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James Newell Osterberg, Jr. (born on April 21, 1947 in Muskegon, Michigan), better known by his stage name Iggy Pop, is an American punk rock singer and occasional actor. Pop is one of the most important innovators of punk rock. Sometimes referred to as “the Godfather of punk” and “the Rock Iguana”, he is widely acknowledged as one of the most dynamic stage performers of rock.

Pop was the lead singer of The Stooges, a late 1960s/early 1970s band that featured brothers Ron and Scott Asheton and Dave Alexander and was highly influential in the development of hard rock. The debut album was produced by the Velvet Underground’s John Cale. The band’s “I Wanna Be Your Dog” is a garage punk standard.
The Stooges were infamous for performances in which Pop leapt off the stage (hence, the “stage dive”), smeared raw meat or peanut butter over his chest and cut himself with broken bottles. A glimpse of the vibrating intensity of Iggy live can be seen in the Ramones movie “End of the Century.” Guitarist James Williamson became a key collaborator, a partnership documented on the 1978 album Kill City.

In 25 years as a solo artist, Pop’s best-known songs have included the thumping Lust for Life, to be heard on the soundtrack of the find-a-vein, shoot-it-up movie Trainspotting,,

I’m Bored and

The Passenger (the latter based on a poem written by Jim Morrison). David Bowie played a key role in reinvigorating Pop’s post-Stooges career and was a collaborator on the albums Lust for Life and The Idiot.

1	The Passenger full track	3,677
2	Lust For Life full track	3,555
3	Nightclubbing full track	1,361
4	Candy full track	986
5	China Girl full track	839
6	Sister Midnight full track	699
7	I am a Passenger	697
8	Some Weird Sin full track	672
9	Funtime full track	662
10	Sixteen full track	645
11	Tonight full track	619
12	Success full track	612
13	I Wanna Be Your Dog full track	568
14	Real Wild Child	519
15	Fall in Love With Me full track	428

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bruna___ wrote:
Wednesday evening

amazing.

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gingervixen wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

GENIUS.

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zaspan-a wrote:
Monday afternoon

Iggy is amazing artist :D I like him so much, "Sister Midnight" is my favourite song.

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he-war wrote:
Monday morning

fucking sweet. i love trainspotting, but i never heard the passenger in it :S

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nudistcolony wrote:
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handitto wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Nazi Girlfriend :) I Love This Song. Iggy was awesome in Coffee and Cigarettes :)

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jeffreywithonef wrote:
last month

"I'M IGGY POP!!!"

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boxer460 wrote:
last month

es muy bueno des los inicios de iggy

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nudistcolony wrote:
last month

stop spamming JFSIdgjhioeoh gthere needs to be a spam button because i see this shit everywhere

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EasyActionRecs wrote:
last month

This guy rocks our world! Bit of a plug but we launched our 'Where the faces shine - volume 2' box set today on www.easyaction.co.uk second in the series of these awesome sets from the best bits of Iggy's massive career.

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nudistcolony wrote:
last month

IM AN IDIOT 4 U

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garokar wrote:
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Everyone will be all right...

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last month

Mooooooola!

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szejtan_M wrote:
last month

iggy for president!

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Marqueur wrote:
last month

Mortel la photo !

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cbensonburke wrote:
last month

Stooges' 2008 concert tour recaps: Download to Virgin Mobile Festival Stooges' concert tour recaps: Download 2008 Philadelphia; Osheaga Music and Arts Festival 2008; Massey Hall, Toronto; Terminal 5 NYC, Virgin Mobile Festival, Baltimore @ http://iggypop.org

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storvikarn wrote:
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For Those Who Probably Will Die While Listening To Music

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O RLY?

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pijak !

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