Alien Alter Egos and Mythic Identities in Rock, Jazz, and Funk
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Aliens and alien alter egos have long served as a provocative mirror of the human condition, with artists such as Sun Ra, Frankie Cavallo (Von LMO), Zolar X, David Bowie, and George Clinton turning space-age stagecraft into mythic, otherworldly art that shifts attention from ordinary biography to imagined identities across punk, jazz, and funk.