David Bowie - Rochester NYC drug bust March 1976. Version 2.0 (Longer & Coloured)

David Bowie's Rochester drug bust on the night of March 21st 1976 along with Iggy Pop which led to his court appearance on 25th / 26th of March where this short news reel comes from accompanied with photos from the night and his court appearance.

[@DudeSilad]

The press interviewing him must have been awed by his looks. Nobody had ever looked like that. So ethereal in those days.

[@madarab37]

That lawyer actually kept a straight face and claimed Bowie was innocent because he would have been arrested numerous times if he were involved in drugs. Good one!

[@samluca945]

he's cute

[@keith-leecastle6700]

Superficial maybe but Bowie looked his best around this time. The hair, the suits were just beautiful. In fact from The Man Who Fell To Earth to Station to Station. 1975/76.

[@jaysterling26]

Your comment isn't at all superficial- please see Mr Wilde to confirm your opinion.

[@lotstodo]

He was very thin, but he always looked wonderful.

[@patriciahargraves4243]

Only Bowie could look so damn hot in a mug shot! Always so polite. He always had class.

[@oafootnotes]

if only i could be a class act while dealing with drug charges....

[@applerabbits]

Someone from home gave him that supreme bit of advice: act like a toff. So the South London accent has it's edges rounded off, It's compliments all round for the officers - and one is set free to scoot off and bury ones head in the biggest bag of Charlie since Montezuma's 50th birthday.

[@morningstar9233]

I like his "toff" act and voice. Even if he does sound a bit like Margaret Thatcher!

[@dixgun]

Interestingly put together. Great job. 👍

[@dgenerated]

Ironically the charge was marijuanna.. I wonder where David was hiding the Coke?.

[@pablito5927]

Yeah lol

[@deborahpringle5526]

I thought the same thing!

[@jaysterling26]

Perhaps the police in upstate New York thought he was a bit hyper because he had too much sugar on his person for the reportedly routine coffee one receives in north America?

[@lotstodo]

I would have checked the brief case being carried by someone else. I think because he was so famous, he didn't need to bring drugs, if he wanted them, they'd be brought to him.

[@Paul-dz7xi]

🤣

[@tinmachine693]

Not that it's anything to be proud of but hands down best mug shot ever.

[@davepowell7168]

Recognise it as publicity

[@Raymantico]

In those days you had to smoke a half pound just to catch a buzz ... I had seen him perform the previous night in Springfield Massachusetts

[@weeooh1]

Yep. Back then, growers were harvesting the whole plant rather than just the buds.

[@brin57]

Back then it made you laugh and have a great high, and not a narcotic episode. Good old fashioned laughing weed.

[@danieldimos123]

@@brin57 truth

[@MsAppassionata]

@@brin57 True! Made me giggle my ass off when I first tried it. Lol.

[@beekay5914]

I don't know what you were smoking, but we were smoking Colombian Red and Colombian Gold, the occasional Jamaican, Oaxacan or Michoacan, and it was all KICK ASS weed. Sorry you didn't get in on that, it was all over the place.

[@SilentReports]

Always the showman putting on a fine English accent lol

[@davidnewman690]

Fantastic stuff

[@kimberlyjohnson1371]

Does anyone know if his record sells increased significantly after this incident ?

[@Paul-dz7xi]

Is that Iggy getting pushed after David goes through the door? 😆

[@danielfredich1530]

Yep!

[@paulcunninghamw00dlandph0t0]

He is coolest guy on this planet and from his own also. Thin White Duke!

[@iamdaltonjames]

Rochester NYC? It's just Rochester, NY. NYC stands for New York City.

[@bobbyarp8]

Tee hee

[@Tacotac64]

"It's not the side effects of the cocaine", that's what he was singing every night on stage in 1976... pure moment of musical denial ! Well, he could have charged this guy called "the Thin White Duke" who had quite a bad influence on him...

[@jon780249]

Probably the best mug shot ever. All rather farcical. Marijuana possession? BBC accent? Life on Mars, indeed!

[@davepowell7168]

The intoxicated alien prankster pulled the publicly again .Edgelord

[@scottjackson163]

Why that cacophonous background noise? It sounds like a helicopter that needs to crash.

[@DudeSilad]

It's StationtoStation. 9 minutes of pure joy.

[@havetone]

It’s a train not a helicopter

[@samluca945]

his lawyer was hot as well

[@whoneverknow9588]

Looks like good PR ??

[@mikewilson3581]

Off to Berlin we go!

[@juliemarsh9464]

Even looks good in his mugshot!! Only busted for pot. Lucky they didnt find his coke ! Lol.

[@darylcumming7119]

The seventies.

[@davepowell7168]

The police are deferential to celebrities.. BOWIE was an edgelord who used the media, so we should apply critical thought and presume he called this one

[@uwsgrrrl9981]

What’s with the awful music. WTF, it’s noise

[@weeooh1]

Bowie has 2 different color eyes. One blue, the other brown.

[@Angelaaahhh]

He actually has anisocoria, which is where one pupil is larger than the other, and permanently dilated. It happened because of a fight in his younger years with close friend George Underwood. He actually has two blue eyes.

[@weeooh1]

@@Angelaaahhh He also had a wife named Angela :)

[@Angelaaahhh]

@@weeooh1 I know! She usually went by Angie, which is a nickname I don't personally care for, but it's still pretty cool!

[@morningstar9233]

@@Angelaaahhh True. It's just the way the light catches/ reflects off them that makes them appear to be different coloured. At times they look one blue, one green. I heard Bowie comment that his vision in the damaged eye was not so good, but he also agreed it really helped his otherwordly look. Watch that man! (indeed we did!). Miss the guy so much.

[@DudeSilad]

@@weeooh1 😂😂😂😂