David Bowie's former bassist Trevor Bolder dies
22 May 2013, 11:08
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
(News)
The bassist from David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars band, Trevor Bolder has passed away at the age of 62.
Bolder joined Bowie’s live group in 1971 and can be heard on Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Aladdin Sane, and Pin Ups. He later left in 1976 to join seminal hard rock outfit Uriah Heep, which he was a member of until 2011.
Bowie has called Bolder a “wonderful musician and a major inspiration for whichever band he was working with”, while overall “a tremendous guy” and “great man”.
Watch Bolder in the video for ‘Starman’ below:
Photo via Pitchfork
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