Critical review of the music and story behind the legend of David Bowie and his band The Spiders from Mars during the period 1969-1974. Features interviews with original Spiders Trevor Bolder and Woody Woodmansey, plus Angie Bowie, David Bowie's then-wife, as well as rare performance footage and a critical assessment of every album from the period.
Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3, 1973. British singer David Bowie performs his alter ego Ziggy Stardust for the very last time. A decadent show, a hallucinogenic collage of kitsch, pop irony and flamboyant excess: a musical symbiosis of feminine passion and masculine dominance that defines Bowie's art and the glam rock genre.
A cinematic odyssey featuring never-before-seen footage exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey.
Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars was the album that did it. This is the definitive independent review of an all time classic album featuring rare interviews with Bowie and the people around him along with classic performances of material from the album. Also featured are in-depth interviews with Trevor Bolder and Woody Woodmansey. We hear from the musicians and insiders who took part in the making of the album and their uncensored interviews produce a candid, honest and frank retrospective on a modern masterpiece.
David Bowie’s The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars in Dolby Atmos spatial audio. The new mix of the album was released on Blu-ray audio on 6th September 2024. The Blu-ray audio disc features four iterations of this timeless album: 2024 Dolby Atmos mix, 2024 Stereo mix (96kHz/24-bit PCM), original 1972 Stereo mix - 2012 remaster (192kHz/24-bit PCM), original 1972 Stereo mix - 2012 remaster (48kHz/24-bit PCM). The Atmos version of the album was mixed by Emre Ramazanoglu and Ken Scott at RAK Studios, London.
Coming 50 years after the release of Space Oddity, the 90-minute film explores the Bowie before Ziggy Stardust, following the period from 1966 when he changed his name from David Jones to Bowie. It includes footage from the BBC Archives including footage of a BBC audition in 1965 of David Bowie and the Lower Third, which included a performance of Chim-Chim-Cheree and Baby That's A Promise.