June 6, 1972 –
David Bowie released The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars on this date.
Iggy Pop (note the name: zIGGY), Lou Reed, Marc Bolan, Gene Vincent and Jimi Hendrix (“He played it left hand, but made it too far” – Hendrix was left-handed), were all likely influences on the character Ziggy Stardust, but the only musician Bowie admits was a direct influence is Vince Taylor, an English singer who took the “rock star” persona to the extreme, calling himself Mateus and declaring himself the son of God.
Taylor was popular in France in the early ’60s, and Bowie met him in 1966, after his popularity had faded.
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