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Buckley writes that, in an early 1970s pop world that was "Bloated, selfimportant, leather-clad, self-satisfied.Bowie challenged the very core belief of
the rock music of its day." As described by John Peel, "The one distinguishing
feature about early-70s progressive rock was that it didn't progress. Before
Bowie came along, people didn't want too much change." Buckley says that
Bowie "subverted the whole notion of what it was to be a rock star", with the
result that
After Bowie there has been no other pop icon of his stature, because the pop
world that produces these rock gods doesn't exist any more. ... The fierce
partisanship of the cult of Bowie was also uniqueits influence lasted longer
and has been more creative than perhaps almost any other force within pop
fandom.