The Thin White Duke was the persona and character adopted by the English musician David Bowie for public appearances in the mid-1970s.

2023年7月28日 · We explore some of the intriguing alter egos conjured by David Bowie during the 1970s and explain why The Thin White Duke is the most important.

2 天之前 · The Thin White Duke was new, a bit divisive, and, as Bowie described him later, “nasty.” According to Bowie, this short-lived persona occurred during his “darkest days” of extravagant drug ...

2018年9月17日 · The Thin White Duke was David Bowie’s 1975 and 1976 persona and character. He is primarily identified with Bowie’s 1976 album Station to Station and is mentioned by name in the title track. However, Bowie had begun to adopt the “Duke” persona during the preceding Young Americans tour and promotion in 1975.

The Thin White Duke was one of David Bowie's many personas. He portrayed the persona from 1975 to 1976. The character appears in the 1976 album Station to Station, in the film: The Man Who Fell To Earth, on the 1976 Isolar tour, and in the song Lazarus as …

2018年7月5日 · But for the chameleon rock star who seemed con­vinced rock music at the time was mori­bund, this might have all been at the ser­vice of a new Bowie char­ac­ter, the Thin White Duke, the man who dressed in black and white and struck a gaunt fig­ure.

2025年1月22日 · Explore the Duke’s influence on iconic albums like Station to Station and the blurred line between art and reality that left a lasting mark on Bowie’s legacy.

2023年11月21日 · In the mid 1970s, David Bowie was playing a new role, The Thin White Duke, for 'Station To Station', But one book inspired his controversial new character.

2021年1月23日 · The Thin White Duke was the young American who became so cynical and, eventually, so disillusioned with the States that he began setting his sights on the new post-punk and krautrock movement in Europe and, more specifically, Germany, …

2016年12月26日 · Music photographer Andrew Kent is paying homage to Bowie with a new book, David Bowie: Behind the Curtain, that chronicles two years of the artist’s early career, when he assumed the persona of ...