'' Diamond Dogs ' '' raw guitar style and visions of urban chaos , scavenging children and nihilistic lovers ( " We 'll buy some drugs and watch a band / Then jump in a river holding hands " ) have been credited with anticipating the punk revolution that would take place in the following years . Bowie himself described the Diamond Dogs , introduced in the title song , as : " all little Johnny Rottens and Sid Viciouses really . And , in my mind , there was no means of transport , so they were all rolling around on these roller-skates with huge wheels on them , and they squeaked because they had n't been oiled properly . So there were these gangs of squeaking , roller-skating , vicious hoods , with Bowie knives and furs on , and they were all skinny because they had n't eaten enough , and they all had funny-coloured hair . In a way it was a precursor to the punk thing . " Bowie played all of the album 's songs except " We Are the Dead " on his Diamond Dogs Tour , recorded and released in two albums , '' David Live '' in 1974 , and '' Cracked Actor '' in 2017 . " Rebel Rebel " featured on almost every Bowie tour afterward , " Diamond Dogs " was performed for the Isolar , Outside and A Reality Tours , and " Big Brother/Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family " was resurrected in 1987 for the Glass Spider Tour
Isolar
Isolar – 1976 Tour
Diamond Dogs