Dick Mac (alive!)

David Bowie

If it's called industrial, it can't be music!

Dick Mac became a Bowie fan in the early 1970s. I was young. Too young to be a hippie, but there I was: an eighth grader with long hair, listening to Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, and the such.

I was fourteen when I heard Changes, Space Oddity, and Lady Stardust, fifteen when I heard All The Young Dudes, and sixteen when I heard Rebel, Rebel. My life was changed by the music of the times; and I was on my way to being a Glam Boy.

I began following David Bowie's career. His songs were great, and he wasn't some boring hippie with long hair, an acoustic guitar, and shitty little folk-rock repertoire. He was happening. (Now, ironically, db, Reeves Gabrels, and Gail Ann Dorsey are doing acoustic sets!)

He played the Boston Music Hall a couple times before the first big arena show in the area. The 1976 Thin White Duke Tour played the Boston Garden. The arena sucked, but the scene was great. By this time, I was completely convinced that Bowie was one of the most important artists of my generation.

Many of the songs I sing when I'm alone are db songs: "Heroes", Drive-In Saturday, Teenage Wildlife, Aladdin Sane, and the like.

For my birthday a couple years ago, I had the Aladdin Sane lightning bolt tattooed on my right shoulder. This link goes to Evan Torrie's Aladdin Sane page. Someday I'll have a picture of the tattoo here at my site.

---

History of a Glam Boy through a Bowie Discography.

---

Now that I provide you with these links to other places, will you come back?

Changed: Wednesday, 03 March 2004