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Michael &#8220;Woody&#8221; Woodmansey was the drummer for David Bowie&#8217;s The Spiders from Mars from 1969-1973 on the hit albums The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory, and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars. Born in Driffield, Yorkshire, in 1951, he is the last surviving member of The Spiders from Mars. He continues to play with his band Holy Holy and lives in London.
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Woody Woodmansey

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Read an Excerpt from Bowie Drummer Woody Woodmansey’s Spider From Mars: My Life with David Bowie