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"On the Space Oddity album we had no idea what we were doing. So we tried something different, something harder": the making of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World

In 1970 David Bowie was a one-hit wonder, but The Man Who Sold The World helped him recalibrate his sound and vision, setting him on a path to becoming a decade-defining artist

Louder

32 of the greatest onstage moments in the entire history of the rock guitar

Celebrating the pioneering, the spectacular, the unexpected and the unrepeatable

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The 50 best collaborations in rock

Guest spots, duets, team-ups and mashups – we take a look at the weird, wonderful world of the rock’n’roll collaboration…

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"I jammed with Hendrix and Clapton in a loft in New York": Roger McGuinn's stories of John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison and more

The Byrds' Roger McGuinn played with Jim Morrison, was part of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder revue, gave John Lennon granny glasses and Brian Wilson speed, and he's got some tales to tell

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“Mick came in with his Les Paul, plugged in to my amp and fiddled with the controls. All of a sudden there it was, the full Ziggy Stardust tone”: The post-Bowie career of Mick Ronson, rock ’n’ roll’s most quietly spoken guitar hero

Sure, he made a massive imprint on David Bowie’s classic early ’70s albums. But Mick Ronson also worked with Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Elton John, Roger McGuinn, Morrissey, Ian Hunter and many others

Guitar World

The death of Ziggy Stardust, 50 years on: Bowie’s greatest act of iconoclasm and why it matters

It was a night that became mythic, but fans and friends of the star remember it in many different ways

Evening Standard

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars review – Bowie bids farewell to an icon in legendary gig

DA Pennebaker’s documentary offers moving moments and raw immediacy as the musician takes on his final performance as Ziggy Stardust

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"I never wanted to be just the bass player, plonking away. I played a lot of notes – too many sometimes!" Trevor Bolder and the low-end magic of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust was recorded in just one day. It made David Bowie a star. But bass players could only hear Trevor Bolder...

Guitar World

“David was furious: 'I won’t have that kind of disloyalty!’" The real reason David Bowie ended Ziggy Stardust and sacked the Spiders From Mars

50 years ago, David Bowie announced that he was playing his last ever show. It marked a split from the men who had revitalised his career – and it was all over money…

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The Rise of Nuno Bettencourt, fully transcribed – only in the new Guitar World

Plus! A new Nuno lesson, Kirk Hammett goes Green-(y), the brilliance of post-Bowie Mick Ronson, Rik Emmett, Chris Spedding, Covet, Winery Dogs, DevilDriver and more

Guitar World

'David Bowie gave me my break as a drummer and I'm still pinching myself'

Mick ‘Woody’ Woodmansey was a hard-up 19-year-old when he got a call from up-and-coming star David Bowie, who asked him to join his band to record the Aladdin Sane album

Daily Mirror

David Bowie 'would have beaten ABBA to hologram performances', says bandmate

David Bowie's Spiders from Mars bandmate, Woody Woodmansey, has said that if the iconic singer was still alive he would have embraced hologram technology

Irish Mirror

Bowie & Roxy made history 50 years ago

On June 16, 1972, a glam, cosmic musical Big Bang occurred

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