Bowie in Berlin: Thomas Jerome Seabrook
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David Bowie's so-called ‘Berlin Trilogy' of albums (Low, "Heroes", Lodger) represented an acute reaction to an LA lifestyle that had brought him to the brink of full-blown cocaine psychosis.
Desperate to escape, Bowie headed to West Germany in 1976 with his old buddy Iggy Pop. "Berlin is at the centre of everything that is happening and will happen in Europe over the next few years," Bowie confidently insisted.
Jerome Seabrook's frequently fascinating cuttings job suggests the pop chameleon wasn't too far wrong.