Ziggy Stardust might be the best known persona of David Bowie's career, but the beginnings of the character were incredibly humbling.

David Bowie poses for a portrait in his “Ziggy Stardust” guise in June 1972 in London, England. Bowie shot to stardom with his 1972 “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From ...

As Ortiz explains, Bowie came out to press in a 1972 interview, stating: “I’m gay and always have been, even when I was David ...

The androgynous alien Ziggy Stardust - alter ego of David Bowie - landed to Earth with a bang on the gloomy streets of London ...

It was clear long before the Internet swelled with heartfelt tributes to David Bowie that the ... album “Transformer” in 1972. When Reed died in 2013, Bowie called him “a master.” ...

“I’m gay,” Bowie told reporter Michael Watts in 1972, “and always have been, even when I was David Jones.” While Watts surmised that Bowie was playing into the nature of the ...

David Bowie is a pure rock icon, though success wasn’t immediate. It wasn’t until his fifth album in 1972, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, that Bowie achieved ...

The city of Detroit fascinated David Bowie and inspired one of ... the new single arrived in 1972. It’s the first from Bowie’s sixth album, Aladdin Sane. His band worked quickly and wrote ...

Special releases from John Lennon, Roger Waters and David Bowie topped the just-announced list of releases on tap for 2025's ...