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Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie

by Woody Woodmansey

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Description

For many fans, Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust era remains the most extraordinarily creative period in his career. As a member of Bowie’s legendary band at the time - The Spiders From Mars - Woody played drums on four seminal albums: The Man Who Sold The World , Hunky Dory , The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars and Aladdin Sane .

Woody’s memoir, which he started work on in 2014, focuses on this key period and brings it to glorious life. With the confidence of youth, Woody always thought he’d be in a famous band but the nineteen-year-old rocker from Hull never expected to be thrust into London’s burgeoning glam rock scene, and also into a bottle-green velvet suit and girl’s shoes. Playing with Bowie took him on an eye-opening and transformative journey. In Spider From Mars he writes candidly about the characters who surrounded Bowie, recalling the album sessions as well as behind-the-scenes moments with one of the world’s most iconic singers. The result is an insightful, funny, poignant memoir that lovingly evokes a seminal moment in music history and pays tribute to one of the most outstanding and innovative talents of our time.

Details

Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie
by Woody Woodmansey

ISBN
9780283072727

Publisher
Pan Macmillan

Binding
Hardback

Publication date
Nov. 3, 2016

Dimensions
24.1cm x 16.1cm x 3.0cm

Page count
320 pages