve Popson, and Eddie Watkins. Polvo was influential in the then-thriving indie rock scene in the United States. In 1995, he became the bassist for Helium, after their previous bass player left the band. Both bands broke up in 1998. In 2000 Tiger Style Records released the album ""Yesterday ...and Tomorrow's Shells"", a collection of Bowie's four-track home recordings, under the name Libraness. He occasionally plays guitar in the band Fan Modine"
"1996, the tour saw the return of Gabrels as Bowie's guitarist. On 7 January 1997, Bowie celebrated his half century with a 50th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden, New York, at which he was joined in playing his songs and those of his guests, Lou Reed, Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters, Robert Smith of the Cure, Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, Black Francis of the Pixies, and Sonic Youth. Bowie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 17 January 1996. Incorporating experiments in British jungle and drum 'n' bass, ""Earthling"" (1997) was a"
"Bowie). A third vocalist heard with Bowie and Carr-Pritchard on ""Looking For A Friend"" is assumed to be Micky King (who recorded the Bowie composition ""Rupert The Riley""). Arnold Corns Arnold Corns was a band, formed by David Bowie in 1971, the name of which was inspired by the Pink Floyd song ""Arnold Layne"". This was one of Bowie’s side projects and something of a dry run for ""Ziggy Stardust"". The band was formed in Dulwich College and Bowie agreed to write for them. At the same time he also agreed to write for the 19-year-old designer Freddie Burretti (born:"