'James Newell Osterberg, Jr.' (born
April 21,
1947), better known by his
stage name '
Iggy Pop', is an American
rock singer,
songwriter, and occasional actor. Although he has had only limited commercial success,
Iggy Pop is considered one of the most important innovators of
punk and related styles. He is sometimes referred to by the nicknames "the Godfather of Punk" and "the Rock Iguana",
[1] and is widely acknowledged as one of the most dynamic stage performers of rock. Pop began calling himself ''Iggy'' after his first band in high school, ''The Iguanas''.
[2] His direct influence extends to the present day: a Cadillac ad in rotation since February 2007 features his vocal performance on the song "Punkrocker", recorded in 2006 with the Swedish band
The Teddybears.
[3]
Iggy Pop was the lead singer of
The Stooges, a late 1960s/early 1970s
garage rock band who were influential in the development of the nascent
heavy metal and
punk rock genres. The Stooges became infamous for their live performances, during which it was not uncommon for Iggy Pop to leap off the stage (in fact, he was among the first to "
stage dive"), smear raw meat (and on one occasion peanut butter) over his chest and/or cut himself with broken bottles. Many subsequent performers have imitated Pop's antics.
Although he would never revisit the primal vitality of his days with the Stooges, Iggy Pop has had varying degrees of success in his 25 years as a solo artist. His best-known songs include "
Lust for Life", "I'm Bored", "
Real Wild Child", "
Search and Destroy", the Top 40 hit "Candy" (with vocalist
Kate Pierson of
The B-52's)
[2] and "
The Passenger". A
film about Iggy Pop's life and career titled ''
The Passenger'' is currently in production.
Early life
Iggy Pop was born in
Muskegon, Michigan to James Newell Osterberg, Sr., a former high school English teacher and baseball coach at
Fordson High School in
Dearborn, Michigan, and Louella Christensen.
[5] Osterberg was raised in a trailer park in
Ann Arbor, Michigan.
[6]
Music career
Early days: 1960 to 1967
Iggy Pop began his music career as a
drummer in different
high school bands in Ann Arbor. One band was
the Iguanas, where he acquired the name Iggy. After exploring local
blues-style bands such as
the Prime Movers (with brothers Dan and Philip Erlewine), he eventually dropped out of the
University of Michigan and moved to
Chicago to learn more about blues. Inspired by
Chicago blues as well as bands like
The Sonics and
The MC5, he formed the Psychedelic Stooges and called himself Iggy Pop. He got the name Pop because he once shaved his eyebrows for a show, after which he looked like a friend with the last name Popp who had recently undergone
chemotherapy and was eyebrowless himself. The band was composed of Iggy Pop on
vocals,
Ron Asheton on
guitar, Asheton's brother
Scott on
drums, and
Dave Alexander on
bass. After almost two years they made their debut in Ann Arbor.
The Stooges era: 1968 to 1975
The seeds of Pop's stage persona were sown when Pop saw
The Doors perform in 1967 at the University of Michigan. Pop was amazed by the stage antics and antagonism displayed by singer
Jim Morrison.
[6] Morrison's extreme behavior—while performing in a popular band—inspired the young Pop to push the boundaries of stage performance. Later, while inventing the ''stage-dive'' in Detroit,
[6] rolling around in broken glass, exposing himself to the crowd, and vomiting on stage, among many other exploits, Iggy would himself inspire others.
One year after their debut, and now dubbed the Stooges, in 1968 the band were signed to
Elektra Records (again following in the footsteps of The Doors, who were arguably Electra Records biggest act at the time). The Stooges' first two albums, ''
The Stooges'', (on which Iggy was credited as Iggy Stooge) produced by
John Cale, and ''
Fun House'', sold poorly. Shortly after the new members joined, the group disbanded because of Iggy Pop's growing
heroin addiction.
