Biography david bowie

David Bowie persona from to

This article is about the David Bowie persona. For the electronic music producer who uses this title for remixes, see Stuart Price.

Fictional character

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

Though the Duke is primarily identified with Bowie's album Station to Station and is mentioned by name in the title track, he had first begun to adopt aspects of the persona during the tour supporting his Young Americans album in late The look and character of the Thin White Duke were also influenced by that of Thomas Jerome Newton, the humanoid alien played by Bowie in the film The Man Who Fell to Earth, which film