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DISGRACELAND

David Bowie: The occult, cocaine, orgies, arrests, exorcisms, a weird flirtation with fascism and a dead body

DISGRACELAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture, Music

4.613.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

No musical artist better personified the hedonism of the ’70s than David Bowie. He captivated the imaginations of music fans all over the world with a dizzying array of creative alter egos; Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke among them, and his obsession with occultist Aleister Crowley drove him down a dark, excessive hole filled with cocaine, orgies, arrests, fascism, death and madness that very nearly destroyed him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody? Jake Brennan here as you may have heard disgrace land can now be listened to wherever podcasts are available.

0:06.8

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0:11.3

So to say thanks for your listening and supporting the show, we're now releasing a bunch of content that was previously exclusive.

0:17.8

This is content that many of you have never heard before. You can now listen to episodes on Billy Holiday, Pantera, David Bowie, the Ramones, Lil Wayne, the New York Dolls, Lil Peep, Grand Parsons.

0:27.2

Previously on her two-parter on two-pock, a two-parter on Biggie, a two-parter on Oasis, and a two-parter on the Beatles.

0:32.8

We're releasing previously exclusive content every week so make sure you subscribe and follow disgrace land so you never miss an episode.

0:39.9

Go listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

0:43.7

Hey Disco's, did you know disgrace land is no longer just a podcast? That's right.

0:49.0

I recently launched a YouTube channel where a whole new bag of stories from the world of music history, mystery, and misadventure is being opened up.

0:57.2

New stories on Debbie Harry, YouTube, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and more.

1:02.1

And of course stories on some familiar podcast subjects as well.

1:05.5

New old does not matter. It's all the same edge of your seat storytelling that you've come to expect from disgrace land in double Elvis, but now with visuals.

1:13.8

We've got daily 60-second shorts on the most crazy artist misadventures out there, as well as weekly long-form stories that dig deeper into music history's craziest mysteries.

1:23.6

All with my sometimes smiling, sometimes smirking mug at the center of it guiding you through the insanity.

1:28.9

Go to youtube.com slash disgrace land pod or just search disgrace land on YouTube.

1:34.4

And be sure to subscribe and hit the bell so you're notified each time a new video drops. Rock a roll.

1:44.0

Discrease land is a production of double Elvis.

1:48.0

The stories about David Bowie aren't seen. He was obsessed with the occult with Alistair Crowley and the Golden Dawn.

2:11.4

It drove him to near madness. Down a dark, excessive wormhole with cocaine, narcissistic rock star excess, orgies, arrests, exorcisms, a weird flirtation with fascism in a dead body.

2:25.5

No musical artist better personified the hedonism of the 70s than David Bowie.

2:30.5

He captivated the imaginations of music fans all over the world, not to mention fellow artists, some of whom he confounded alienated and annoyed.

2:39.2

Andy Warhol, Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan among them.

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