The Occult Universe of David Bowie and the Meaning of “Blackstar” http://vigilantcitizen.com/musicbusiness/occult-universe-david-bowie-meaning-blackstar/ In 1976, Bowie released Station to Station, an album he claimed to barely remember recording, mainly due to heavy cocaine use. He even added that it was the work of “an entirely different person,”. “Bowie himself remembers almost nothing of the album’s production, not even the studio, later admitting, “I know it was in LA because I’ve read it was”.