“I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music.”
When they talk about transcendent artists, they are talking about David Bowie, the unparalleled genius of the music world – the rock & roll alien who brought the world Ziggy Stardust, and the glammed-out revolutionary who gave us the seminal album “Diamond Dogs” in 1974. What a year it was. Bowie was influential in every way.
In music. In appearance. In the defining elements of cool.
And he brought the best artists from the time, too, teaming up with and championing the likes of Iggy Pop, Klaus Nomi and Brian Eno, helping each expand into iconic figures in their own right. Later, he would help Arcade Fire, Placebo, and TV on the Radio in their formative years.
Bowie knew greatness. And he made sure to communicate it to as many as he could. As part of ROF’s “Greatness Passed Down” theme for the month of March, we have a Bowie ’74 tee that just dropped, celebrating one of the greats!
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