CMST 2R03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Harry Chapin, Lilith Fair, Van Morrison
10 Aug 2016
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David bowie and alice cooper adopted personas. Roots go back to beatles and the lonely hearts club band. By 1970s- bowie formed the spiders from mars. Created the character ziggy stardust: for the album the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars. Became the only uk glam artist to achieve significant success in the united states. Album that made bowie"s reputation in america was david. Bowie pushed the boundaries of sexual and gender identity. Obsession was influenced by jim morrison befriended the young cooper in the late 1960s. Each adopted a stage persona that was based in fantasy and both pushed the boundaries of sexual and gender identities. While cooper enjoyed his greatest commercial success in the uk when glam was at its peak- he did not share. Bowie changed characters while cooper stayed with. Both shared a common aesthetic goal that had its roots in psychedelia.
