10 craziest things from David Bowie's life

His eccentric character attracted strange people and opportunities.

David Bowie was an artist with many faces, who intrigued the public with his music, but also with his private life. An innovator, weirdo, genius, actor, star, at the very beginning of his career he stood out with an unusual voice and eyes of different colors, and then with a stage performance, wardrobe and make-up. Various controversies followed him almost his entire career, so he was and remains a great enigma for fans, critics, but also colleagues, associates, musicians on whom he had a great influence.

Here are ten pieces of information you may not have known about him.

1. He kept urine in the refrigerator

It may not be as scary as the reason he did it. After an argument with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, Bowie feared that Jimmy, because of his fascination with the occult, might summon dark spirits, so he decided to keep urine in the fridge so he could use it to ward off evil spirits and preserves morality. 

2. Joko Ono and everyone else

Bowie was a master of verse, using often hidden messages and crazy metaphors in his poems. And yet, he often turned out to be crazy in public, so he was not reprimanded when, at the 17th Grammy Awards, he congratulated John Lennon and Yoko Ono on finding love. That same evening, going on stage, he addressed everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, and the rest of you." He later said he could barely stand on his feet because he was drunk.

3. He fought for long hair

Young Bowie talked about his long hair very passionately, on television. At only 17 years old. He founded the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men.

4. Sexual orientation

He transferred his experimentation in music to his private life. At times it seemed that the boundary between reality and the scene was melting and that Bow was living what he was doing and vice versa. Both men and women loved him, and he didn't make a difference either. 

In the 1970s, when sexual freedom was demanded and promiscuity a way of life, Bowie created his androgenic alter ego, Ziggy Stardust. In the same year that Ziggy appeared, in 1972, Bowie declared himself a homosexual in an interview. Four years later, in an interview with Playboy, he said, "It's true! I'm bisexual. It's the best thing that ever happened to me." 

5. He liked to fight

If you were wondering why he had pupils of different sizes, know that it was because of a severe blow to the head in high school - he was hit by George Underwood, who liked the same girl as 15-year-old David.

6. He was having fun with Slash's mom

This was discovered by Slash, whose mother worked with David, as a costume designer, but, according to her son, Bowie spent more time with his mother naked than dressed.

7. He was engaged in painting

Apart from his acting roles in films, his artistic development includes the period he spent in Berlin in the late 1970s, where he got rid of his drug addiction and began painting. In Berlin, he became acquainted with the electronic scene and collaborated with Brian Anne. His album "Low", the first from the "Berlin Trilogy", announced new trends in techno music that are yet to come, and these elements are also noticeable on "Heroes".

8. TV eats a girl

The song "TCV15" from the album "Station To Station" was inspired by a dream in which Iggy Pop saw his girlfriend was eaten by a TV.

9. Hang out with Debbie Harry

In her autobiography, Blondie singer Debbie Harry wrote that she met Bowie and Iggy Pop when they approached her and asked for cocaine.

10. He was fascinated by the Nazis

But that, too, can probably be attributed largely to drug use, in the mid-1970s, which he later used as an argument when he tried to justify an interview he gave to Anthony O. Grady, where he publicly saluted Hitler.