Was David Bowie a Fascist? The Thin White Duke

<p>Was David Bowie a fascist?</p><p>In 1976, David Bowie became the Thin White Duke: an elegant, unsettling persona born during a period of cocaine addiction, paranoia and psychological collapse.</p><p>Bowie praised Hitler, spoke approvingly of fascism and was photographed appearing to give a Nazi salute. But was the Duke an expression of genuine political belief or a dangerous piece of performance art that began to escape its creator?</p><p>We trace the Duke through Bowie’s controversial interviews, the post-war artistic fascination with fascist imagery, Situationism and punk, and finally <em>Station to Station</em> the album where Bowie and his creation seem to wrestle for control.</p><p><em>The Last Mixed Tape explores music, culture, politics and the stories hiding underneath the songs.</em></p>