by Paul Trynka
Gabrels, Reeves, 340–341, 355–356, 367, 368, 369, 370, 372, 375–377; Tin Machine and, 341, 342, 343, 346, 347, 351–352, 354; 1.Outside and, 362, 363–364, 365
Gadzooks (TV programme), 46, 48
Gainsbourg, Serge, Melody Nelson, 203
Gardiner, Ricky, 259, 261, 262, 269, 272
Garland, Judy, 1, 2, 53, 65, 66, 159, 163, 388
Garrett, Michael, 82, 83, 89
Garson, Mike, 191, 193, 206, 216, 221, 360, 367, 368, 369, 389, 396; US tours (1972–3), 170, 174, 186; Aladdin Sane and, 179–80; 1.Outside and, 362, 363–364, 367; Reality (album) and Reality tour (2003–4), 383, 384–385; Condé Nast Fashion Rocks show (2005), 386–388
Gem (management company), 117, 124, 125, 144, 147, 149, 150, 155, 156, 159, 161
Genet, Jean, 81, 165, 171, 395
George, Stuey, 169, 175, 181
Gersh, Gary, 317
Gervais, Ricky, Extras, 389
Gibbons, Pat, 247, 251, 287, 288, 320
Gillespie, Dana, 55, 126, 137, 138, 145, 159, 293
Gillman, Peter and Leni, 329
Gilmour, David, 388–389
Glam Rock, 1–2, 154, 156, 161–163, 232
Glass, Philip, 368, 369, 380, 396
Glastonbury Festival, 378
Godin, Nicolas, 395
Göring, Hermann, 308
Grace, Bob, 124–125, 126, 127–128, 129, 133, 135, 138, 150, 162, 210, 245–246; ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’ and, 134, 136; Hunky Dory and, 140, 141, 245
Green, Irving, 94, 99
Griffin, Jeff, 104, 112, 139
Griffin Music, 391
Grohl, Dave, 370
Grossman, Albert, 143
Grundy, Bill, 270
Grundy, Stuart, 250
Guess, Jason, 196, 198
Gugging Hospital (near Vienna), 362–363
Guinness, Sabrina, 365
Haag, Romy, 250, 253, 258, 268, 269
Haddon Hall residence, 101, 102, 105–106, 108, 109, 113, 124–125, 126, 129–130, 144–145, 218; piano at, 126–127, 153; in Ziggy era, 163–164, 178, 179
Hadfield, David, 27, 28, 29–30, 51
Hall, Tony, 68, 77
Hammer, Chuck, 292, 293, 294, 383
Hansa Studios (Berlin), 258, 264–265, 271–273, 276, 307
Hardin, Tim, 62, 99, 104
Harrison, George, 140
Harry, Bill, 135, 136
Harry, Debbie, 314
Harwood, Keith, 203
Hatch, Tony, 56–57, 58, 59, 66, 68, 69
Hayes, Simon, 94, 95, 96, 99–100
Hayman, Martin, 192
Heatwave, 325
Heckel, Eric, 257, 258, 277
Heinlein, Robert A., 121, 188
Hello! magazine, 355, 379
Hemmings, David, 285–286
Hendrix, Jimi, 93, 121, 287, 341
Herman’s Hermits, 134
Hibbert, Tom, 311
Hill, Tony, 87, 286
Hilversum (Netherlands), 207
Himmler, Heinrich, 231, 232
hippie underground, 83, 87–8, 92–93
Hirst, Clare, 332–333
Hit Factory (New York), 223–224, 365
Hitler, Adolf, 229, 231, 246, 258–259
Hockney, David, 81, 128, 156, 249, 298
Hofsiss, Jack, 295
homosexuality, 3, 18, 28, 156–157, 258, 286, 329; DB’s gay persona, 3, 55, 61, 95, 128–129, 155–157; homo-eroticism in song lyrics, 53; Mod scene and, 54–55; gay music–business clique, 55; gay managerial archetypes in 1960s London, 64, 66; Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane, 65; London scene (early 1970s), 131
Hooker, John Lee, 31, 38, 341, 371
Hopkin, Mary, 189, 263, 276, 281
Hopper, Dennis, 234, 235
Horkins, Tony, 337
Horton, Ralph, 50–51, 52, 55–56, 57, 58, 59, 60–62, 64, 65, 66, 69, 72, 77
House, Simon, 286, 287–288, 289, 290
