Because of the band's name, he was given the nickname Iggy. He grew up in a trailer park in Michigan, where he was a member of the band The Iguanas. In 1979, Iggy visited Australia to promote his album New Values and to be really, really high on national television. James Newell Osterberg Jr, April 21, 1947, Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.įrontman of Band The Stooges and one of the most influential protopunk bands of all time. Iggy Turns 73 By Crom ApIggy Pop just had a birthday, and to celebrate I’d like to share my favourite Iggy moment. Both musicians relocated to West Berlin to wean themselves off their respective drug addictions and Pop began his solo career by collaborating with Bowie on the 1977 albums The Idiot and Lust for Life, Pop usually contributing the lyrics. He had a long collaborative and personal friendship with David Bowie over the course of his career, beginning with the Stooges' album Raw Power in 1973. Initially playing a raw, primitive style of rock and roll, the Stooges sold few records in their original incarnation and gained a reputation for their confrontational performances, which often involved acts of self-mutilation by Pop. Iggy Pop is most recognized for being a punk singer. Frontman of one of the most influential protopunk bands of all time, The Stooges. His given name is James Newell Osterberg, friends call his Iggy. Designated the 'Godfather of Punk', 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. Iggy Pop was born in the Spring of 1947 on Monday, April 21 in Muskegon, Michigan, USA. His fans have followed him for four decades and surely will want to get the new record.James Newell Osterberg Jr., known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter.

Iggy has just put out an album, Ready to Die, the first studio album to bear the name Iggy & the Stooges since 1973’s Raw Power.

Young Jim was raised in a trailer park (Mobile Estates) in Ypsilanti, Michigan where he was known as ‘The Godfather of Mobile Estates’. His career was just beginning to take off.īut maybe he is now. Birthday: Ap(75 years) HomeTown: Muskegon, Michigan, United States. The son of Louella IV and James Newell Osterberg III. We called an ambulance and sent him off to the hospital. The patrons were horrified and recoiled from this violent spectacle. Born In: Muskegon, Michigan, USA Birthdate: ApAge: 75 years old (as of 2022) Ethnicity: White Nationality: American Sexuality: Bisexual Iggy Pop was born on the 21st of April, 1947. He was smearing his blood all over the glass like some masochistic and ghastly painting or performance art.

Iggy had gone up to a restaurant, scaring the diners next to the window, and put his fist through a plate glass window, and was bleeding profusely he may have severed an artery. David Bowie was a great artist, but he was also an appropriator and opportunist, and was not above exploiting his friends to achieve his own goals. Once, while lifeguarding in Venice around 1973 or 4, we lifeguards got a call of somebody injured on Windward Avenue next to the glorified alley called Speedway and the beach. Little ApCelebrating Iggy Pop on his 75th birthday. His extreme behavior onstage rivaled Jim Morrison, an early inspiration. Long before punk became popular in the late 70s, Iggy Pop was a trendsetter, with a personal profile that Andy Warhol would have admired. James Newell Osterberg, Muskegon, Michigan, April 21, 1947), though like most 66 year olds I feel envy and awe at his utter lack of body fat: he’s all muscle and sinew (is he a gym rat in secret?) I did feature his song “I Wanna Be Your Dog” from his very first album with the Stooges after hotel magnate Leona Helmsley died and left all of her millions to her beloved Maltese pooch.

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