Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie

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In hindsight, it was an audacious move. Bowie could have been Ziggy for the rest of his life but he wouldn’t and couldn’t. He was always moving forward, always changing, never predictable. But not so much fun for the Spiders who had to go and find other work. The title of the book "Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie" by Woody Woodmansey for me was a bit misleading. Yes Mr. Woodmansey was a "Spider from Mars" (the bands amazing drummer) and according to this book he did live in the same house as Me. Bowie there are little and few mentions of interactions with the MAN. Woody did not even like Bowie's music, but he decided to go to London thinking he might regret it after he did not.

The band considered quitting the tour but took inspiration from Bowie, who had worked right up until the end. When they played, they discovered they were helping fans to come to terms with his passing.

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Distanced from his band mates by drugs, ego and meddling manager Tony Defries, the superstar fired Woodmansey on his wedding day in July, 1973 only days after “killing” Ziggy on stage in London.

A poignant memoir by the last surviving member of David Bowie’s The Spiders from Mars, drummer Woody Woodmansey. It might be difficult to imagine now, but in early 1970 Bowie seemed like a one-hit wonder. His single ‘Space Oddity’, which got to Number 5 in the charts, had come and gone, and the follow-up, ‘The Prettiest Star’, had flopped. David Bowie aka Ziggy Stardust was that man and this is the biography of one of his band members. The last Spider from Mars still standing. Woody Woodmansey.Drummer Woody Woodmansey is the last surviving member of Bowie’s band The Spiders from Mars which helped launch his Ziggy Stardust persona and made David Bowie a sensation. Due to my medical exemption regarding the C19 vaccination, the band do not feel safe having me involved and have replaced me in the band. Therefore, you will not be seeing me on the upcoming tour in March 2022. Now 65 and living in East Sussex, Woodmansey recently published his memoir Spider From Mars: My Life With Bowie. Those who claim that the 1970’s were the decade that style forgot weren’t actually there. It was a time of experimentation and a contrast to the hippie dream of the late ‘60’s. How can you shop at Primark after having shopped at Biba? Indeed, a feast for the senses, the unique concert features two long sets and more costume changes than any other show, from the Blind Prophet and Hunky Dory to Aladdin.

It just has so much melody - it's so interesting to study his narrative, he doesn't give much away but yet his songs say so much!" explains John. "I just think he was such a good storyteller, very lyrical, very catchy." A phone call from David Bowie changed Woody Woodmansey’s life. Turning down a well-paid factory job, the twenty-year-old drummer from Driffield took a huge leap of faith and joined Bowie’s band, embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. John O'Neill brings Ziggy Stardust to Brookside Theatre in Romford. Picture: Cobspix (Image: Cobspix)

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I met these two brothers who told me they had been drafted to Vietnam and took Ziggy with them and it got them through.