‘House of the Rising Sun’ (song), 31, 33, 43, 152
Howard, Tony, 278, 279, 280
Hudson, Ola, 234
Hughes, Glenn, 233, 234, 237–238, 239, 242, 243, 244, 325
Hunt, Marsha, 202
Hunter, Ian, 161, 172, 178, 188
Hurt, John, 297
Hutchinson, John, 15, 50, 52, 62, 63, 66–67, 87–89, 92, 111; 1973 tours and, 180, 181, 186, 189–190, 191, 192–193
Idol, Billy, 314
Iman Abdul Majid, 301, 350–351, 352, 353, 355, 371–372, 375, 382, 383, 385, 393; compiles fiftieth birthday tribute book, 370–371; pregnancy (2000), 377–378; birth of daughter Alexandria Zahra (15 August 2000), 379
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino film), 303
Ingrassia, Tony, 144, 195, 225, 226
Inhülsen, Harald, 269
International Times, 87, 91, 92, 121
Interview magazine, 148, 358–359, 362–363
Isherwood, Christopher, 9, 249, 250, 258, 298
Isle of Wight, 19, 52, 394
Ives, Charles, 362
Jackson, Michael, 319, 322, 323, 324, 325, 337, 338
Jagger, Bianca, 201, 202, 285
Jagger, Mick, 26, 33, 61, 129, 131, 193, 199, 201–203, 280, 295, 349, 373; role in Performance, 229; Roeg plans to use in The Man Who Fell to Earth, 229–230; ‘Dancing in the Street’ duet with DB, 332
James, Dick, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
Japan, tour of (1973), 178, 187–189
jazz music, 21, 312
Jenkins, Florence, 208–209
Jennings, Claudia, 235
Jim Henson puppet workshop, 378
John, Elton, 163, 173, 220–221
Jones, Alexandria Zahra (daughter of DB), 379, 380, 382, 383, 395, 396
Jones, Anton, 176, 177
Jones, Brian, 202
Jones, Duncan (Zowie Bowie, also Joey, son of DB), 138, 200, 285, 310, 355; Angie’s parenting of, 138, 283, 302; DB’s parenting style, 222, 255–256, 300–301, 303, 334, 378, 392–393; Marion Skene as nanny of, 222, 254, 255, 263, 283, 300, 302; at Gordonstoun school, 301, 343, 378; reverts to first name Duncan, 310, 378; film career, 378, 392–393; Moon (film directorial debut, 2009), 392–393
Jones, Gloria, 216, 280–281
Jones, Haywood Stenton (father of DB), 8–14, 17, 24, 30–31, 33–34, 35, 59, 72, 76; Dr Barnardo’s and, 8, 9–10, 12, 13–14, 22, 179; Ken Pitt and, 75, 86, 101; death of (5 August, 1969), 100–101, 102, 109
Jones, Kenney, 53–54
Jones, Margaret ‘Peggy’ (née Burns, mother of DB), 8–11, 14–15, 30, 35, 76, 106, 109, 116, 302; DB’s relationship with, 10, 15, 33, 57–58, 59, 102, 200, 302, 310, 355; ‘madness’ in Burns family, 10, 14, 110, 329; grandson Zowie and, 200, 310; death of (April 2001), 380
Jones, Steve, 271, 334
Kabuki, 81, 188, 395
Kael, Pauline, 241
Kamen, Michael, 210–211, 221
Katrina, Hurricane, 386–388
Katz, Dennis, 147, 186
Kelly, Graham, 103, 110, 139
Kemp, Lindsay, 80–83, 84, 114, 145, 155, 165, 166, 199, 296
Kensell, Robert, 129, 231
Kent, Andrew, 247, 249, 251, 252, 271
Keys, Alicia, 387, 389
King, Mickey, 128, 129
The Kinks, 45, 48, 50, 51, 52, 67, 194
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig, 258, 277
Kizilcay, Erdal, 334, 335, 337, 340, 348, 349, 350, 359–360, 363–364, 372
Klein, Allen, 123, 226, 228
Korniloff, Natasha, 82, 83, 286, 294
Kraftwerk, 248, 249, 261, 274
Kramer, Eddie, 224, 225
