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Backbeat Books
When Lou Reed and Iggy Pop first met David Bowie in the fall of 1971, Bowie
was just another English musician passing through New York City. Lou was
still recovering from the collapse of the Velvet Underground, and Iggy had
already been branded a loser... Yet within two years they completely changed
the face of popular music with a decadent glamour and street-level vibe. With
Bowie producing, Reed's Transformer album was a worldwide hit, spinning off
the sleazy street anthem Walk on the Wild Side. Iggy's Raw Power, mixed by
Bowie, provided the mean-spirited, high-octane blueprint for Punk. Bowie
boosted elements from both Iggy and Reed to create his gender-bending rock
idol Ziggy Stardust. Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell is the story of this
friendship and the incredible productivity and debauchery that emerged from
it. Presented here for the very first time are their stories interwoven in a
triple helix of sexuality, glam rock, and drugs as seen through the eyes of
the people who made it happen.