SATURDAY 31 | In 1976, a then 29-year-old David Bowie went to Los Angeles to record his tenth studio album, Station To Station. According to biographer David Buckley, Bowie spent most of his free time taking “astronomic” amounts of cocaine, burning black candles, channelling telepathic messages from the Rolling Stones and, allegedly, having his semen stolen by witches. Unsurprisingly he later claimed to remember almost nothing about the production. Using the namesake of the album that almost destroyed him is a rather more stable Bowie cover band comprised of big players in the local music scene, including Jet Odrerir and Smokin’ Kenny Smith. The set spans 14 years, 14 albums and about as many radical stylistic changes of Bowie’s career (pre-fame/pre-cocaine, pre-cocaine, cocaine, cocaine detox and post-cocaine, to name a few). Bring your dancing shoes and prepare for the return of the Thin White Duke.
WHO: Station To Station
WHAT: David Bowie tribute band
WHERE: Slur Bar, #28 Street 172
WHEN: 9pm August 31
WHY: Meet Ziggy Stardust, Major Tom, The Thin White Duke and The Man Who Fell To Earth all in one night