David Bowie helped to rejuvenate Iggy Pop's career by producing an album with him in
England. With
James Williamson signed on as guitarist, the search began for a
rhythm section. However, since neither Pop nor Bowie were satisfied with any players in England, they decided to re-unite The Stooges. It would not be a true reunion, in that Dave Alexander would not play on the album. He had become a full-on
alcoholic, unable to play on the record; he died in 1975. Also, Ron Asheton grudgingly moved from guitar to bass to make way for Williamson to play guitar. The recording sessions produced the punk rock landmark ''
Raw Power'', in 1973. After its release
Scott Thurston was added to the band on keyboards/electric piano and Bowie continued his support, but Iggy's
drug problem persisted. The Stooges' last show ended in a fight between the band and a group of
bikers, documented on the album ''
Metallic K.O.''. Drug abuse put his career on hold for a couple of years.
Bowie and Berlin: 1976 to 1978
After the second breakup of the Stooges, Iggy Pop made some recordings with James Williamson, but these weren't released until 1977 (as ''
Kill City'', credited jointly to Iggy Pop and Williamson). Iggy was unable to control his drug use and checked himself into a
mental institution to try to clean up. Bowie was one of his few visitors there, and he continued to support his friend and collaborator. In 1976, Bowie took him along as his companion on the ''
Station to Station'' tour. This was Iggy Pop's first exposure to large-scale professional touring and he was impressed, particularly with Bowie's work rate.
Bowie and Iggy Pop relocated to West
Berlin to wean themselves off their addictions. Iggy Pop signed with
RCA and Bowie helped write and produce ''
The Idiot'' and ''
Lust for Life'' (both 1977), Pop's two most acclaimed albums as a solo artist, the latter with another team of brothers,
Hunt and
Tony Sales. Among songs they wrote together were "
China Girl", "
Tonight", and "
Sister Midnight", all of which Bowie performed on his own albums later on (the last being recorded with different lyrics as "
Red Money" on the album ''
Lodger''). Bowie also played
keyboards in Pop's live performances, some of which are featured on the album ''
TV Eye'' (1978). In return, Pop contributed backing vocals on Bowie's ''
Low''.
The Arista albums: 1979 to 1981
Iggy Pop was unhappy with RCA. He later admitted that he'd made ''TV Eye'' as a quick way of fulfilling his three-album RCA contract and moving on elsewhere. This was
Arista Records, for which he released ''
New Values'' in 1979. This album was something of a Stooges reunion, with James Williamson producing and latter-day Stooge
Scott Thurston playing guitar and keyboards. Not surprisingly, the album's style veered back to the guitar sound of the Stooges. Although highly regarded by many Iggy fans -- some preferring it to the Bowie collaborations -- ''New Values'' was not a commercial success, despite some strong material including "I'm Bored" and "Five Foot One".
The album was moderately successful in
Australia and
New Zealand, however, and this led to Iggy Pop's first visit there to promote it. While in Melbourne, he made a memorable appearance on the
ABC's nationwide pop show ''
Countdown''. During his anarchic performance of "I'm Bored", Pop made no attempt to conceal the fact that he was miming, and he even tried to grab the teenage girls in the audience. He was also interviewed by host
Ian "Molly" Meldrum, an exchange which was frequently punctuated by the singer jumping up and down on his chair and making loud exclamations of "G'day mate" in a mock
Australian accent. His ''Countdown'' appearance is generally considered one of the highlights of the show's history and it cemented his popularity with Australian punk fans; since then he has often toured there. While visiting New Zealand, Iggy Pop recorded a
music video for "I'm Bored", featuring him outside and inside
The Beehive, part of the country's Parliament buildings. This was widely aired on New Zealand television.
While in Australia Iggy Pop was also the guest on a live late-night commercial TV interview show on the
Ten Network. It is not known whether a recording of this interview exists, but the famous ''Countdown'' appearance has often been re-screened in Australia.
During the recording of ''
Soldier'' (1980), Iggy Pop and Williamson quarrelled over production - the latter apparently wanted a big,
Phil Spector-type sound - and Williamson was fired. Bowie appeared on the song "Play it Safe" performing backing vocals with
Simple Minds. The album and its follow-up ''
Party'' (1981) were both commercial failures, and Iggy Pop was dropped from Arista. His drug habit varied in intensity, but remained.
