Iggy And The Stooges

[The Wild Turkey]

Iggy never wanted to be known as Iggy and The Stooges.
When ya see'em listed that way, it was done by the record company.
Iggy also never wanted to be known as Iggy Stooge.
The record company listed him that way on the first Stooges record.
He got the name Iggy from startin' out playin' drums in a band called The Iguana's.
He got the name Pop, cause he liked the last name of his friend Jimmy Pop.
The Stooges started out as The Psychedelic Stooges, inspired by the Three Stooges.
At one point, I believe it was Ron Asheton who called up Moe from the Three Stooges
and got his blessin' to use the name.
This here thread is called Iggy and The Stooges, cause it celebrates the music of both
Iggy Pop and The Stooges.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

After The Stooges broke up, their legend began to grow.
When punk rock was first startin' out, The Stooges became a source of inspiration
not only for their music, but for the attitude and antics of the band and specifically Iggy.
The first two Stooges albums were out of print, so most young punk rockers had a chance
to find out about The Stooges through the album Raw Power and a live bootleg called Metallic KO.
The second half of Metallic KO, was recorded at the very last Stooges performance.
Before the performance, Iggy got into a argument with a local biker gang.
Iggy went on the radio and challenged the biker gang to come see him at the show.
The gang came and threw eggs, bottles, cups and light bulbs at the stage as Iggy antagonized them.
Towards the end of the performance, Iggy ran into the crowd and got into a fight with one of the bikers
and the biker ended up knockin' Iggy out.
The cover of the Metallic KO record is supposedly a picture of a knocked out Iggy.
On the record ya can hear eggs and bottles hittin' the stage.
Henry Rollins talked about listenin' to Metallic KO before he would play with Black Flag and
then go out and perform to a hostile audience.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

One of my all time favorite bands. One of my all time favorite frontmen. Between 1969-1977, Iggy was flawless. That said, he’s been great since then as well - just a bit uneven. God bless him forever.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

We kinda got Moz to thank for the new Iggy album Every Loser.
Moz asked Iggy to sing on Ha Ha Harlem and Iggy ended up hookin' up
with Andrew Watt to produce the album and be the first artist on Andrew's
new label.
Yeah, they work well together.

 

[cat on a train]

We kinda got Moz to thank for the new Iggy album Every Loser.
Moz asked Iggy to sing on Ha Ha Harlem and Iggy ended up hookin' up
with Andrew Watt to produce the album and be the first artist on Andrew's
new label.
Yeah, they work well together.

has this question really been clarified now, as of who has to thank who? if i remember correctly, there were some obscurities in the narrative.
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memorable performance of iggy in the film "dead man".

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Weren't aware of any obscurities occurrin'.
Seems like once Moz made the connection, it happened out of admiration
for each others abilities.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/iggy...oducer-andrew-watt-new-morrissey-song-3362492

 

[The Wild Turkey]

This is a fun one.
Who woulda ever guessed back in the early 70's, that one day
The Stooges would be playin' at a Versace fashion show.
Guess if ya wait 30 some years, ya come into vogue.

 

[goinghome]

You won't be running out of material for this here thread any time soon, Wild T!

He has an official site, and a fan site, just in case - https://www.fanpop.com/clubs/iggy-pop

He played support to Morrissey at Hopfarm Festival in Kent in 2011, but I've never seen live footage after (was there).
Perhaps some will be unearthed : )

I've been playing some Newton Faulkner. and wondering if I'd correctly remembered the mind-blowing line-up for that day, which, it turns out, I had:
Saturday 2nd July – Main Stage:
Morrissey
Lou Reed
Iggy And The Stooges
Patti Smith
Chrissie Hynde With JP Jones
Newton Faulkner
Brother
Damien Dempsey
Mary Coughlan

Hop Farm Festival 2011 line-up

Find out which acts are set to play the Kent festival

www.nme.com

The one change, as far as I recall, was substituting Magazine for Chrissie Hynde.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

You won't be running out of material for this here thread any time soon, Wild T!

