One night in 1975, David Bowie opened the doors of his apartment in New York to welcome Jimmy Page. Were old friends. And to both They were attracted to the world of the occult.. But that night, the atmosphere It was tense. Both they glared. It seemed that Page was invoking dark forces against David. That night in 1975, in New York, The relationship of the two superstars was broken forever.
David and Jimmy They met when they were young musicians making their way through London studios and venues. In 1965Bowie sang in a band called The Manish Boy and recorded the single 'I pity the fool' in which Page provided the guitar solo. Also, that day, the future Led Zeppelin guitarist gave him a riff that he ended up using in two songs, 'The Supermen' and 'Dead man walking'.
Years later, both achieved tremendous success and they kept in touch. Coincidentally, both They were attracted to the world of the occult. and followed the doctrines of Aleister Crowley influential occult guru, alchemist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter or founder of the religious philosophy Thelema. He prided himself on being “the most evil man in the world.”
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In 1975the English singer and composer invited the former component of the Yardbirds to your apartment in New York. It was one of the periods darkest in the life of 'White Duke' for his cocaine addiction or his sympathy towards Hitler. Although he had called his friend Jimmy and opened the doors of his house to him, at the same time maintained a suspicious attitude towards him. I thought I had a powerful aura because he lived in a house that had belonged to the famous Aleister Crowley, and that, he thought, strengthened him. Page he owned Boleskine House during almost two decades, although he rarely lived there.
That night I was also with the English musicians. American singer Ava Cherry. At one point during the evening, David asked Page how it strengthened his aura. But the guitarist avoided the answer. What he did, sitting there, was smile at your interlocutor in a disturbing way.
As biographer Paul Trynka writes in 'Starman', the atmosphere between the two superstars English was “tight” and it only got worse when Page spilled wine on the silk cushions and blamed Cherry. This was enough for Bowie to ask to leave home. But Jimmy, again, He responded smiling at him and David, get angry.either, He pointed to the open window: “Why don't you go out the window?” he said.
Page continued to smile, but eventually, he walked away.
As Trynkas wrote in the biography of the Londoner: “The two they glared; It seemed that Page was invoking dark forces against David who, in turn, according to Ava, '“I wanted to show Jimmy that I was stronger.'”
bowie I was very restless and then of this tense night he avoided Page at all costs. Their relationship broke down. Which he was more concerned to the deceased artist was that Page would have put a curse on him and his soul would be in danger. had to exorcise your house believing that the presence of the founding member of the iconic rock band had “invaded with satanic demons whom Crowley's disciples had summoned directly from hell.”
When in 1975, a then journalist 19 years old called Cameron Crowe visited David Bowie and did an interview for 'Rolling Stone' magazine, he found a cocaine addict with black candles lit to protect himself from supernatural forces. At that time, Bowie I was convinced I was cursed.possibly because of Jimmy Page. That had led him to draw Kabbalistic symbols on the studio floor. Crowe listened as the artist spoke lucidly about his music and, suddenly, began to describe an apocalyptic future.
In 2009, speaking with Mark Spitz, author of 'Bowie: A Biography', The musician confessed that cocaine wreaked havoc on his mind: “My psyche skyrocketed, it broke into pieces. I was hallucinating 24 hours a day.”