The 1980s
In 1982, Iggy Pop released what would be his final album for some time, ''
Zombie Birdhouse'', on
Chris Stein's Animal label, with Stein himself producing. Commercially, the album was no improvement on his Arista works.
In 1983, Iggy Pop's fortunes changed. David Bowie recorded a cover of the song "China Girl', which had originally appeared on ''The Idiot'', on his blockbuster ''
Let's Dance'' album. Bowie's version was a worldwide hit single and as co-writer of the song, Pop received substantial
royalties. On ''
Tonight'' in 1984, Bowie recorded two more of their songs, this time from the ''Lust for Life'' album, "Tonight" and "Neighborhood Threat". Pop was for the first time financially secure, at least for the short term. Bowie's intention was to help his friend get out of the clutches of the
IRS. This enabled Pop to take a three-year break, during which he overcame his heroin addiction, took acting classes and got married.
In 1985, Pop recorded some demos with guitarist
Steve Jones, previously of the
Sex Pistols. He played these demos to David Bowie, who was sufficiently impressed to offer to produce an album for Pop: 1986's
New Wave-influenced ''
Blah Blah Blah'', featuring the
single "Real Wild Child", a cover of "Wild One (Real Wild Child)", originally made popular by Australian rock'n'roll pioneer
Johnny O'Keefe in 1959. The single was a Top 10 hit in the UK and was also successful around the world, especially in Australia, where for the last twenty years it has been used as the theme music for the
ABC's late-night music video show ''
Rage''. It remains Pop's solitary brush with major commercial success. ''Blah Blah Blah'' was Pop's highest-charting album in the U.S. since ''The Idiot'' in 1977, peaking at #75 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart.
Also in 1985, the movie ''
Rock & Rule'' was released featuring performances by Iggy Pop and
Lou Reed for the character Mok. Pop's song in the film was ''Pain & Suffering'' from the final sequence of the film.
[9]
In 1987, Pop appeared (along with
Bootsy Collins) on a mostly instrumental album by Japanese composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto.
The follow-up to ''Blah Blah Blah'', ''
Instinct'' (1988), was a turnaround in musical direction. Its stripped-back, guitar-based sound leaned further towards the sound of the Stooges than any his solo albums to date. His record label, which had most likely been expecting another ''Blah Blah Blah'', dropped him.
The 1990s
In 1990 Pop recorded ''
Brick by Brick'', produced by
Don Was, with members of
Guns N' Roses and
The B-52s as guests, as well as backup vocals by many local
Hollywood groups, some of whom would be recruited for his band to tour and perform on his "Kiss My Blood" video (1991), directed by world-famous director
Tim Pope and filmed at the Olympia in Paris. The album was his first Gold-certified album in the U.S. (denoting sales of over 500,000 copies) and featured his first Top 40 U.S. hit, "Candy," a duet with B-52s singer
Kate Pierson. Note that the year of release is also contained in lyrics of this song ("It's rainy afternoon in 1990").
Also in 1990, Pop starred in the controversial opera ''The Manson Family'' by composer
John Moran, released on Point Music/Phillip Classics, where he sang the role of prosecutor
Vincent Bugliosi. That year he was also involved in the
Red Hot + Blue project, singing a version of ''Well Did You Evah'' in a duet with
Deborah Harry.
In 1991, Pop contributed the song "Why Was I Born (Freddy's Dead)" to the soundtrack of the film ''. The song also plays over the end credits of the film, with a compilation of clips from the ''
A Nightmare On Elm Street'' series running alongside the end credits.
In 1992, he collaborated with
Goran Bregović on the
soundtrack for the movie ''
Arizona Dream'' by
Emir Kusturica. Pop sang four of the songs: "In the Deathcar", "TV Screen", "Get the Money", and "This is a Film".
Also in 1992, he collaborated with the NYC band
White Zombie. He recorded spoken word vocals on the intro and outro of the song "
Black Sunshine" as well as playing the character of a writer in the video shot for the song. He is singled out for special thanks in the liner notes of the band's album ''.
