David Bowie is often referred to as ‘pop’s great chameleon’. In fact he is more like a house-of-fun mirror, reflecting what's in front of him, twisting it, enlarging it, turning the ordinary into something extraordinary. He is quite simply the most influential, enigmatic and interesting recording artist in modern music.
Since 1967, Bowie's 27 studio albums have both reflected and informed contemporary culture. From psychedelia and music hall, through glam, rock, pop, blue-eyed soul and electronica, there are few genres he hasn't played with and even fewer that he hasn't left his fingerprints on. Year-zero punks, androgynous new romantics, suited soul boys, eye-lined goths, art-school experimentalists and Generation X grungers - most have, at some point, cited Bowie as an influence.
