Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide

The song Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide closes the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, a work that was presented to the public in the United Kingdom on June 16, 1972. This record, conceived as a rock opera with a narrative revolving around a fictional character, Ziggy Stardust, an androgynous rocker sent to Earth to save humanity from an imminent disaster, was recorded between November 1971 and February 1972 at Trident Studios in London. The production was handled by David Bowie himself alongside Ken Scott, and featured the participation of Bowie's backing band, the Spiders from Mars, composed of Mick Ronson on guitar, Trevor Bolder on bass, and Mick Woodmansey on drums.

David Bowie, born David Robert Jones in 1947, established himself as an influential figure in popular music for over five decades. His work in the 1970s, in particular, positioned him as an innovator. Before achieving notoriety with Space Oddity in 1969, which reached the Top 5 of the British charts, Bowie experimented for three years. It was in 1972, in the midst of the glam rock era, that he re-emerged with his alter ego Ziggy Stardust, driven by the single Starman and the album that introduced him. The duration of this musical piece is 2:59.