In 1995, Pop again found mainstream fame when his 1977 song "
Lust for Life" was featured prominently in the film ''
Trainspotting''. A new video was recorded for the song, with clips from the film and studio footage of Iggy dancing with one of its stars,
Ewen Bremner; an Iggy Pop concert was an important plot point, as it dissolved the relationship between Tommy and Lizzie. The song has also been used in TV commercials for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (with many music critics denouncing the usage of the song to promote peppy cruises) and as the theme music to ''
The Jim Rome Show'', a nationally-syndicated American sports
talk show.
Also in 1995, Pop released ''
Naughty Little Doggie'', with Whitey Kirst returning on guitar, and the single "I Wanna Live". He co-produced 1999's ''
Avenue B'' with Don Was, releasing the single "Corruption", and produced 2001's ''
Beat 'Em Up'', which gave birth to
The Trolls, releasing the single "Football" featuring Trolls alumni Whitey Kirst and brother Alex.
In 1997 he
remixed ''Raw Power'' to give it a rougher, more hard-edged sound; fans had complained for years that Bowie's official 'rescue effort' mix was muddy and lacking in bass. Pop testified in the reissue's liner notes that on the new mix, "everything's still in the red."
In the early to middle 1990s Iggy Pop would make several guest appearances on the
Nickelodeon show ''
The Adventures of Pete and Pete''. He played James Mecklenberg, Nona Mecklenberg's father. He also appeared as a
Vorta in the '' episode "The Magnificent Ferengi".
Recent career
Pop supplied vocals for the
1999 Death in Vegas UK Top 10 hit single ''Aisha''. He also supplied vocals on the song "Rolodex Propaganda" by
At the Drive-In in 2000.
Pop's 2003 album, ''
Skull Ring'', featured collaborations with
Sum 41,
Green Day,
Peaches, and
The Trolls, as well as the Asheton brothers, reuniting the two surviving fouding members of
Stooges for the first time since 1974. He made a guest appearance on
electroclash artist
Peaches's song "Kick It" as well as the video. Also in 2003, the first full-length biography of Iggy was published by Omnibus Press. ''Gimme Danger - The Story of Iggy Pop'' was written by Joe Ambrose. Pop did not collaborate on the biography or publicly endorse it.
Having enjoyed working with Ron and Scott Asheton on ''Skull Ring'', Pop reformed the Stooges with bassist
Mike Watt (formerly of
the Minutemen) filling in for the late
Dave Alexander, and ''
Fun House'' saxophonist
Steve MacKay rejoining the lineup. They have been touring regularly since 2004.
In 2004 Iggy opened Madonna's Reinvention World Tour in Dublin.
In 2005 Pop appeared, along with
Madonna,
Little Richard,
Bootsy Collins, and
The Roots'
?uestlove, in an American TV commercial for the
Motorola ROKR phone.
In early 2006, Iggy and the Stooges played in Australia and New Zealand for the
Big Day Out. They also began work on a new album, ''The Weirdness'', which was released in March 2007. It will feature tracks produced by
Steve Albini. In August 2006 Iggy and the Stooges performed at the
Lowlands pop festival in the
Netherlands, Hodokvas in
Slovakia and in the
Sziget festival in
Budapest.
Paul Trynka, former editor of ''
MOJO'' and a writer whose books include ''The History of Denim'', has completed a biography of Iggy Pop (with his blessing) called ''Open Up and Bleed'', to be released in early 2007 in the US and UK by
Random House.
More recently, Pop played at
Bam Margera's
wedding and can be heard on the single "Punkrocker" with the
Teddybears in a
Cadillac television commercial.
Iggy is also the voice of Lil Donald Rumsfield on the
Comedy Central cartoon
Lil' Bush and confirmed that he has done voices for
American Dad and
Grand Theft Auto IV.
[10]
Iggy and The Stooges played the Glastonbury Festival in June 2007, which led to
Wellington Boot wearing crowd-surfers and a good natured riot as Iggy encouraged muddy festivalgoers to invade the stage. Their set included material from the 2007 album 'The Weirdness' and classics such as '
No Fun' and '
I Wanna Be Your Dog'.
Iggy caused controversy in June, 2007, when he was interviewed on the
BBC's coverage of the
Glastonbury Festival. He used the phrase "
paki shop", prompting three complaints and an apology from the BBC.
