A new biography of David Bowie, written by Dylan Jones, editor of the British magazine GQ, has released details about the wild life of the legendary artist.
According to the book "David Bowie: A Life", the musician who was bisexual, had a huge libido, leaned towards sex addiction and often engaged in various adventures and experiments, even when he was in relationships that were defined as monogamous. He participated in orgies, said he had a "permanent erection", changed partners very often and always had a few potential ones "on reserve".
He slept with female fans, some of whom were as young as 13, invited people to watch him during sex.
"A lot of people ended up in Bowie's bed because he was extremely seductive," said a former girlfriend of the group, who had an affair with the singer when she was 15 and he was 18.
At the time, Jones writes, Bowie was perceived by his peers as "a bit gay and overly theatrical." Later, in the 70s, he had a reputation as a person who has no limits in sex, as evidenced by the story of Josette Caruso, a fan who hung out with him on a tour.
"He was the ultimate rock 'n' roll lover," Caruso said of the book, recalling the night in '72. the year she spent with him in a hotel in Philadelphia.
According to her, a member of his security interrupted them by knocking. The musician went to see what he wanted and came back pale and shocked.
“Someone offered him a warm, dead body for sex. Apparently he looked like such a freak that people thought he was also interested in necrophilia," Caruso said, adding that Bowie was appalled by such an offer.
Apart from sex, his great passion was cocaine, which he consumed for years, which is why the cartilage in his nose was replaced with cartilage from other parts of his body. Psychedelic drugs were the most popular at the time, which he avoided due to his fear of mental illness fueled by the fact that his brother Terry suffered from schizophrenia. He allegedly consumed up to seven grams of cocaine a day, constantly smoked cigarettes, did not sleep for several days, so at one point he weighed only 43 kilograms.
Glenn Hughes, a member of the band Deep Purple, one of Jones' interlocutors, referred specifically to Bowie's cocaine addiction.
"He was fascinated by the Nazi movement. When he was in a cocaine trance, he watched Nazi movies one after another. He didn't want to be Hitler, but the Nazi movement fascinated him," said Hughes, adding that he distanced himself from Bowie over time, among other things, because of situations like this.
In preparing the book, Jones spoke to 150 people, and he described the process in these words: "Fifty must be interviewed by anyone who wants to write a biography of Bowie, 50 who deserve more attention than they have been given, and XNUMX who have never been talked about before." to the singer.
Despite the intriguing details from the first part of the career of a musician who led a quiet life in recent decades, Jones emphasized in the book that Bowie was far more vulnerable and sensitive than it appeared.
"His whole career was a myth, a legend and an invention," said the author of the biography.
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