IGGY POP aka THE ROCK IGUANA well guyz today am writin about "Iggy Pop" well he is in the music industry for decades n is rather called the "Godfather Of Punk Rock" n is one of the most DYNAMIC stage performers of all time cos man he is a maniac .........he is the damn "pioneer" of "stage dive's"
Iggy has been havin a spanning carrear throughout his life he started as a drummer for a band called "the igunas" tats how he got the name 'iggy' then he became the lead singer of a band called "The Stooges"which were quite popular in the 1960's n 70's n this band was highly influential in the devolopment of the 'hard rock' genere , n he quit the band and has a 25 year solo credit to his life as singer...
Iggy has been a very succesful singer with a voice tat really tickles ya rib n he sings from his heart n u can feel it in his songs .......n moreover he has been a eyecatcher all his life cos of his " LEAN MUSCULAR FRAME N HIS FLEXIBILITY EVEN AT A AGE OF 60 IGGY STILL MAINTAINS THE LEAN MUSCULAR IMAGE WHICH HE DONNED FROM THE BEGGNING OF HIS MUSIC ERA"





1968 to 1975: The Stooges era
One year after their debut, and now dubbed the Stooges, the band were signed to Elektra Records in 1968. The Stooges' first two albums, The Stooges and Fun House, sold poorly, although they had a lasting influence on the burgeoning punk movement. Shortly after the new members joined the band broke up because of Pop's growing heroin addiction.
David Bowie salvaged Pop's career by producing an album with him in England. With James Williamson signed on as guitarist, the search began for a rhythm section. However, since neither Iggy nor Bowie were satisfied with any players in England, they decided to re-unite The Stooges. It would not be a true reunion, in that Dave Alexander would not play on the album. He had become a full-on alcoholic, unable to play on the record; he died in 1975. Also, Ron Asheton was grudgingly moved from guitar to bass to make way for Williamson to play guitar. The recording sessions produced the punk rock landmark Raw Power, in 1973. After its release a new member was added to the band and Bowie continued his support, but Pop's drug problem persisted. The Stooges' last show ended in a fight between the band and a group of bikers, documented on the album Metallic K.O.. Drug abuse put his career on hold for a couple of years.


1976 to 1978: Bowie and Berlin
After the second breakup of the Stooges, Pop made some recordings with James Williamson, but these weren't released until 1977 (as Kill City). The record was credited jointly to Pop and Williamson. Pop was unable to control his various drug habits, however, and checked himself into a mental institution to try and clean up. David Bowie was one of his few visitors there, and he continued to support Pop. In 1976, "when I wasn't doing much" as Pop euphemistically put it, Bowie took Pop along as his companion on the Station to Station tour. This was Pop's first exposure to large-scale professional touring and he was impressed, particularly with Bowie's work rate.
Bowie and Pop relocated to Berlin to wean themselves off their addictions (Bowie was existing solely on milk, cocaine, and peppers). Pop signed to RCA and Bowie helped write and produce The Idiot and Lust For Life (both 1977), Pop's two most acclaimed albums as a solo artist, the latter with another team of brothers, Hunt and Tony Sales. Among songs they wrote together were "China Girl" and "Tonight", both of which Bowie performed on his own albums later on. Bowie also played keyboards in Pop's live performances, some of which are featured on the album TV Eye (1978), and helped Pop focus on his career. Pop offered backing vocals on Bowie's Low


WELL AS A FACT I HAVE BEEN ONLLY LISTENIN TO HIS OL SONGS COS MAN THEY HAVE A LIFE IN THEM BUT YA I CAN TELL YA THIS GUY REALLY ROCKSSSSSSSSSS


Influence
Pop earned a place in punk rock history by popularizing many of the stage routines that are now commonplace among musicians: he was among the first to stage dive and "crowd walk," for example. Some of his stage antics have yet to have been topped by even the most "outrageous" of contemporary bands: among other things, in his prime he was known to cut himself and roll around in peanut butter on stage, and is rumoured to have once received oral sex from a fan in front of an audience.
Although Pop has never had a Top 10 album or best-selling single, his impact on rock music is widely acknowledged; among the famous musicians who have claimed him as an influence are The Sex Pistols, The Ramones and Nirvana.
The song "Punk Rock" on the album Come On Die Young by Mogwi is also a tribute to Pop, as it samples a speech that Pop gave on punk rock from an interview on CBC.
During that interview, Peter Gzowski asked Iggy to clarify music labeled as "punk rock." Iggy, as some have now dubbed "the Grandfather of Punk," sat upright in his chair, to emphasize the points he made below, as the basis for his opinion of the term used to describe his music, in what some could view as a defiant response, respectful of the interviewer, before "punk rock" became a well-known genre.
Pop ended his speech (or tirade) in indignant repose, after which he defended the use of "punk" to describe those who use such a term to describe music, and the fan base behind the movement. He praised punk artists, including himself, whose music fall into that genre.
In the following, he describes the use of the term by those who attempt to label "punk" with a common disaffected brush, attempting to appeal to the interviewer, while providing a definition.
I'll tell you about punk rock: punk rock is a word used by dilettantes and, uh... and, uh... heartless manipulators, about music... that takes up the energies, and the bodies, and the hearts and the souls and the time and the minds, of young men, who give what they have to it, and give everything they have to it. And it's a... it's a term that's based on contempt; it's a term that's based on fashion, style, elitism, satanism, and, everything that's rotten about rock 'n' rolL.
I don't know Johnny Rotten... but I'm sure, I'm sure he puts as much blood and sweat into what he does as Sigmund Freud did. You see, what, what sounds to you like a big load of trashy old noise... is in fact... the brilliant music of a genius... myself. And that music is so powerful, that it's quite beyond my control. And, ah... when I'm in the grips of it, I don't feel pleasure and I don't feel pain, either physically or emotionally. Do you understand what I'm talking about? Have you ever, have you ever felt like that? When you just, when you just, you couldn't feel anything, and you didn't want to either. You know, like that? Do you understand what I'm saying, sir?


Durin his solo carrear Iggy recorded a song n the lyrics were by the gr8 Jim Morrison n this song brought lot of credit to Iggy's solo hitus

The Passenger------ Lyrics
I am the passenger
And I ride and I rideI ride
through the city's backsides
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah, they're bright in a hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight
I am the passenger
I stay under glass
I look through my window so bright
I see the stars come out tonight
I see the bright and hollow sky
Over the city's a rip in the sky
And everything looks good tonight
Singin' la la la la lalalala...
Get into the car
We'll be the passenger
We'll ride through the city tonight
We'll See the city's ripped backsides
We'll see the bright and hollow sky
We'll see the stars that shine so bright
The sky was made for us tonight
Oh the passenger
How how he rides
Oh the passenger
He rides and he rides
He looks through his window
What does he see?
He sees the stars and hollow sky
He see the stars come out tonight
He sees the city's ripped backsides
He sees the winding ocean drive
And everything was made for you and me
All of it was made for you
and me 'cause it just belongs to you and me
So let's take a ride and see what's mine
Singing... la la la la lalalala...
Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He sees things from under glass
He looks through his window's eye
He sees the things he knows are his
He sees the bright and hollow sky
He sees the city asleep at night
He sees the stars are out tonight
And all of it is yours and mine
And all of it is yours and mine
So let's ride and ride and ride and ride...
Singing... la la la la lalalala...


wat more should i say guyz its up2 u guyz 2 listen to his songs well i can jus tell ya guyz 2 try n listen 2 a few fav songs of mine n they are
-the passenger
-never met a girl like you
-candy
-real wild child
-china girl
-tonight

well u guyz have a gud day as i finish this post
sim