Kubrick, Stanley, 88, 89, 153, 157
La Gioconda (Denmark Street coffee bar), 36, 44, 47, 50, 51, 53, 73, 152
La La La Human Steps, 340, 344, 347
Labour Party, 9–10
Lady Gaga, 3, 395
Laine, Denny, 51, 56, 78
Lambert, Kit, 66, 129
Landis, Jeanette, 296, 297
Larkin, Philip, ‘This Be The Verse’, 10
‘League for the Protection of Animal Filament’, 44–45
Lear, Amanda, 208
Lecavalier, Louise, 340
Led Zeppelin, 91, 104, 136, 231, 341
Lee, Calvin Mark, 93–95, 97, 99, 102, 103, 116, 128
Legendary Stardust Cowboy, 133, 135, 152, 362
Lennon, Freddie, 58
Lennon, John, 11, 61, 94, 104, 135, 158, 222–225, 226, 295, 336, 396; DB and, 220–221, 223–225, 226, 228, 230, 295, 298, 299, 324, 396; murder of (8 December, 1980), 299, 301
Lennon, Sean, 343
Lennox, Annie, 354, 355
Lippman, Michael, 226, 232, 235, 236, 238, 240, 244, 245; legal battle with DB, 254, 260, 262, 263, 320
Little Richard (Richard Penniman), 17–18, 315, 325, 353, 387
Litvinoff, Si, 229, 232, 245
Live Aid concert (1985), 332–333
Lloyd, George, 16
London, Radio, 52, 55, 59, 62, 78
London Philharmonic Orchestra, 70
Looking Glass Studios (New York), 369, 383
Lott, Tim, 268
Lulu, 190, 209
Luxembourg Studios, 127–128, 133, 134, 135, 140
Lynn, Vera, 2, 35
Lynott, Phil, 215
Maas, Antonia, 276
MacCormack, Geoff, 139, 180, 191, 196, 223, 232, 240, 245, 355, 371; childhood/youth, 13, 16–17, 21; tour of US/Japan (1973), 180, 181, 186, 187–188, 189; in New York with DB (1974), 208, 211, 213
MacDonald, Ian, 158, 243, 274
MacInness, Colin, 330
Madonna, 3, 226, 280, 321, 338, 395
The Main Ingredient, 208, 209, 210, 212, 221
MainMan, 137, 147–148, 150, 160–162, 164, 171, 175, 176, 178, 188, 212, 226–267; in USA, 169, 197, 204; financial problems, 191–192, 197, 204, 207, 226; disorganisation of, 196–197, 204; DB’s estrangement from, 217–218, 225–226, 227, 228; retains DB rights up to 1982, 227, 228, 230, 237, 304, 373; see also Defries, Tony
Mair, Alan, 67–68, 78, 79–80, 93, 303
Major, Tom (father of John), 89
Mallett, David, 318
Mancini, Henry, Peter Gunn, 315, 316
Manson family, 234, 235
Marin Heights (Canada), 325, 326
Marks, Louis, 305–306, 308
Marquee Club, 52, 55, 57, 60, 62, 64–65, 73, 111, 196
Marriott, Steve, 47, 53, 54, 61, 62
Marsh, Dave, 164–165
Marshall, Benny, 125, 139
Martin, George, 96
Mascia, Tony, 238, 239, 247
Masereel, Frans, 305
Matheu, Robert, 212, 221
Max, Glenn, 382–383
Max’s Kansas City (New York), 147, 148–149, 150, 180–181, 215
May, Brian, 303, 304, 354
Mayersberg, Paul, 313
Mayes, Sean, 286, 287, 325
Mayhew, Robin, 145, 158, 160, 169, 173, 174, 175
McBride, Robin, 99, 130, 143
McCartney, Paul, 134, 141, 142, 158, 224, 225
McCulloch, Ian, 395
Medhurst’s department store (Bromley), 21, 30, 74, 315, 353
Meek, Joe, 28–29, 73, 93, 274
Melody Maker, 75, 155–157, 159, 160, 161, 191, 249, 292, 311
Mendelssohn, John, 131, 132–133, 168
Mendl, Hugh, 68–69, 70, 77, 80
Mercury, Freddie, 78, 157, 303–304, 354
Mercury Records, 94, 95, 97, 99–100, 103–104, 130, 131, 132, 137, 138, 140, 143–144
Metropolis (Fritz Lang film), 208, 342
