David Bowie isn't actually a rock 'n' roll Iron Man. He's Iron Men -- plural -- an enigmatic shape-shifter who's played numerous characters since dropping his first album in 1967. Just when you think you know the guy, he morphs into a martian, makes a disco record, tours with Morrissey, pals around with Marilyn Manson or disappears for a decade, as he did following a 2004 heart attack.

What was Bowie up to during the latter half of the '00s? Not eating bonbons or prepping to meet the reaper, as many feared. He was secretly recording a new album, 'The Next Day,' which he announced earlier this year on his 66th birthday.

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