Angela Bowie on David Bowie’s mid-‘70s cocaine psychosis - Demons, witches, and ritual magick

Excerpted from Angela Bowie’s ‘Backstage Passes,’ 1992, read by the author.

[bbrown]

Don't play with madness. Madness doesn't play.

-Charles Bukowski

[BLUEFIREandCOPPER]

Anyone who has had a partner, heavy on drugs, then goes thru psychosis and comes out the otherside, has every right to give their story to the public to understand, DO NOT DO DRUGS! It destroys relationships, careers, braincells, teeth, and life opportunities. It takes so much! Bowie was genius no matter what ❤️

[stevenfielden]

The sad thing is; every drug user thinks they can only be right and only function with the aid of drugs - the truth is they only function at 100% for the short duration when the drugs are taken (all other time is taken up by anxiety and expectation and the dismantling of everything between - nothing comes quicker nor brighter in real terms).

[scottc]

God, that was depressing. There's something to be said for living a simple life.

[alisonkovacs]

Angie is a excellent reader and writer

[gmseed]

It's always amazed me how well Bowie came out of this drug phase of his life that lasted from around 1973 to 1977. You see him the Heroes video around 77 and he's put some weight back on and looks amazing. It's hard to believe he was into drugs on such a scale.

[airamlaeraliv]

Yes, she's obviously still bitter, but now that Time has passed & had a chance to reveal a lot of secrets about certain eras, people and places, I feel she's telling truths. It may not be a convenient or flattering truth, but it's a documentation of what went on, what was carefully hidden. Thank you, Angie, for shedding some light on this enigma.

[DTM-Books]

I always assumed that's what Station to Station was all about, Bowie's desperate attempt to escape from the clutches of the devil. What a harrowing story.

[YahshuaWinz]

As talented and gifted as Bowie was. Being married to him would of been a nightmare. Dude was a cocaine vampire

[edwardmeradith]

Bowie had such a beautiful life, it seems, after he finally got clean- and even gave up cigarettes by ‘04. He seemed so wise, he grew as a human being.

[KnoxBronson]

It's easy to see why they found each other and were so crazy about each other in the early days. And created Ziggy together. They looked so alike when they were young.

[PortofinoArts]

So much dirty laundry on such a private man, it's no wonder he got away. And also found the very private assistant Coco. Angie should have been a writer though. Very well written.

[shirlgirl]

Angie helped make David famous a lot of his clothes and songs and stage antics were directed by her advice.

[Stygian]

She's absolutely right about Hollywood being an enclave and stronghold for the occult. And to his death David was into it, especially with his very esoteric "Black Star" album released around the time of his death.

[debrakish]

I could listen to this woman speak for days on end. She should be the voice of all audio books.

[johnnyrenfield]

Considering I can relate it's amazing how human we all are

[MySkinnydip]

That pic of Bowie with the cig is so cool!

[akeithing]

Drugs and demons and witches in LA? It was not new then. Very glad David made it thru!

[junglie]

An old freind of mine who had indulged in coke off & on & crack over the years used to say " Cocaine, it's really really good dramatic you want to take more cocaine" .Thank god i never felt that way about it, RIP Mikki.

[lucindabolinger]

Its always tough when you are the test pilot for life - first spouse, first sponsor, first manager, first whatever before a person becomes stable, gets serious, becomes a real success, etc.