He started out like most kids, he had a few drum lessons, was in conventional high school and post-high school bands, but he saw what a lot of people didn’t see that this was a route to playing in bars and diners and small clubs for the rest of his life, and he wasn’t interested in that, and there were a lot of people already kind of stuck doing that. On the introductory page he says, “If I didn’t make a complete break with the music that was going on, I wasn’t ever going to make it as a musician,” so he had to stop what was going on and make something new, and the answer come via “drugs, attitude, youth and a record collection.” I thought that was a really great, succinct summary of how The Stooges came to be. Although I knew Iggy and spent time with him when we worked together at A&M Records, I never really dug as deep as I did when we were putting this book together and I realised that he was the guy just pushing and pushing and pushing the other guys. Jeff: Well, how did these guys living in Ann Arbor, Michigan, really come to invent a genre? They weren’t musicians but they just dove right in. Usually it’s: “How can I figure out a way to sell as many records as possible?” And that’s where it begins and ends, but I’m really interested in the history of it.Ĭlementine: And in the case of The Stooges? Jeff: I’m really interested in the history of how artists came to be who they are and when I was in the record business I always really enjoyed speaking to artists about their careers and the evolution and it’s kind of an unusual thing for people in the music business to dive deep into. With the help of fellow acclaimed music author Jon Savage Gold took what began as an idea three years prior, and collated images, documents and Iggy’s memories into a hefty tome that captures one of the most exciting and volatile acts in musical history.Ĭlementine: What fascinates you about documenting things and chronicling someone’s life, the way you did with this book?
Going straight to the source, this is the first time the seminal band’s story has been told by the man himself conversation spurred and sparked by rare memorabilia attained by Gold and contributor Johan Kugelberg throughout the years. Unheard of at the time bleeding, teeth knocked out, hoisted by the crowd and jumping off the stage, Iggy Pop was like no other, and Gold’s latest chronicle TOTAL CHAOS: The Story of The Stooges / As Told By Iggy Pop attests that’s still the case, charting the history of the band. Landing an entry-level job as Assistant to the President of A&M Records, it was here that Jeff would first meet Iggy Pop and The Stooges. Jeff Gold is a music historian and collector who turned a childhood obsession into a career. Photo from Total Chaos: The Story of The Stooges A film about Iggy Pop's life and career titled The Passenger is currently in development.Top image: Live performance at Rodney’s English Disco, Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, CA, 1974. His best-known solo songs include "Lust for Life", "I'm Bored", "Real Wild Child", the Top 40 hit "Candy" (with vocalist Kate Pierson of The B-52's) and "The Passenger". Pop has had varying degrees of success in the course of his subsequent solo career.
Countless subsequent performers have imitated Pop's antics. The Stooges became infamous for their live performances, during which it was not uncommon for Pop to consume narcotics, self-mutilate, verbally abuse the audience, expose himself and leap off the stage (thus being among the first to "stage dive"). Iggy Pop was the lead singer of The Stooges, a late 1960s/early 1970s garage rock band who were influential in the development of the nascent heavy metal and punk rock genres. His direct influence extends to the present day: a Cadillac ad in rotation since February 2007 features his vocal performance on the song "Punkrocker", recorded in 2006 with the Swedish band Teddybears. Pop began calling himself Iggy after his first band in high school, The Iguanas. He is sometimes referred to by the nicknames "the Godfather of Punk" and "the Rock Iguana," and is widely acknowledged as one of the most dynamic stage performers of rock. Although he has had only limited commercial success, Iggy Pop is considered an innovator of punk and related styles. James Newell Osterberg, better known by his stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer, songwriter, and occasional actor.
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