Speaker 1: Musician, martian, performer, transformer, seductive, to struggle. There are many
Speaker 1: words that come to mind when you think of David Bowie.
Speaker 1: But who was he? Well, that depends on who you
Speaker 1: ask or which record you're playing. To some he ziggy stardust,
Speaker 1: to others the thin white Duke or a Ladin Saying
Speaker 1: or Major Tom. But who is David Bowie real? To
Speaker 1: answer that question, we'll have to go off the record.
Speaker 1: My name is Jordan runt Tog and I'm the host
Speaker 1: of Off the Record, a new music biography podcast for
Speaker 1: my Heart Radio. Off the Record goes beyond the songs
Speaker 1: and into the hearts and minds of rock's greatest legends.
Speaker 1: Every season profiles one classic artist, taking listeners on a
Speaker 1: wild ride through their extraordinary career. We'll examine their public
Speaker 1: triumphs and private turmoil, the moments that made them and
Speaker 1: the music that made them stars. The first season examines
Speaker 1: the life, or rather lives, of David Bowie. Each episode
Speaker 1: of the eleven part audio event tells the story of
Speaker 1: one of his iconic personas. Together, these faces form an
Speaker 1: intimate portrait of one of the twentieth centuries most influential figures.
Speaker 1: There's Little David Jones, the shy boy haunted by the
Speaker 1: pain of a troubled home life and a dark family secret.
Speaker 1: Then there's Major Tom, the avant garde space hippie struggling
Speaker 1: to make his musical mark on the psychedelic scene of
Speaker 1: swinging sixties London. Of course, there's Ziggy Stardust, the persona
Speaker 1: that rocketed David from small town pubs to the world's
Speaker 1: biggest arenas in just a few short months. To cope
Speaker 1: with a sudden rush of fame, David fortified himself with
Speaker 1: drugs and a new character, the icy thin White Duke.
Speaker 1: Cocaine drove him the craft, the sound, and vision in
Speaker 1: his mind, but it also drove him towards the brink
Speaker 1: of madness, fade he'd always feared was his destiny. But
Speaker 1: the fates had another destiny in store, one more thrilling
Speaker 1: than he could ever imagine. So who was David Bowie
Speaker 1: tuned into Off the Record to find out. The series
Speaker 1: premieres on Monday, January. Listen to follow on the I
Speaker 1: Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to
Speaker 1: your favorite shows.