David Bowie's Thin White Duke persona was contradictory, controversial, and a little weird; here's what happened to him.
David Bowie’s Thin White Duke persona marked one of the darkest and most controversial phases of his career. This video examines how this skeletal, pallid character emerged during Bowie’s struggles ...
It's easy for some artists to sing the same way all the time, but after singing the same words, David Bowie saw this tune ...
It was clear long before the Internet swelled with heartfelt tributes to David Bowie that ... a fascist leader.” Bowie later assumed a persona called the “Thin White Duke,” which has ...
While in Berlin, David Bowie existed in quiet routine, leaving significant space for his story to become romanticised beyond ...
From Space Oddity to personas including Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke, David Bowie's concerts drew on the artist's theatricality and sense of fashion. Here are some of Bowie's best ...
As the famous line from “Space Oddity” goes, “take your protein pills and put your helmet on” to celebrate David Bowie’s ...
With David Bowie, the intensity of feeling is all the more unnerving ... and which he attributed to the effects of drugs and his immersion in the “Thin White Duke” persona. That may well have been a ...