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Crowe's Memoir Unveils Untold Stories of Rock Icon Bowie
23 Oct, 2025
Summary
- Crowe's 18-month stint with Bowie as a young journalist
- Bowie's dark period that he later wanted to "wipe from his emotional resume"
- Bowie's generosity in giving Crowe unprecedented access to his life
In his new memoir "The Uncool," acclaimed writer and director Cameron Crowe looks back on his unlikely and impactful time with rock icon David Bowie in the 1970s. As a young journalist for Rolling Stone, Crowe spent 18 months alongside Bowie, who was notoriously private with the press.
Bowie, who passed away in 2016, challenged Crowe as a young artist and gave him a "mirror" to cover the musician's life at home and in the studio while he recorded his 1976 album "Station to Station." Crowe says Bowie was generous in providing him with unprecedented access, even sharing the first pages of his unfinished autobiography.
However, Crowe also recalls that Bowie's views of that time period were different from his own, as the musician was going through a dark phase that he later wanted to "wipe from his emotional resume." Crowe believes Bowie was "searching" and "seeking" during that time, which could have easily led him down a dangerous path. But the rock legend was "smart enough to know it" and eventually reinvent himself.
