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AKA Zowie Bowie, David Bowie's son.
by mprovost 6y ago
AKA Zowie Bowie, David Bowie's son.
- moralestapia 6y agoThat's correct, but ... there's a reason why he chose to use a different last name :)
- ratww 6y agoAlso, "Bowie" was just a fake name, so Duncan didn't inherit it. AFAIK Bowie himself was still David Robert Jones and never change it legally like most other stars.
- moralestapia 6y agoOh I didn't know that actually. Thanks. Also, for anyone who is not familiar with Duncan's work, Moon is an amazing movie!
- ratww 6y agoMoon is amazing indeed! He's certainly among my favourite modern directors. Crazy that a son of a rockstar not only turned out to be a pretty normal guy, but also got lots of recognition purely out of talent.
- moomin 6y agoWell, “fake” isn’t exactly fair. It was his stage/equity name. He couldn’t go with his actual name because... someone was already using it.
- BerislavLopac 6y agoThe "someone" was Davy Jones of the Monkees, who were kind of a big deal in the sixties. It's not that he couldn't use it, but he was unhappy as the name caused confusion.
- dinero_rojo 6y agoHe actually very briefly went by Tom Jones, to the point of doing a photoshoot under that name, before It's Not Unusual came out and forced him to change it again.
- ratww 6y agoWow that's some bad luck! At least "Bowie" stuck after that, it's a cool name.
- ratww 6y agoFair point! Stage name is indeed a much better way to put it.