David Bowie conquered glam rock. His concert performances had a very huge cultural impact in the seventies. He is a spellbinding personality in rock music. All the facts about his career are now assembled in two parts. This book is the most complete and best researched book about multimedia performer and glam rock sex symbol David Bowie so far. In Part 1 a very detailed chronology/ biography/ collectors guide 1989. In Part 2 a very detailed chronology/ biography/ collectors guide 1989-2004. Albums and singles discography. All the versions of songs Bowies has performed listed A to Z. Everything about the recordings, the concerts, groups that were formed, groups that split, his influences, collaborations with other artists, soundtracks, bootlegs. Name anything about Bowie's musical career and it's mentioned in the book. This book is the result of a lifetime's interest in David Bowie's work. It's a work of love. This book is a great ode to a man who deserves an own encyclopaedia. Jean-Paul Heck (Music Journalist for music magazine Aloha and newspaper De Telegraaf. Winner of the Jip Golstrijn prize 2004).
Wim Hendrikse (1958) lives and works in Axel, Southern Netherlands (e-mail: reactieebay@hetnet.nl). He has published six books since 2005 and worked on five collections of short stories. In 2008 he published the bestseller "David Bowie: A star who fell to earth." Projects are often mixed up and the versatile writer currently working on the biography of a missionary and comic novel. The love of music is a recurring theme in his work.