Loading... Please wait...David Bowie created one of rock music’s most unforgettable characters with Ziggy Stardust, the flamboyant alien rock star at the center of the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. The lyric “Ziggy played guitar” from the song Ziggy Stardust became an iconic line that captured Bowie’s theatrical style and the rebellious energy of glam rock. Fans still celebrate the era through vintage-inspired T-shirts featuring Ziggy, lightning bolts, and imagery from the The Spiders from Mars, Bowie’s legendary backing band. The album blended science fiction, fashion, and powerful rock music into a cultural phenomenon that transformed Bowie into an international superstar and influenced generations of musicians and artists.