Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop was born on April 21, 1947. His real name is James Newell Österberg, Jr. He is an American rock singer and songwriter. He didn’t have much mainstream success, but he is still considered an innovator of punk and garage rock.
Live Albums (Edit)
- TV Eye Live 1977 (1978)
- Berlin 91 (1994)
- Best Of…Live (1996)
Albums (Edit)
With The Stooges
- The Stooges (1969)
- Fun House (1970)
- Raw Power (1973)
- Metallic K.O. (1977)
- Open Up and Bleed (1995)
- The Weirdness (2007)
Solo Albums (Edit)
- The Idiot (1977)
- Lust for Life (1977)
- New Values (1979)
- Soldier (1980)
- Party (1981)
- Zombie Birdhouse (1982)
- Blah Blah Blah (1986)
- Instinct (1988)
- Brick By Brick (1990)
- American Caesar (1993)
- Naughty Little Doggie (1996)
- Avenue B (1999)
- Beat ‘Em Up (2001)
- Skull Ring (2003)
- Pop Music (1996)
- Nude & Rude: The Best of Iggy Pop (1996)
- A Million in Prizes: The Anthology (2005)
Intro (Edit)
Iggy Pop was born on April 21, 1947. His real name is James Newell Österberg, Jr. He is an American rock singer and songwriter. He didn’t have much mainstream success, but he is still considered an innovator of punk and garage rock. He is widely known as one of the most dynamic stage performers ever. He began calling himself Iggy after his first band in high school, The Iguanas.
Iggy was the lead singer of The Stooges. The Stooges were a big influence in the styles of punk rock and heavy metal styles. The band became infamous for their live performances. During the gig, Iggy would consume narcotics, verbally abuse the audience, expose himself and leap off the stage. Iggy was the first person to do a stage dive. Many performers still try to emulate Iggy’s stage antics today.
Österberg began as a drummer in different bands in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He started exploring local blues-based bands. While he was attending college at the University of Michigan, he dropped out to move to Chicago to explore the blues more. While in Chicago, he played drums in local blues clubs. Inspired by the Chicago blues as well as other bands like The Sonics and The MC5, he formed the Psychedelic Stooges. The band was made up of of Iggy on vocals, Ron Asheton on guitar, Scott Asheton on drums, and Dave Alexander on bass.
In 1968, a year after the band’s live debut, and now called the Stooges, the band signed with Elektra Records. The Stooges’ first two albums, The Stooges and Fun House, both sold poorly. Shortly after the new members joined, the group disbanded because of Pop’s growing heroin addiction.
In 1971, Iggy Pop and David Bowie met at Max’s Kansas City. Iggy’s career received a boost from his relationship with Bowie. Bowie decided to produce an album with Pop in England in 1973. James Williamson was signed as the guitarist, the search began for a rhythm section. After searching, neither Pop or Bowie was satisfied with any players in England. They decided to reunite The Stooges.
History (Edit)
It wasn’t a full reunion because Dave Alexander, who was stuck in alcoholism, couldn’t play on the record. Dave later died in 1975. Ron Asheton also grudgingly moved from guitar to bass so that Williamson could play guitar.
The recording sessions produced the album Raw Power. After the albums release, Scott Thurston was added to the band on keyboards. During this time, Iggy’s drug problem persisted. Drug abuse paused his career again for several years. Iggy Pop recorded some songs with James Williamson after The Stooges second break up. These songs were not released until 1977. The songs made up the album Kill City.
Iggy’s drug use was out of control. He checked himself into a mental institution to try to clean up. Bowie was one of his few visitors there. Bowie continued to support Iggy through the process. It was also rumored that Bowie snuck in cocaine for Iggy.
Iggy Pop signed with RCA in 1977. Iggy and Bowie wrote and produced The Idiot and Lust for Life. Those two albums were Iggy’s most acclaimed albums as a solo artist. Bowie also played keyboards in Pop’s live performances. In exchange, Iggy contributed backing vocals on Bowie’s album Low.
Iggy Pop had grown dissatisfied with RCA. He later admitted that he had made the album, TV Eye, as a quick way of fulfilling contract with RCA. He then signed to Arista Records. His first album with Arista Records was New Values in 1979. The album’s musical style went back to the guitar sound of The Stooges. The album was not comercially popular, but it is highly regarded by Iggy’s fans.
