#tony zanetta

[itwasanangryinch]

wdym bowie tried to sue mcr? When T_T

Sorry for the confusion! David Bowie never tried to sue My Chemical Romance. In the tags, I was referencing that that OP's relationship to a potential MCR bio pic mirrors my relationship watching Velvet Goldmine for the first time in 2013.

Bowie tried to sue the creators of Velvet Goldmine because they reached out ahead of time asking for permission to use his song 'Velvet Goldmine' as part of the soundtrack. He asked what the movie was about and they either gave him a screener or the script. He tried to file first an injunction since the plot is so obviously and heavily based on a sensationalized version of rumours of his life with some of the characters slightly rearranged. For instance:

Jonathan Rhys Meyers and his first glam and then later pop reinvention combining Bowie's dramatic killing off of the Ziggy character with his mass market appeal of the Let's Dance era.

Toni Collette's groupie-sycophant wife mirroring Angela Bowie and her weird parasocial relationship with her own ex-husband. (Whom David did successfully get an injunction against after their divorce, which delayed her biography Backstage Passes by a decade. In the meantime, a friend of hers, Tony Zanetta, released his own Bowie book Stardust: The David Bowie Story. Which takes... liberties, to say the least.)

Ewan McGregor plays a version of Iggy Pop. One notable difference with his character's relation to the source (as it were) is that he does cover an Iggy Pop song 'Gimme Danger,' which ironically, was produced by Bowie. The other notable change is that Velvet Goldmine combines the Iggy figure with the long-standing rumour that Bowie had slept with Mick Jagger--a rumour started and perpetuated almost entirely by Angela Bowie. 🙄🙄🙄 You have a famous bisexual ex-husband! The person you choose to claim he slept with is one of the few people he didn't actually sleep with!! She is a controversial figure amongst Bowie fans/historians for a reason. Namely that the only people who corroborate most of the shit she spews are her own inner circle.

And Eddie Izzard (now Suzie Eddie Izzard.) Her character is a largely unchanged version of Tony DeFries; a man who was in equal part helper and predator to Bowie in that era.

As a separate filing after the injunction failed, iirc, he filed effectively a restraining order against them using any of his music in the film. That step wasn't necessary since as the copyright owner, he could always deny further requests, but it certainly sent a message about what he thought about the film.

Publicly speaking about it, Bowie never directly referred to it as a failed bio pic/rumour mill film, but he wasn't exactly charitable about it.

There's a strong chance, though never expressly said by his estate, that Velvet Goldmine is the reason you'll never see an officially licensed bio pic while Duncan and Iman are still alive.

[jeremiekroubodagnini]

A WEEK IN NEW YORK WITH BRUCE AND BOB IN JULY 1973

Lee Jaffe is an artist, photographer, filmmaker, musician and producer who, in July 1973, booked an unknown act from Jamaica to support an exciting new talent from New Jersey for a week long residency at New York's legendary Max's Kansas City. It kick started both performers on their paths to become cultural titans.

Lee recalls the week 50 years ago when each act alternated opening and closing slots for the 40 people who showed up each night, the two legends playing 14 gigs each across the week. Marley was making his first visit to America in support of the Catch a Fire album, while Bruce was promoting his first album. The two bands hung out - while also going to see The New York Dolls at Kenny's Castaways nightclub around the corner and Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden.

Lee tells the behind the scenes tales of this slice of rock history, joined by several contributors who were there - including Bruce Springsteen, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, E Street band pianist David Sancious, photographer Bob Gruen, publicist Cherry Vanilla, manager Toby Mamis, Geoff MacCormack who went with David Bowie to see Bruce Springsteen, and Warhol acolyte Tony Zanetta who was a regular in the legendary back room at Max's.

This snapshot of a week in the life of one of New York's most acclaimed nightclubs of the 70s, where Andy Warhol held court every night with a stunning array of the art world's alternative elite, recalls the years when decadence was de rigueur among the hedonists who lived and breathed sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.

The club's owner, Mickey Ruskin, prided himself on booking new bands who he believed had something different to offer - which is why Bob Marley and Bruce Springsteen were on the same bill that week in the summer of '73.

A Zinc Media production for BBC Radio 4.

This programme is available here (28 minutes).

Copyright BBC Radio 4.

Photos courtesy of Lee Jaffe.

[karloskinky]

Tony Zanetta and David Bowie, August 22, 1974 at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, during the Young American sessions. (Photo: Dagmar) after that all-night session.

You can read the whole story here: http://bedfordandbowery.com/2016/01/an-inside-look-at-the-week-david-bowie-met-lou-reed-iggy-pop-and-andy-warhol-in-nyc/

[coolhandlook]

2018:38 — Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story

(2017 - Jon Brewer) ***

[stylecouncil]

sharing my thriftbooks order history again aka baring my soul

[filmmusikdk]

Så er der trailer til Mick Ronson dokumentarfilmen! Oh, denne dokumentarfilm ser fantastisk ud. Se Mick Ronson blive hyldet af alle fra David Bowie til Lou Reed. Endnu ingen dansk premieredato.

[groupiesoutrageously]

Rodney Bingenheimer’s English Disco

Disappointed with the American music industry, Rodney Bingenheimer moved to London, England, in 1971. There, he discovered and fell in love with the brand new genre of glam rock, which was then unheard of in the United States.

“There was great music in London, like T. Rex, Slade, Mott the Hoople, and the Sweet. [...] All these bands, in these clubs. And David Bowie said, “You should do a club like this in L.A., Rodney.” And I did. I came to L.A. and put together the English Disco.”

