Bowie: A Biography - JFK247

might think but certainly a hell of a lot of rutting!
David generated a lot of sexual heat. He had a totally
futuristic charisma and energy. He did have those
amazing facial bones, a very skinny body, and
photographed in a unique and sexy way. Everybody
was buzzed about David, boys and girls and
everything in between!”
“Suddenly David was not to me a man you can talk
to anymore,” McCradu says. “He was consumed by
all the sexualness.”
Bingenheimer shrewdly made sure that everyone
knew that Bowie was associated with the club. “Oh,
he signed a contract with the club to be on the board
of directors,” Bingenheimer says. Rodney soon
parlayed that association into moving and expanding
the E. Club into the more iconic Rodney’s English
Disco. By the time that opened a few blocks farther
east up Sunset Boulevard L.A. had gone glam crazy
and Bowie was its king.
Bowie remained in Los Angeles to do some work
on Iggy and the Stooges’ MainMan debut, Raw
Power. “Originally Tony wanted David to produce
us,” Pop said, “but I wanted to produce myself. He
still wanted David to remix the tapes, adding some
horns or whatever. I didn’t want that.” Pop relented,
but in 1997 Raw Power was rereleased with an
alternate, Iggy-approved mix. Fans remain polarized
and which Raw Power is superior remains the
subject of rock-geek round (bar) table debate.
Bowie then returned to England in December for a
short series of dates, including two benefit shows for