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Artist: Iggy Pop

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The Godfather of punk, Iggy Pop is one of the most influential and iconic performers of all time. Iggy Pop was the vocalist of proto-punk group The Stooges who formed in 1967.
Pop is known for his outrageous confrontational life-performances which often involved self-mutilation and indecent exposure. Though Pop never achieved chart-topping success he remains a prominent culture icon while his songs I Wanna Be Your Dog and Search and Destroy are popular cult classics.
From The Stooges to collaborating with David Bowie, Iggy Pop inspired a genre and revolutionised the parameters of the term 'on-stage entertainment'.
Iggy Pop is a model of longevity in rock 'n' roll. Despite the incredible amount of energy he puts into each and every live performance, Iggy Pop continues to tour the world, more than 50 years on from his emergence as vital presence.
In recent years, he has also turned toward collaborators. He teamed up with Josh Homme to record Post Pop Depression in Homme's studio in Joshua Tree, California. The band created for the project went on tour, documenting the process on the film American Valhalla. He then went onto record Teatime Dub Encounters, with seminal English electronic group, Underworld, in 2018.
As to what's next for Iggy Pop, no one really knows, and we suspect, that's the way he likes it. A rock and roll icon that has done things exactly his own way for five decades hardly has to change his stripes.
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That time William Shatner made a Christmas album with Henry Rollins and Iggy Pop

by Happy

It’s time to throw your mum’s shitty Christmas CD in the bin. Shatner Claus from the irresistible William Shatner is the Christmas album to end all…

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Why It Mattered: The Stooges – ‘Fun House’

by Happy

On the cover of Fun House, Iggy Pop’s body contorts as if undergoing an exorcism. Bathed in a hellish red light, this composite is a…

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Third Man Records are reissuing the original Stooges linuep’s last show together

by Claire Adema

A previously unheard soundboard recording of The Stooges final live show with their original lineup will be available in just a few short months. Announced via…

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Engineering the Sound: Queens of the Stone Age’s ‘Rated R’

by Dave Stano

For an album released all the way back in 2000, Rated R by Queens of the Stone Age still sounds undeniably punchy, aggressive and fresh—no…

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Iggy Pop fights for new legislation to protect big cats in Florida

by Claudia Schmidt

Whilst 2020 will surely forever be remembered as the year of the coronavirus pandemic and now the widespread George Floyd protests and reignition of the…

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Tone lord: the tale of legendary guitarist and producer Mick Ronson

by Dave Stano

The legendary guitarist and producer Mick Ronson was best known for his work alongside David Bowie in the 1970s. But Ronson was much more than…

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Here’s Iggy Pop reading a tribute to his dog on ‘Bedtime Stories’

by Matt Brazel

The New Museum in Manhattan has launched a new digital art project called Bedtime Stories. Designed by Maurizio Cattelan, Bedtime Stories invites musicians, artists, and other pop…

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Iggy Pop is live-streaming his iconic 2016 Royal Albert Hall show for free

by Kayla McNicoll

While Iggy Pop has long been celebrated as one of the world’s best live performers, his 2016 show at the Royal Albert Hall in London is known…

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From ‘Gimme Danger’ to ‘Punk!’, here are the 5 greatest punk docos ever made

by James Peppercorn

Punk rock. Is there any other genre that evokes so much history and transformation? It’s the genre of music that has always defined releases of…

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Iggy Pop’s new documentary series ‘Punk!’ is now available to stream online for free

by Luka Simonetti

Punk! is a new documentary series that takes us through an anecdotal history of the genre that worked against the social grain and shifted the…

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Iggy Pop celebrates birthday by releasing rare Sly & The Family Stone cover

by Claudia Schmidt

Iggy Pop has celebrated his 73rd birthday by releasing a cover of Family Affair by Sly & The Family Stone. The rock icon originally recorded the…

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Iggy Pop announces huge new ‘Bowie Years’ box-set

by Emily Elvish

Iggy Pop fans have a whole lot to get excited about, with the Godfather of Punk announcing the re-issue of his two iconic albums The Idiot and Lust…

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Iggy Pop and Josh Homme have made their ‘American Valhalla’ documentary free to watch online

by Nikki Rosen

Iggy Pop and Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme have live-streamed their film American Valhalla for the first time. The film documents the…

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