internet service provider. His cultural significance has been enormous: he appealed to the sexually and emotionally dispossessed and the suburban intellectuals who saw in him the epitome of cool. In the 1990s artists such as Morrissey, Pulp, Blur, and Suede in the UK and the Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, and Madonna in the USA cited Bowie as a major influence. Even the classical composer Philip Glass has written two symphonies for full orchestra (released on Point Music in 1993 and 1997 respectively) based on Bowie’s Low and ‘Heroes’ albums.
