Mick `` Woody '' Woodmansey wrote that The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was meant to be a soundtrack for a stage show .
`` Regarding the androgyny of the titular character , `` '' Woody '' '' Woodmansey , drummer for Bowie 's backing band the Spiders from Mars , wrote in 2017 : The album was intended by Bowie to serve as the soundtrack and musical basis for a stage show and/or television production telling the story of Ziggy Stardust . ''
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars