David Bowie (February 12, 1976) Ground Control to Davy Jones – Rolling Stone Cover & Six-Page Feature

Publication: Rolling Stone

Date: February 12, 1976

Writer: Rolling Stone Staff

This Rolling Stone cover story captures Bowie in early 1976, newly returned from filming The Man Who Fell to Earth and deep into the creation of Station to Station. The article frames him as volatile, brilliant, and in constant metamorphosis, shedding the last traces of glam while stepping into one of his most enigmatic personas — the Thin White Duke. It offers a vivid, six-page portrait of Bowie at a crossroads: exhausted yet hyper-focused, theatrical yet controlled, and on the brink of his most influential creative shift.