He has an official site, and a fan site, just in case - https://www.fanpop.com/clubs/iggy-pop

He played support to Morrissey at Hopfarm Festival in Kent in 2011, but I've never seen live footage. Perhaps some will be unearthed : )

Iggy played Glamorous Glue on his radio show this week.
He just introduced it and said, "Here's the glamorous Morrissey".

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Stumbled across this film on Tubi.
The film is based on a Michel Houellebecq essay "To Stay Alive".
It's kind of like a givin' a hug to strugglin' artists.
Iggy really related to the essay and recognized his own story in it.




Iggy also based his album "Preliminaires" on the Michel Houellebecq
book "The Possibility Of An Island".

 

[ThePoliticalRevolution]

Stumbled across this film on Tubi.
The film is based on a Michel Houellebecq essay "To Stay Alive".
It's kind of like a givin' a hug to strugglin' artists.
Iggy really related to the essay and recognized his own story in it.




Iggy also based his album "Preliminaires" on the Michel Houellebecq
book "The Possibility Of An Island".

Ah, yes, Michel Houellebecq, France's ugliest navel gazing contrarian. Hoodwinking hipsters with art school educations since the early aughts.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Ah, yes, Michel Houellebecq, France's ugliest navel gazing contrarian. Hoodwinking hipsters with art school educations since the early aughts.

Couldn't tell ya one way or another.
Never heard of the guy outside of the film and album.
I'm glad his writin' inspired Preliminaires though, cause I like the album.
Oh no!
I hope this guy didn't hoodwink Iggy!
Guess this song is Iggy readin' from part of the book.

 

[ThePoliticalRevolution]

Couldn't tell ya one way or another.
Never heard of the guy outside of the film and album.
I'm glad his writin' inspired Preliminaires though, cause I like the album.
Oh no!
I hope this guy didn't hoodwink Iggy!
Guess this song is Iggy readin' from part of the book.

I haven't listened to the record. I will do so later.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

At the time of writin' Repo Man, Iggy said his career was "on the ropes".
Repo Man director Alex Cox came and visited Iggy and told'em to write whatever he wanted.
Iggy said it was like "a gift from God".
Iggy did his part in makin' Repo Man one of the greatest of soundtrack platters.

 

[goinghome]

Iggy played Glamorous Glue on his radio show this week.
He just introduced it and said, "Here's the glamorous Morrissey".

Yes, caught it in another thread - https://www.morrissey-solo.com/thre...ntly-play-radio-notes.150118/#post-1987502247

The films you're finding are interesting.

Here's Iggy at Hopfarm Festival 2011, curated by Morrissey, as I described in a post above.

The only other photo I've left of that day is of Lou Reed

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Yes, caught it in another thread - https://www.morrissey-solo.com/thre...ntly-play-radio-notes.150118/#post-1987502247

The films you're finding are interesting.

Here's Iggy at Hopfarm Festival 2011, curated by Morrissey, as I described in a post above.

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The only other photo I've left of that day is of Lou Reed
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Yeah, that was a heck of a line up.
Looks like ya had a pretty good view too.
Ha ha, wouldn't have minded seein' that one my ownself.

That To Stay Alive film is pretty interstin', but Repo Man is a classic.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Great Iggy interview.
This one is worth the listen.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Back to where it all began.
Here's Ron Asheton showin' the location of the first Stooges
band house (not the Funhouse though) and the first spot the band performed.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Over at the Goose Lake.
The song 1970 in the year 1970.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

John Cale produced the first Stooges album.
He also did the original mixes for the album.
Ya gotta give John credit for tryin' to do somethin'
different, but while his mixes were interestin', they
kinda didn't need to be.
The Stooges were already a different band and all they
really needed to do was be presented in their naturaul state.
When John Cale submitted his mix of the album, Iggy
thought they sounded like "death mixes" and decided to
re-do them.

Here's a example of the John Cale Mix vs the Stooges mix...

John Cale Mix


Stooges Mix