Meyer, Eduard, 265, 275, 283, 307, 336
Mingus, Charles, 21, 181
Moby, 380
Mod scene, 31, 36, 40, 53–55
MOJO magazine, 311
Momus, 395–396
Monck, Chip, 337
Monroe, Marilyn, 226, 236
Montreux Jazz Festival, 312
Moody Blues, 51, 77
Moondog, 130, 135
Morning of the Magicians (Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier), 232
Moroder, Giorgio, 303
Morrissey, 356, 368
Most, Mickie, 34, 43–44, 47, 79, 117, 134, 394
Mott the Hoople, 161–162, 164, 172, 178, 188, 196
Mountain Studio (Montreux), 288–290, 303, 316, 335, 341, 342–343, 359, 363–364
MTV, 309, 319, 366
Mugler, Thierry, 350, 355
Muldowney, Dominic, 307, 308, 383
Murray, Charles Shaar, 16, 69, 155, 156, 310, 321, 324, 326–327
Murray, George, 242, 245, 259, 261, 262, 273, 286, 295
Musicland studio (Munich), 257
Myers, Laurence, 117, 118, 124, 137, 140, 145, 147, 192, 373
Napier-Bell, Simon, 55
Naughton, John, 374
Needs, Kris, 150, 158, 270
Neu!, 259, 261, 273
Neue Sachlichkeit art movement, 306, 342
Nevin D. Hirst (ad agency), 31, 42
New Musical Express (NME), 155, 221, 238–239, 259, 349, 357
New Wave, late seventies, 277, 291, 293, 295, 393
Newley, Tony, 65, 68–69, 77, 80, 274, 370
Newman, Tony, 206, 212, 278
The Nice, 75, 154
Nicholas, Paul, 78
Nico, 255
9/11 terrorist attacks, 382
Nine Inch Nails, 359, 366, 367–368
Nirvana, 366
Noone, Peter, 134, 135–136
Oberman, Ron, 130, 131
Observer’s Book of Music (Frida Dinn), 70, 126, 265
Odam, Norman Carl (Legendary Stardust Cowboy), 133, 135, 152, 362
Oldham, Andrew Loog, 66
Olivier, Laurence, 308
Olympic Studios (Barnes), 129, 162, 198, 203, 204
On Being Negro in America (J. Saunders Redding), 42
O’Neill, Terry, 220
Ono, Yoko, 225, 295, 298, 355
Orwell, George, 1984, 195, 203
Orwell, Sonia, 195
Osbourne, Sharon, 11
Oshima, Nagisa, 313, 314, 319
Outsider (Colin Wilson book), 232
Packard, Vance, 330
Padgham, Hugh, 325–326
Page, Jimmy, 45, 46, 231, 232, 370
Palin, Will, 167, 170
Palmer, Phil, 257, 259
Palmer, Robert, 317, 343
Palmer, Tony, 104
Pang, May, 220, 223–224, 225, 298, 299
Parker, Alan, 203–204
Parker, Colonel Tom, 123, 137, 169
Parker, Tom, 67, 150
Parmar, Daniella, 129, 199, 255
Peacock, Annette, 170, 196
Peel, John, 101, 112, 139, 195, 212
Pegg, Nicholas, 89
Pepsi, 337, 340
Pet Shop Boys, 369
Philips (record company), 94, 97, 99, 102, 103, 117, 122, 124, 130
Phoenix Festival, 370
Pine, Courtney, 388
Pink Floyd, 83, 194, 389
Pitney, Gene, 45
Pitt, Ken, 45, 51, 56, 64–69, 75–80, 84, 90, 103, 229, 319, 388; DB’s family and, 10, 75, 86, 101, 310, 329, 380; Warhol connections, 72, 122; DB lives at Manchester Street flat, 75, 76–77, 78; decline of influence on DB, 86, 93, 99, 100, 101, 104, 106, 107, 115, 116; Angie Bowie and, 96, 100, 106, 107, 115; as ‘too gentlemanly’, 99, 122; The Hype and, 114; DB removes as manager, 117–118, 121–122
‘Pity the Fool’ (song), 45–46, 50, 206, 212
Pixies (band), 341, 370, 395
Plank, Konrad ‘Connie’, 249
Plati, Mark, 369, 376, 378, 379, 382, 383
Platz, David, 77, 78, 79, 96, 97, 100, 124
The Police, 325–326
Pond, Steve, 336