[11] (It should be noted that the word
paki does not carry the same derogatory connotations or rascist stigma in the
United States as it does in the UK.)
Film career
Pop has had a limited career as an actor. He has appeared in sixteen
movies (mostly in smaller roles), including ''
Sid and Nancy'', ''
The Color of Money'', ''
Hardware'' (voice only), '', ''
The Rugrats Movie'', ''
Snow Day'', ''
Coffee and Cigarettes'' (opposite
Tom Waits, in the third segment of the film, entitled ''
Somewhere in California''), ''
Cry-Baby'', ''
Dead Man'', ''
Tank Girl'' and ''
Atolladero'', a Spanish
science fiction Western in which he also sings the main theme.
He has been featured in five
television series, including ''
Tales from the Crypt'', ''
The Adventures of Pete & Pete'', and '', in which he played
Yelgrun in "
The Magnificent Ferengi" episode. With The Stooges, he was also featured in an episode of
MTV's Bam's Unholy Union as the main band performing at
Bam's wedding.
Pop has been profiled in four
rockumentaries and has had songs on eighteen
soundtracks, including ''
Crocodile Dundee 2'', ''
Trainspotting'', ''
Pretty Woman'', ''
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' and the main theme tune of ''
Repo Man''.
A biopic of Pop is in the works with
Elijah Wood taking on the major role. The film has a working title of ''
The Passenger'' and is due to begin filming sometime in 2007.
In 2007, Iggy's music will be featured in a
movie adaption of
Irvine Welsh's best-selling novel ''.
Classical scholarship
Pop is one of the few famous musicians to have published in an established journal of Classical scholarship: his article 'Caesar lives' in the second issue of ''Classics Ireland'' in 1995 (
''CI'' 1995.2:94-96) considers the applicability of
Edward Gibbon's
''Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'' to the modern world. In the article, Pop further relates how reading Gibbon in a dilapidated New Orleans hotel room inspired him to a spontaneous soliloquy he called 'Caesar'.
Influence
Pop earned a place in punk rock history by popularizing many of the stage routines that are now commonplace among musicians: he was among the first to
stage dive and "crowd walk". Moreover, early in his career, he was known to cut himself and roll around in
peanut butter on stage. Although Pop has never recorded a
Top 10 album or best-selling single, his impact on rock music is widely acknowledged.
The song "Punk Rock" on the album ''
Come on Die Young'' by
Mogwai is a tribute to Iggy Pop, as it samples a speech that Pop gave on
punk rock from an interview on the
CBC on
March 11,
1977. During that interview,
Peter Gzowski asked Iggy to clarify music labeled as "punk rock." Pop, dubbed "the Godfather of Punk," sat upright in his chair and defended the use of "punk", ending his speech (or tirade) in indignant repose.
:''I'll tell you about punk rock: punk rock is a word used by dilettantes and, uh... and, uh... heartless manipulators, about music... that takes up the energies, and the bodies, and the hearts and the souls and the time and the minds, of young men, who give what they have to it, and give everything they have to it. And it's a... it's a term that's based on contempt; it's a term that's based on fashion, style, elitism,
satanism, and, everything that's rotten about
rock 'n' roll.''
:''I don't know
Johnny Rotten... but I'm sure, I'm sure he puts as much blood and sweat into what he does as
Sigmund Freud did. You see, what, what sounds to you like a big load of trashy old noise... is in fact... the brilliant music of a genius... myself. And that music is so powerful, that it's quite beyond my control. And, ah... when I'm in the grips of it, I don't feel pleasure and I don't feel pain, either physically or emotionally. Do you understand what I'm talking about? Have you ever, have you ever felt like that? When you just, when you just, you couldn't feel anything, and you didn't want to either. You know, like that? Do you understand what I'm saying, sir?''
Pop's solo album ''
The Idiot'' has been cited as a major influence on
post-punk,
electronic and
industrial artists such as
Joy Division and
Nine Inch Nails. David Bowie's "
The Jean Genie" is about an Iggy Pop like character.
