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James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor and radio broadcaster.He was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band the Stooges, who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited many times since. [1]
According to Wonderland Avenue, after the premature death of Danny Sugerman's adolescent friend and "teacher", Jim Morrison, he became friends with and then went on to manage rock singer Iggy Pop before the singer ended up in a California state mental hospital suffering with severely excessive drug and alcohol addiction, and Sugerman ended up ...
The album followed the break-up of Pop's band the Stooges in 1974 and a period of drug addiction for both Pop and Bowie, after which the two moved to Europe in an effort to kick their addictions. Described by Pop as "a cross between James Brown and Kraftwerk ", [ 1 ] The Idiot marks a departure from the proto-punk of the Stooges to a more ...
Iggy Pop doesn’t glamorize the life of a junkie, which he himself once was, on “Strung Out Johnny,” the second pre-release track from his new, Andrew Watt-produced album, Every Loser. As ...
Every Loser is the nineteenth studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop, released on January 6, 2023, by Gold Tooth and Atlantic Records.Produced by Andrew Watt, the album features a core backing band of Chad Smith as drummer and multi-instrumentalists Josh Klinghoffer and Andrew Watt.
Pop, who was also suffering from drug addiction, was ready to get sober and accepted Bowie's invitation to accompany him on the Isolar tour, and then move to Europe with him. [30] [31] After they relocated to the Château, [32] Bowie travelled back to Switzerland, where he spent the next few weeks writing and devising plans for his next album. [33]
After a period of drug addiction, Iggy Pop joined his friend David Bowie on his 1976 Isolar Tour and afterwards, moved to Europe with him in hopes of getting sober. After moving into the Château d'Hérouville in Hérouville, France, Bowie decided to produce Pop's first solo album.
Jane’s Addiction playing Stanhope, New Jersey in 1991. From left, Dave Navarro on electric guitar, a Greek goddess on fruit, Eric Avery on bass guitar, and singer Perry Farrell on mouth.