Spinner

Alter-Egomaniacs: David Bowie

David Bowie aka Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust may not be the first rock alter ego, but he certainly set the standard. Bowie's 1972 concept album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' introduced the titular hero as a rock 'n' roll savior from outer space, but by the end of 1973 the "Martian messiah" had taken on a life of his own. As Bowie put it in 1976, "I became Ziggy Stardust. David Bowie went totally out the window."

All the AOL Music info you want to know

Five Albums That Changed My Life:…

Noisecreep

New Ocean Media Soulicit have been living out of their suitcases for most of…

Paul Simon: Reunion With Art Garfunkel…

Spinner

Kate Mercer, AP Paul Simon's landmark album Graceland is enjoying its 25th…

Selena Gomez Earthquake: Singer Caught…

AOL Music Blog

Jason Merritt, Getty Images When Selena Gomez flew to Bulgaria to film the…

See all AOL Music »

Add a Comment

Sign in »
*0 / 3000 Character Maximum

16 Comments

Filter by:
butcherbaby

bowie ROCKS, and is FAR more talented than any of these other upstarts. like Vicky-T says, they are all just wannabees. bowie took the alter ego thing and ran with it- aladdin sane, thin white duke, etc- but he did it wonderfully and has so many great records as proof. a true genius! and his ziggy costumes were AMAZING!

April 11 2009 at 8:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hi Sexy

Scarey Monsters..............out of which came

April 06 2009 at 8:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Vicky-T

Ziggy Stardust is the best Alter Ego of all time. All these others are just wannabes. ;P

March 22 2009 at 4:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lilyflower98

wow.... he is a deranged passenger of the spaceship that crashed coming from planet ugly outfit. he is a weird hippe dude

January 29 2009 at 5:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
frankie

"we love dancing and we look divine" David Robert Jones- birth name, actually, didn't have to rely on gimmicks dearie; first trained as a mime, he later collaborated on shows with whilst utilising his onetime teacher, the great Lindsay Kemp,to introduce theatricality to his concerts. i thought he was brilliant what with Ziggy but, no doubt about it, GAVE ANGIE A RAW DEAL.

January 19 2009 at 11:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gregorian

Bowie has to be the most overrated performer of all time. He has vocal talent but has to rely on gimmicks to sell music.

December 25 2008 at 8:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
2 replies to Gregorian's comment
barton4001

hope your tires don't get slashed for your stupidity. Bowie's a genius.

January 01 2009 at 2:14 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
xcption

I agree, slashing your tires might be in order! Bowie's awesome!

February 03 2009 at 5:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
obabystar

titular titular titular
Every one of these articles uses this word. STOP IT!!!! Was it on your "learn a new word a day" calender or somthing....

December 02 2008 at 7:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
luvwiteh20

Ahhh, the man of my dreams. I even got a great dane and bought him a rhinestone collar. I bet you can't guess what I named my "Diamond Dog" ;). The man is timeless, and like a real man, just gets better with age. I must admit, I am jealous of his wife, Iman. Grats to him on leaving us girls (and quite a few guys) always wanting more!

November 29 2008 at 12:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lee

Bowie is incredible.... all facets. But his real name is Davey Jones. He didn't want to be confused with the "other Davey Jones" from the Monkees; changed his mane to Bowie from the Jim Bowie knife fame.
His worl is incedible up to Scary Monsters. I don't get it anmore. Maybe we both just grew up.

November 27 2008 at 9:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
moorenookie

He's not androgynous, he's queer.

November 27 2008 at 6:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
1 reply to moorenookie's comment
sxybeast3988

hahaha...oooo shit

May 06 2009 at 9:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply