Bowie's Son Rebelled Against Music

4 months ago 06th Jul 03:35

David Bowie's son Duncan Jones refused to take up music during his childhood - as a way of rebelling against his chart-topping father.

Jones - who was born Zowie Bowie - is now a movie director, but while he was growing up Ziggy Stardust creator Bowie desperately tried to get him to follow in his footsteps.

I'm better now but when I was growing up I couldn't take it seriously whenever I would hear or see anything with my dad in itDavid Bowie's son Duncan Jones

Jones insists distancing himself from his father's profession helped him deal with having a famous dad.

He says, "That was one of my big rebellions when I was growing up. I had absolutely nothing to do with music. I'm better now but when I was growing up I couldn't take it seriously whenever I would hear or see anything with my dad in it".

Bowie encouraged Jones to learn a number of instruments including the piano, saxophone and drums, but he refused - something he now regrets.

But the pair eventually found a way to connect - Bowie sparked Jones' interest in film when the two started making home movies together.

He adds, "We had this old 8mm one-stop camera and made these little movies together. It's great, one of those father-and-son things we used to do together. Then, as I grew up and he was acting in films, I would go visit film sets. I was on the set of Labyrinth, which was amazing".

Jones' debut film Moon was named Best New British Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in Scotland last month (June09).