Pop, Iggy (Jim Osterberg) on DB, 3, 175, 185, 219, 235, 248; as inspiration for Ziggy Stardust, 3, 151–152, 153; DB hears for first time, 132–133; as outsider, 135, 244, 362; DB’s sponsorship of career, 149–150, 164–165, 175–176, 270–272, 282, 292–293; Defries and, 149–150, 159, 188, 196, 219; crowd sur
fing and, 160; ‘The Jean Genie’ inspired by, 171, 175; in LA (1972), 173; drug use, 205, 233–234, 249–250, 267, 271, 272, 275, 292, 309; splits from Stooges, 219; patient at Neuropsychiatric Institute, 233–234; recordings with DB (May 1975), 234–235; friendship with DB (from 1976), 246, 247–249, 254, 255, 266–267, 269–270, 298, 301, 391; meeting with DB in San Diego (1976), 246; with Station to Station tour (1976), 247–248; trip to Moscow (1976), 251–252; The Idiot, 253, 254–258, 261, 269, 271, 282, 344, 395; brief affair with Kuelan Nguyen, 256, 318; lives with DB in Berlin, 257, 264–265, 266–270; Nazi symbolism and, 258; sings on Low, 263; Stooges anecdotes, 263–264; The Idiot tour (1977), 270–271; Lust for Life, 271–272, 282; sex life in Berlin, 284; sacking of Sales brothers, 285, 341; post-Lust for Life career, 292–293; downward spiral (1982–3 period), 309, 314, 323; helped by DB (1980s), 309, 314, 326, 334–335; recovery (from 1983), 323, 324–325, 326, 334–335; ‘Tumble and Twirl’ lyrics, 325, 326; Blah Blah Blah (1986), 334–335; ‘Bang Bang’, 336; on Tin Machine, 346; American Caesar (1994), 353; as complementary character to DB, 353–354; fiftieth birthday of, 371; DB loses touch with (late 1990s), 390–391; reunites with Stooges, 390–391
‘Port of Amsterdam’ (Brel song), 87, 112, 150
post-modernism, 2–3, 142
Power Station studio (New York), 293, 304, 316, 318
Presley, Elvis, 3, 4, 18, 127, 132, 137, 147, 186, 190, 222–223
The Prestige (Christopher Nolan film), 388
The Pretty Things, 19, 26, 32, 33, 46, 52, 194
Prince, 3, 280, 321, 338, 359
Pritchett, Mark (Mark Carr-Pritchard), 95, 101, 108, 113–114, 139, 142, 154, 196, 301; on DB and Terry, 110, 310, 329; Runk (Arnold Corns), 127, 128, 133, 208, 211; last sessions with DB, 197–198, 199
Procol Harum, 78, 167
The Prodigy, 369
Pullman, David, 372, 373
punk movement, 132, 158, 175, 176, 270–271, 277, 278, 298, 312
Pye label, 56–57, 58, 62, 66, 68, 69
The Quatermass Experiment (BBC series), 11
Queen, 303–4, 333, 354
Rainbow Theatre (Finsbury Park), 165, 166–167, 179, 211, 261
The Rats, 111–112, 116, 118, 125, 145
Ray, Rex, 376
RCA, 132, 140, 145, 146, 158, 197, 210, 227, 228, 259, 277, 288, 307; US tours (1972–3) and, 167, 169, 170, 171, 176, 178, 181, 187, 191–192; lack of enthusiasm for Low, 265, 268–269, 277, 309; re-release of DB albums, 347–348
Ready, Steady, Go! (TV programme), 29, 38, 62
Record Plant (New York), 290, 335
Reed, Lou, 72, 130, 142, 160, 164–165, 173, 175, 193, 196, 231; DB’s fascination with, 148, 150, 151, 155; DB’s sponsorship of career, 164, 165, 175, 190, 270; Transformer, 165, 291, 335; ‘Walk on the Wild Side’, 172, 190, 212; spring 1979 European tour, 291–292; fracas with DB (April 1979), 292, 293; friendship with DB (1990s onwards), 369, 370, 380