Along with his business partner Tom Ayers, Bingenheimer founded The E Club on Sunset Boulevard in October of 1972. It was then moved further down the Sunset Strip and renamed Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco – it soon became one of L.A.’s hottest spots, introducing glam rock to young Americans. Frequent attendees included rockstars (Iggy Pop, the New York Dolls, Michael Des Barres), groupies (Sabel Starr, Lori Mattix, Queenie Glam, Pleasant Gehman), celebrities (Kim Fowley, Lance Loud, Mackenzie Phillips), and future celebrities (Joan Jett, Cherie Currie, and Jackie Fox of the Runaways).

“The dance floor is a dizzy kaleidoscope of lamé hotpants, sequined halters, rhinestone-studded cheeks, thrift-store anythings and see-through everythings. During the breaks, 14-year-old girls on 6-inch platforms teeter into the back bathrooms to grope with their partners of the moment. Most of the sex is as mixed as the drinks and the drugs the kids bring with them.” –Newsweek magazine

“The crowd at the club ranged in age from twelve to fifteen... Nymphet groupies were stars in their tight little world. Some dressed like Shirley Temple; others wore dominatrix outfits or ‘Hollywood underwear,’ a knee-length shirt, nylon stockings, and garter belts. These stargirls streaked their hair chartreuse and like to lift their skirts to display their bare crotches. As they danced they mimed fellatio and cunnilingus in tribute to [David Bowie]'s onstage act of fellatio on [Mick Ronson]'s guitar.” –Tony Zanetta

“Once inside, everybody's a star. The social rules are simple but rigid: all you want to hear is how fabulous you look, so you tell them how fabulous they look. You talk about how bored you are, coming here night after night, but that there’s no place else to go. If you're not jaded there's something wrong. It's good to come in very messed up on some kind of pills every once in a while, and weekend nights usually see at least one elaborate, tearful fight or breakdown. If you're 18 you're over the hill.” –Richard Cromelin

By 1974, glam rock was going out of fashion, making way to hard rock and disco music. In October of that year, the legendary "Death of Glitter" party took place at the Hollywood Palladium, where Chuck E. Starr (famous groupie and house DJ at the English Disco) was carried onto the stage inside a glitter coffin, as the partygoers threw roses and glitter at him. Due to partnership and licensing problems, the English Disco was closed a few months later, in 1975.

[cobblestonestreet]

Tony Zanetta and David Bowie, August 22, 1974 at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia

[davidssecretlover]

Mike Garson listening to mixes with David Bowie.

Tony Zanetta and David Bowie, August 22, 1974 at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia

Photo ©Dagmar

source: interview with Tony Visconti

[jeremiekroubodagnini]

A WEEK IN NEW YORK WITH BRUCE AND BOB, JULY 1973

Lee Jaffe is an artist, photographer, filmmaker, musician and producer who, in July 1973, booked an unknown act from Jamaica to support an exciting new talent from New Jersey for a week long residency at New York's legendary Max's Kansas City. It kick started both performers on their paths to become cultural titans. Lee recalls the week 50 years ago when each act alternated opening and closing slots for the 40 people who showed up each night, the two legends playing 14 gigs each across the week. Marley was making his first visit to America in support of the Catch a Fire album, while Bruce was promoting his first album. The two bands hung out - while also going to see The New York Dolls at Kenny's Castaways nightclub around the corner and Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden. Lee tells the behind the scenes tales of this slice of rock history, joined by several contributors who were there - including Bruce Springsteen, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell,  E Street band pianist David Sancious, photographer Bob Gruen, publicist Cherry Vanilla, manager Toby Mamis, Geoff MacCormack who went with David Bowie to see Bruce Springsteen, and Warhol acolyte Tony Zanetta who was a regular in the legendary back room at Max's. This snapshot of a week in the life of one of New York's most acclaimed nightclubs of the 70s, where Andy Warhol held court every night with a stunning array of the art world's alternative elite, recalls the years when decadence was de rigueur among the hedonists who lived and breathed sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. The club's owner, Mickey Ruskin, prided himself on booking new bands who he believed had something different to offer - which is why Bob Marley and Bruce Springsteen were on the same bill that week in the summer of '73.

Released On: 18 Jul 2023. Available for 36 days. 

A Zinc Media production for BBC Radio 4.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001nvpp 

For further information, please read: 

[ageofwarhol]

Bowie’s first meeting with Warhol, 1971. Tony Zanetta, who played Warhol in Warhol’s play Pork, remembers: 

We all marched over to The Factory. The meeting was kind of tense because Warhol was not a great talker, you had to talk and entertain Andy, and David really wasn’t a great talker either. Nobody was really taking this conversation and running with it. So they were circling each other and then David gave him a copy of Hunky Dory on which was his ode to Andy Warhol, the song Andy Warhol.

We probably played it, I can’t remember. Warhol didn’t say anything but absolutely hated it. Which didn’t help the meeting. Remember, David Bowie was not a big star. He was just some guy off the street as far as Andy Warhol was concerned. They found a common ground in David’s shoes. David was wearing yellow Mary Janes and Andy had been a shoe illustrator, which David knew so they began talking about shoes. Otherwise it was not the greatest meeting [laughs].

[stylecouncil]

actually a lot of the tone / details of velvet goldmine seem to be picked and borrowed from angie’s memoir and ken pitt’s (which I knew) but also this tony zanetta one which is so funny because it’s just like…let’s take three (at least partially) jilted ex-lovers/also associates/manager in addition to also being lovers words for everything and like I’m not judging that at all (that’s how you source needed drama!!!) but it’s just so funny, and even funnier when people don’t get why bowie would have been like ummm perhaps not this