Remembering David Bowie on the 7th Anniversary of His Death

January 10, 2022 - David Robert Jones, known by his stage name of David Bowie, passed away on this day in 2016 due to liver cancer. He had just turned 69 two days beforehand.

Source: Masayoshi Sukita

Active as a musician from 1962 up until 2016, he started out in a band called the Konrads at age 15. He eventually left the band, citing his frustration with his bandmates' "limited aspirations" and joined the King Bees. Bowie went under his first personal management contract with Leslie Conn, but quit the band in less than a month. 

He then joined the Manish Boys for a brief time before joining the Lower Third, where he adopted the stage name of David Bowie to avoid confusion between him and Davy Jones of the Monkees. He penned his first single under the name in 1966, which was "Can't Help Thinking About Me". He was in one more group, Feathers, before embarking on a solo career, and found commercial success in 1969 with his first hit, "Space Oddity".  

As an actor, he got his start in 1967 in Lindsay Kemp's "Pierrot in Turquoise" as Cloud after studying avant-garde theater and mime under Kemp while he was still with the Lower Third. He has appeared in over 30 movies and theater productions since then.

As the last 7 years have gone by, Bowie's work has only proved itself as timeless. His movie roles are still as beloved to all as they were, and his music, namely his song "Starman", continues to trend and has reached younger generations (such as mine) on various social media apps. 

Here's to a truly timeless artist.

Happy listening!