Mark E. Smith,
Henry Rollins,
Nick Cave and
Jack White have all been quoted as saying that the Stooges' ''
Fun House'' LP was "the greatest rock record ever made". He and
The Birthday Party once did a 45-minute set of only Stooges songs back in the early 1980s under the name of 'The Cave Men'. One of the most popular bands of
former Yugoslavia,
Azra, recorded a song entitled "Iggy Pop" on their first album, released in 1980. UK punk rock bands the She Devils and
Die Pretty released a split single called "Dance Like Iggy/Summertime" in 1999.
The
Red Hot Chili Peppers referenced Iggy Pop in the song, "
Coffee Shop".
Kurt Cobain many times declared himself a fan of The Stooges and mentioned them frequently in his ''
Journals'' as an influence, naming ''
Raw Power'' his favorite album.
Covers
Poison Idea covered the
Iggy and The Stooges song "
I Got A Right" on their 1984 mini album
Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes.
Nada Surf also covered this song on the
We Will Fall Iggy Pop
tribute album.
Rage Against the Machine covered the
Iggy and The Stooges song "Down on the Street" on their last album "
Renegades", which was a cover album.
The
Iggy and the Stooges song "Search and Destroy" was covered by the
Red Hot Chili Peppers and appeared as a B-side of "By the Way" and "Give it Away" as well as on the compilation ''The Beavis and Butthead Experience'' album, and by the band
Emanuel for the ''
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland'' soundtrack; moreover, he is referenced in the Red Hot Chili Peppers' song "
Coffee Shop" from their 1996 album, ''
One Hot Minute''. Nike used "Search and Destroy" in their 1996 Olympics promotion. The song is also featured in the 2004 film ''
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou''.
The song "Raw Power" was covered by
Daucus Karota and
Guns N' Roses for ''
"The Spaghetti Incident?"'' album.
David Bowie has rerecorded three tracks he co-wrote with Pop: "
China Girl" for the album ''
Let's Dance'', and "Tonight" and "
Neighbourhood Threat" on ''
Tonight''. Bowie also covered "
Don't Look Down" on ''Tonight'' and "
Bang Bang" on ''
Never Let Me Down''.
"
The Passenger" was covered by
Siouxsie & the Banshees on their album ''
Through the Looking Glass'',
Bauhaus on their DVD ''Gotham,'' and by
INXS's
Michael Hutchence on the ''
Batman Forever'' soundtrack. The influential
Riot Grrl band,
Lunachicks, also recorded a version of the song. It was covered in Portuguese (O Passageiro) by the Brazilian pop rock band
Capital Inicial.
The Stooges song "1969" was covered by
goth rock band
The Sisters of Mercy (included on their singles collection ''
Some Girls Wander by Mistake''), by
Mission of Burma on their posthumous live album ''
The Horrible Truth About Burma'', and by
Joey Ramone on his solo album ''
Don't Worry About Me''.
"1970" was covered by
The Damned on their debut album ''
Damned, Damned, Damned,'' by
Charged GBH on their ''City Baby's Revenge'' album, and
Hanoi Rocks on their
All Those Wasted Years live album. All three instances were released under the song's alternate title of "I Feel Alright". The band
Monster Magnet also recorded a cover of "1970" and often add the song to their live set.
The Stooges song "No Fun" has been covered by
The Black Keys on ''The Moan EP'',
Some Girls on ''
All My Friends Are Going Death'',
The Orb on ''The Peel Sessions Volume 2'' and
The Sex Pistols.
The song "Funtime", co-written with Bowie, was covered and released as a single in 1995 by
Boy George, reaching the UK top 50. It is included on his album ''
Cheapness and Beauty''. The track was also sung live around 1980 by
Blondie. It was also covered by
Peter Murphy on the album ''
Love Hysteria''.
