A Look Back at Lotus’ 2009 Halloween David Bowie Cover Show

January 11, 2016

On a day in which many fans are marking the passing of David Bowie, we take a look back to October 31, 2009 when  Lotus performed his music at Baltimore, MD’s Sonar. They titled the evening “Protein Pills in the Labyrinth.” and the members of the band dressed the part as Luke Miller appeared as Ziggy Stardust, Jesse Miller took on the Thin White Duke, Mike Rempel dressed as Jareth (from the movie Labyrinth), Mike Greenfield wore a Bowie’s “Dancing in the Streets” video outfit and Chuck Morris donned Bowie’s New Wave pastel suit. After opening with “Wax,” Lotus began the Bowie portion of the evening with a cover of Phish’s “David Bowie.” The group then worked in numerous Bowie originals like “Under Pressure,” “Suffragette City,” “Fame,” the NIN/Bowie collaboration “Afraid of Americans,” ”Space Oddity,” “Rebel Rebel” and “Let’s Dance.”  Here’s a look at two songs from that performance.


“Fame”


“Let’s Dance”