It didn’t skyrocket to the top of the pops – thanks, in part, to Machiavellian intrigue by a certain artist manager – but David Bowie's 1970 epic, The Man Who Sold the World, nonetheless became one of ...

David Bowie’s 1970 album, The Man Who Sold the World was quite a shift from the relatively gentle folk-rock of Space Oddity. It’s the first album appearance of guitarist & arranger Mick Ronson as ...

And Bowie kicked off that transformation by releasing what would be Kurt Cobain's favorite David Bowie album: The Man Who Sold The World. "We just threw caution to the wind. It had to be seen by our ...

His stage personas included Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and the Thin White Duke. His left eye was permanently dilated after he injured it in a fight as a teenager. Studied mime and theater in his ...

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