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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 17 JANUARY 2016 17 News 1962-1968 1974-1976 1980-1989 2013-2016 1999-2012 1992-1999 1989-1991 1967 David Bowie 1972 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust 1973 Pin Ups 1975 Young Americans 1976 Station to Station 1977 Low 1977 "Heroes" 1979 Lodger 1983 Let's Dance 1980 Scary Monsters 1987 Never Let Me Down 1984 Tonight 1991 Tin Machine II 1989 Tin Machine 1995 Outside 1993 Black Tie White Noise 1999 Hours 1997 Earthling 2002 Heathen 2003 Reality 2013 The Next Day 2016 Blackstar 1972-1974 1973 Aladdin Sane 1974 Diamond Dogs Performing in the 1960s as Davie Jones, Bowie changed his name to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees. The last name was from Alamo hero Jim Bowie and his famous Bowie knife. During this time, he recorded singles for Parlo- phone under the name of The Manish Boys and Davy Jones and for Pye under the name David Bowie (and The Lower Third), all without success. Widely regarded as one of his most influential releases, Low was the first of the "Berlin Trilogy", a series of collaborations with Brian Eno (though the album was actually recorded mainly in France and only mixed in West Berlin). The experimental, avant-garde style would be further explored on "Heroes" and Lodger. David Bowie born David Robert Hayward-Jones; 8 January 1947) ... Nowie Electronic Tin Machine New Romantic Soul Bowie Glam Hippie Mod Bowie Neo-classicist 1977-1979 Berlin Bowie The Ziggy hair came from one of Kansai Yamamto's models in his first London shoot. Hairdresser Suzi Fus- sey, later to marry guitarist Mick Ronson, did the copy. Schwartzkopf red was the colour When Bowie was fifteen years old, his friend, George Un- derwood, wearing a ring on his finger, punched him in the left eye during a fight over a girl. Doctors could not fully repair the damage, leaving his pupil permanently di- lated. Despite the fight, Underwood and Bowie remained good friends, and Underwood went on to do the artwork for Bowie's earlier albums The lightning bolt motif on Bowie's face for the Aladdin Sane al- bum cover was by French make-up artist Pierre Laroche, who also worked together on the Pin-Ups album cover, which also features Twiggy Hailed as the first album he wrote and released as a rock star, the new Bowie 'character' Aladdin Sane (main photo) was essentially a devel- opment of Ziggy Stardust that eventually culminated in Ziggy's 'retirement' at the Hammersmith Odeon in July that year So starts one of Bowie's earliest attempts at exploring gender-bending his androgynous appearance, donning Mr. Fish's Man Dress, designed by British fashion designer Michael Fish. The Blue Clown, ushered in 1980 by tak- ing his glam rock fashion stylings and going fully operatic with them. 'Pierrot' was an outfit made for Bowie by costume designer Natasha Korniloff for the "Ashes to Ashes" video, and used on the cover of Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps). Bowie's relatively weak previous three albums (Pin Ups, Diamond Dogs, and a widely reviled concert document David Live) was followed up with a change in hairstyle and clothes, and a new 'plastic soul' experiment in Philadelphia-rooted R&B. Bowie's final ouevres take him out of semi-retirement, with The Next Day showcasing a white box the artwork for "Heroes", and with Blackstar now emerging as a paean presaging his death. With Blackstar nearing release, Bowie called longtime friend and producer Tony Visconti telling him he wanted to make one more album: in his final weeks, Bowie wrote and demo-ed five fresh songs. Bowie had known since November that his cancer was terminal. Legendary artist David Bowie (1947-2016) has left behind a legacy of era-defining sounds and personae that forged a blueprint for rock and pop stars that came after. Here's our guide to his musical life, from Davie Jones to Ziggy Star- dust and Aladdin Sane, the Thin White Duke and his 'plastic soul' reinvention, through Berlin and finally negotiating the 80s and 90s with pop experimentation and a return to form with his final albums. Infographic by MATTHEW VELLA CH-CH-CH-CHANGES BOWIE CH-CH-CH-CHANGES BOWIE CH-CH-CH-CHANGES BOWIE 1962-1968 1969 Space Oddity 1971 Hunky Dory 1969-1972 1970 The Man Who Sold the World