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James Newell Osterberg, Jr. (born on April 21, 1947 in Muskegon, Michigan), better known by his stage name Iggy Pop, is an American punk rock singer and occasional actor. Pop is one of the most important innovators of punk rock. Sometimes referred to as “the Godfather of punk” and “the Rock Iguana”, he is widely acknowledged as one of the most dynamic stage performers of rock.
Pop was the lead singer of The Stooges, a late 1960s/early 1970s band that featured brothers Ron and Scott Asheton and Dave Alexander and was highly influential in the development of hard rock. The debut album was produced by the Velvet Underground’s John Cale. The band’s “I Wanna Be Your Dog” is a garage punk standard.
The Stooges were infamous for performances in which Pop leapt off the stage (hence, the “stage dive”), smeared raw meat or peanut butter over his chest and cut himself with broken bottles. A glimpse of the vibrating intensity of Iggy live can be seen in the Ramones movie “End of the Century.” Guitarist James Williamson became a key collaborator, a partnership documented on the 1978 album Kill City.
In 25 years as a solo artist, Pop’s best-known songs have included the thumping Lust for Life, to be heard on the soundtrack of the find-a-vein, shoot-it-up movie Trainspotting,,
I’m Bored and The Passenger (the latter based on a poem written by Jim Morrison). David Bowie played a key role in reinvigorating Pop’s post-Stooges career and was a collaborator on the albums Lust for Life and The Idiot.
Pop was the lead singer of The Stooges, a late 1960s/early 1970s band that featured brothers Ron and Scott Asheton and Dave Alexander and was highly influential in the development of hard rock. The debut album was produced by the Velvet Underground’s John Cale. The band’s “I Wanna Be Your Dog” is a garage punk standard.
The Stooges were infamous for performances in which Pop leapt off the stage (hence, the “stage dive”), smeared raw meat or peanut butter over his chest and cut himself with broken bottles. A glimpse of the vibrating intensity of Iggy live can be seen in the Ramones movie “End of the Century.” Guitarist James Williamson became a key collaborator, a partnership documented on the 1978 album Kill City.
In 25 years as a solo artist, Pop’s best-known songs have included the thumping Lust for Life, to be heard on the soundtrack of the find-a-vein, shoot-it-up movie Trainspotting,,
I’m Bored and The Passenger (the latter based on a poem written by Jim Morrison). David Bowie played a key role in reinvigorating Pop’s post-Stooges career and was a collaborator on the albums Lust for Life and The Idiot.
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China Girl
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Funtime
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Success
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Tonight
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I Wanna Be Your Dog
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Real Wild Child
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rafa_bdr wrote:
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Ralexand wrote:
GOD FATHER OF PUNK!
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deugd wrote:
this boy lol hudsfhudsuhf
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i adore this boy!!!
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thanks, I'll check it out.
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The man in my life!
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czebex wrote:
->Scarius I recommend you New Values
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Scarius wrote:
Any more albums like The Idiot and Lust for Life?
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KaHuHa wrote:
видел его в Москве в 2008
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MotownTrash wrote:
I once touched him. Then I went insane.
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Waes-GOD wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Fans+of+the+old+music
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Jontybloom1 wrote:
Lost Iggy and the Stooges songs to resurface http://www.neonfiller.com/page6.htm#52255
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caioyeah wrote:
Insano *-*
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Igor2010 wrote:
insano.
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android9791 wrote:
i like The idiot better than anything The Stooges have done.
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LOVE LOVE
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LOVE LOVE
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Punk grandfather
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beat my brain's :D
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škoda že som ťa nevidel keď si bol na Slovensku....
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