saw David Bowie on the Spiders from Mars tour at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1972. Seems like a lifetime ago.
Was also at that concert Sheik, my 17 yr. old soul was immortally marked by that gig. I fronted or played in several glam rock bands back from around '74 on, and he and Jagger were the models for my stage look and style. I was particularly amazed and aghast at his simulated fellatio of Mick Ronsons guitar! Also the semi-gayness of it all was something foreign to me until that and Queens gig at the Santa Monica Auditorium either that same year or the next one, (can't remember when, but it was the Queen 2 tour) and a Sparks concert a year or so later. As a totally straight, 3-sport athlete, it really changed how I acted fronting bands from that point on.
Mike
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 12:18 pm
