Tagged Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop to speak, perform at Detroit-area events this month
On Tuesday, October 25, proto-punk icon Iggy Pop will appear at the DIA’s Detroit Film Theatre to discuss Gimme Danger, a new documentary about The Stooges.
Upcoming documentary on Creem magazine seeks funding
The influential music magazine Creem, founded by Detroit resident and record store owner Barry Kramer in 1969, is receiving a feature-length documentary entitled Boy Howdy! The Story of Creem Magazine. Directed and written by Scott Crawford and produced by J.J. Kramer (Barry Kramer’s son), the film will include archival footage and photographs of…
Iggy Pop does Tai Chi in hazy “Sunday” video
Proto-punk icon and Detroit-area native Iggy Pop has released a music video for “Sunday,” the fifth track off his latest album. The Andreas Neumann-directed clip “gives fans an inside look at Post Pop Depression from its creation at Rancho de la Luna up until the band’s first public performance at the Teragram Ballroom in…
Third Man to release new biography on The Stooges by Iggy Pop
It’s been a busy year for Iggy Pop. The Godfather of Punk released his seventeenth solo album, Post Pop Depression, and embarked on a world tour with collaborators Josh Homme, Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Dean Fertita, and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders. Now the 69-year-old icon is telling the story of the…
Iggy Pop announces collaborative album Post Pop Depression
Detroit proto-punk legend Iggy Pop (The Stooges) has teamed up with Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal to create an album titled Post Pop Depression, due out March 18 via Loma Vista/Concord. Recording sessions were completed in secret at Homme’s studio in Joshua Tree, California. Both artists…
The Stooges’ Steve Mackay dies at age 66
Steve Mackay, best known for playing saxophone with The Stooges and Violent Femmes, has died at the age of 66 after a battle with sepsis. Mackay was born in Grand Rapids and attended the University of Michigan’s art school in the 1960s, where he played in a band called Carnal Kitchen. Iggy Pop…
Iggy Pop shows admiration for Justin Bieber in anti-torture ad
Detroit’s punk legend Iggy Pop has shocked international leaders and music-lovers alike over the headline of a new Amnesty International-sponsored anti-torture ad bearing his bruised and beaten face. The French ad, which depicts a defeated Pop confessing his admiration for pop star Justin Bieber, reads: “The future of rock ‘n’ roll, it’s Justin Bieber.”…