Iggy’s 1982 album, Zombie Birdhouse, was released on the label Animal. David Bowie recorded covers from Iggy’s previous records such as China Girl, Tonight, and Neighborhood Threat. Since Iggy was a co-writer to these songs, he got massive royalties. It also boosted Iggy’s career again.
1986’s new wave-influenced album called, Blah Blah Blah, featuring the single Real Wild Child, a cover of Wild One. The original song was made popular by Australian rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Johnny O’Keefe in 1959. The single was successful around the world, especially in Australia.
Iggy’s following album was called Instinct. Instinct was released in 1988. The album’s sound was more like the Stooges sound than any of his solo albums to date. After the album was released, his record label dropped him. In 1990, Iggy recorded Brick By Brick. The album was his first Gold certified album in the U.S. It also featured his first Top 40 U.S. hit, Candy.
In 1993, Pop released American Caesar. The album included two successful singles, Wild America and ‘Beside You. Iggy released Naughty Little Doggie in 1995. The first single off of the album was I Wanna Live. In 2003 Iggy released another album called Skull Ring. The album featured collaborating artists such as Sum 41, Green Day, Peaches, and The Trolls.
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March 5th, 2010 at 12:42 am
he was also in the movie The Crow; City of Angels from 94 or 95.
September 13th, 2010 at 12:29 am
Saw Iggy Pop in early 90s really rocked!
September 18th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Iggy Pop is pretty amazing and they are ONE of the best rock bands in the world but theyre not the TOTAL BEST!
September 26th, 2010 at 9:39 am
Iggy Pop is by far, in my opinion, the GRATEST rock-nroll band of all time!!! I LOVE ?EM
October 2nd, 2010 at 4:44 am
One of the best voices in the business
October 10th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
killer guitar player in this band
October 17th, 2010 at 2:47 am
Iggy Pop made 3 chord songs sound like fucking magic
October 24th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
AWESOME band one of the BEST EVER!!!!!
October 31st, 2010 at 4:07 am
Loved the costumes and make up. You could always count on Iggy Pop to put on a great concert
November 6th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Heyy i love Iggy Pop soo much? where can i find a cardboard cutout of them?????? ??
November 21st, 2010 at 2:50 am
gosh these guys put on a great live show
November 28th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
My fav band of all time. I love Iggy Pop.
December 5th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Iggy Pop rules!!
December 13th, 2010 at 5:47 am
Iggy Pop is by far the Best Live Rock Show that you will see! They may not have been as big as some of the other groups from that era but trust me they blow everyone else off the freakin stage! Not even close and I know that even most of those bands will agree!
December 19th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
AWESOME band one of the BEST EVER!!!!!
December 27th, 2010 at 3:49 am
Iggy Pop were the support for KISS back in their spandex days. What a great concert it was
January 2nd, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Iggy Pop rules, I love Iggy Pop, and the band shows perfect!!! <3
January 9th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
I’d let all the members of Iggy Pop do me..twice if they wanted to
January 16th, 2011 at 5:47 pm
There were lots of glam bands that we in it for the look and the babes. With Iggy Pop, the music always came first
January 24th, 2011 at 4:55 am
Iggy Pop son las de mejor desempeño en el mundo
January 30th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
What I like best about Iggy Pop is how the rhythm section form a tight rock groove. Grate to headbang to
February 7th, 2011 at 1:58 pm
Iggy Pop kick major ass !!
February 14th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Iggy Pop rules, I love Iggy Pop, and the band shows perfect!!! <3
February 20th, 2011 at 9:29 pm
Iggy Pop were one of the leaders in pioneering the glam sound
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February 26th, 2011 at 10:02 pm
One of sahad420 favorites
March 8th, 2011 at 10:41 am
Heyy i love Iggy Pop soo much? where can i find a cardboard cutout of them?????? ??
April 3rd, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Talk about memories, I caught a live show back in the day and the goosebumps are real today as they were then!
April 9th, 2011 at 10:51 am
Love Iggy Pop <3
April 17th, 2011 at 12:51 am
hell yeh guys u fucken rock
April 22nd, 2011 at 11:06 pm
Iggy Pop are the fucking creme a’ la creme of the glam genre! les-paul28, did you say you went to school with the drummer?
April 30th, 2011 at 6:19 am
Love them! They kick serious ass m/
May 7th, 2011 at 5:48 am
I feel silly but good. Used to sing along to the first album with a hairbrush for a microfone
May 15th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
My Favourite all time glam ? hard rock ? all things to everyone band! Iggy Pop
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June 28th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Iggy Pop rocks