“Freak out in a Moonage Daydream”
DAVID BOWIE’S WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF ‘THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ZIGGY STARDUST’, MOONAGE DAYDREAM, WITH 600+ PHOTOGRAPHS BY PHOTOGRAPHER MICK ROCK, ANNOUNCED FOR ANNIVERSARY RE-RELEASE.
RELEASED JUNE 14th 2022 AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER AT WWW.BOWIEBOOK.COM
‘The closest we’ll ever get to a straight up Bowie autobiography — but who’d ever want anything straight-up from Bowie?’ – Rolling Stone
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In 2002, David Bowie and Mick Rock created Moonage Daydream, the defining document of the life and times of Ziggy Stardust. Twenty years on, it remains the closest readers will get to understanding Bowie through his own words. Now, celebrating 50 years of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, a new edition is to be published 14th June 2022.
Available from all good bookshops, Bowie and Rock’s seminal book is now available for pre-ordering at www.BowieBook.com
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‘Ziggy Stardust blazed briefly but intensely, and I am delighted to see his life and times as a rock’n’roll star immortalised in this book.’ – David Bowie
‘Mr B has never previously gone on record in such detail about the origins, inspirations, mutations and peregrinations of our inimitable idol, Mr Stardust. In fact, I’ve learned a lot that I didn’t glean at the time about the whole crazy affair…’ – Mick Rock
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Alongside over 600 photographs taken by Mick Rock, Bowie’s personal and often humorous commentary gives unprecedented insight into his work and the creation of his most memorable persona. Readers can see how Bowie singlehandedly challenged and elevated 1970s culture through his style, his inspirations ranging from Kubrick to Kabuki, and his creative spirit, which endures through the decades. Moonage Daydream is the essential Ziggy Stardust book.
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‘The idea of a larger-than-life rock figure struck me around the end of 1970. For me, and several of my friends, the Seventies were the start of the Twenty First Century. The main platform would be, other than shoes, “We are the future, now.” And the one way of celebrating that was to create it by the only means at our disposal. With, of course, a rock’n’roll band.’ – David Bowie
‘I was the only photographer with a true passion for the Ziggy image. Was I uniquely intuitive, very lucky or just plain spaced out? Probably a bit of all three.’ – Mick Rock
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First published as a signed limited edition, Moonage Daydream sold out in a matter of months and became lore among David Bowie fans. Now, on the 50th anniversary of Bowie’s acclaimed album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, the book is available again. Published in a new larger format, this uncut edition keeps to Bowie and Rock’s original vision, allowing us to explore Moonage Daydream the way the authors intended.
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‘I would literally draw out on paper with a crayon or felt tip pen the shape of a guitar solo: the one in ‘Moonage Daydream’, for instance, started out as a flat line that became a fat megaphone-type shape and ended as sprays of disassociated and broken lines. Mick Ronson could take something like that and actually bloody play it, bring it to life. Very impressive. That’s what it all looks like from way over here. Very impressive.’ – David Bowie
‘Rock on, dear reader. There’s a ton of fun here for you all you Ziggy/Bowie fanatics and obsessives to keep you stimulated and sparkly long past your bedtimes.’ – Mick Rock
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We’ll be posting more of Mick Rock’s incredible Bowie portraits from Moonage Daydream over the coming weeks.
View more images from the book here.
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