The song "Ordinary Bummer" was covered by
Blondie under the pseudonym "Adolph's Dog"
"I Wanna Be Your Dog" was covered by the
Swans on their ''
Children of God/World of Skin'' compilation, by
Sonic Youth on their LP ''
Confusion is Sex'', by Thai / UK electro punk band
Futon (band) as their debut single, by French electronica artist
Emilie Simon, by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts on the LP "Up Your Alley," and by Swedish rock band
bob hund. It also appears on the greatest hits collection, '', of
alternative country band
Uncle Tupelo. The song has been a raucous encore mainstay of Texas roots rock artist
Alejandro Escovedo (formerly:
The Nuns, Rank and File, True Believers ) and was finally put to "vinyl" on "More Miles Than Money: Live 1994-1996." The song was a favorite in early live performances of the Japanese rock band
Zelda.
Discography
Albums
With The Stooges
★ 1969 - ''
The Stooges''
★ 1970 - ''
Fun House
★ 1973 - ''
Raw Power''
★ 1995 - ''
Open Up and Bleed'' (live)
★ 2007 - ''
The Weirdness''
With James Williamson
★ 1977 - ''
Kill City''
Solo
Studio
★ 1977 - ''
The Idiot''
★ 1977 - ''
Lust for Life''
★ 1979 - ''
New Values''
★ 1980 - ''
Soldier''
★ 1981 - ''
Party''
★ 1982 - ''
Zombie Birdhouse''
★ 1986 - ''
Blah Blah Blah''
★ 1988 - ''
Instinct''
★ 1990 - ''
Brick by Brick''
★ 1993 - ''
American Caesar''
★ 1996 - ''
Naughty Little Doggie''
★ 1999 - ''
Avenue B''
★ 2001 - ''
Beat 'Em Up''
★ 2003 - ''
Skull Ring''
Live
★ 1978 - ''
TV Eye Live 1977''
★ 1994 - ''
Berlin 91''
★ 1996 - ''
Best Of...Live''
Compilations
★ 1996 - ''
Pop Music''
★ 1996 - ''
★ 2005 - ''
Singles
★ "1969"
★ "
Bang Bang"
★ "Butt Town"
★ "Candy" (feat.
Kate Pierson)
★ "Cold Metal"
★ "Corruption"
★ "Cry for Love"
★ "Down on the Street"
★ "
Free & Freaky" (feat.
Brendan Benson)
★ "Home"
★ "
I Wanna Be Your Dog"
★ "I'm Bored"
★ "Isolation"
★ "
Little Know It All" (feat.
Sum 41)
★ "
Lust for Life"
★ "My Idea of Fun"
★ "
The Passenger"
★ "
Real Wild Child (Wild One)" (
Johnny O'Keefe cover)
★ "
Search and Destroy"
★ "Wild America"
Notes
1. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/213576/the_return_of_iggy_pop_and_the_stooges.html
2. http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-p/iggypop_main.htm
3. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/40062-video-teddybears-ft-iggy-pop-punkrocker-cadillac-commercial
4. http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-p/iggypop_main.htm
5. Trynka (2007): pp.13-14
6. http://www.brooklynrail.org/2007/5/music/limping-with-the-stooges-in-washington-h
7. http://www.brooklynrail.org/2007/5/music/limping-with-the-stooges-in-washington-h
8. http://www.brooklynrail.org/2007/5/music/limping-with-the-stooges-in-washington-h
9. Rock & Rule Scott, Casey
10. Iggy Pop on Lil' Bush and The Stooges
11. BBC 'sorry' for Iggy racist word
References
★
Iggy Pop: Open up and Bleed, , Paul, Trynka, Little, Brown Book Group, 2007,
★
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock (First Edition), , Nick, Logan, Harmony Books, 1977,
External links
★
The Stooges on Elektra 1969 - 1970
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Iggy Pop discography
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Iggy Pop homepage
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Site for Open Up And Bleed, Paul Trynka's Iggy biography
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Iggy Pop concert rider
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Essays by Joe Ambrose, on Iggy, Chelsea Hotel, Punk Rock, William Burroughs
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Video - Iggy Pop and The Stooges, The Passenger, October 1977, Manchester Apollo
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Iggy Pop "I'm Bored" video - live on Countdown, Australia
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CBC Archive - Iggy Pop interview with Peter Gzowski March 11, 1977.
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newcritics.com - The Fabulous Iggy Pop
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