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109 releases – 89 under his own name, 11 in other groups and 10 credits on others' music Edit
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( 3 stories between 3rd March 2009 and 25th March 2010 )Iggy's Final Fall
Mar, 25 2010
Old age comes to us all, though some can keep its effects at bay longer than others. Though much of Hollywood relies on surgery and botox, some of the grand old men of rock defy the years by refusing to acknowledge that they’ve passed at all.
Unfortunately, it seems that sinewed Godfather of Punk Iggy Pop is having to accept some harsh realities. Though he is famed for his bare-chested, high-energy live performances, he’s recently made the difficult decision to retire his signature stage dive after his latest attempt resulted in a ignominious hurtle onto the floor in front of his fans. When he leapt off the stage into the crowd during his performance at the Tibet House US 20th Annual Benefit Concert, nobody was there to catch him, leaving the 62 year old singer to splat onto the floor. "When I landed, it hurt, and I made a mental note that Carnegie Hall would be a good place for my last stage dive," Pop told WENN. "The audience were just like, 'What are you doing?'"
It’s probably a sensible move for Iggy to slow things down a little, but as a whole generation of baby-booming rock stars reach retirement, we imagine that he will be one of many who intend to grow old as disgracefully as their aging bodies will allow.
Iggy Pop
May, 2 2009
Though eyebrows were raised when John Lydon, a.k.a. snarling singer Johnny Rotten of seminal punks The Sex Pistols, fronted an advertising campaign for a brand of butter in the UK, nobody was in any doubt that the gentleman in question might actually have tasted some on his toast. So, when godfather of American punk Iggy Pop fronted a different campaign promoting insurance, there was a reasonable expectation from the music community that Swiftcover, the company in question, might consider them for critical illness cover and similar insurance products. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. The company in question was happy to pay Iggy for his bare-chested recommendation in front of the camera, but wouldn't actually insure him, or anybody similarly inclined to a life of rock ‘n roll excess. It's little surprise therefore that the British Advertising Standards Agency has deemed the advert ‘misleading’ and rapped knuckles all round. The net result of the criticism has been positive: Swiftcover have now introduced a new package for those in the music biz, which, it says, few of its competitors currently offer.
Iggy Pop
Mar, 3 2009
Iggy Pop, sinewy poster boy for rock star excess, is set to confound expectations again when he releases his next album, Préliminaires. The release is far from the punky style normally expected of the bare-chested Rock Iguana, instead featuring the muted tones more reminiscent of New Orleans jazz. This is "a quieter album," he says, "because at one point I just got sick of listening to idiot thugs with guitars banging out crappy music." The primary inspiration came from the Michel Houellebecq novel, The Possibility of an Island, after Iggy was asked to score a documentary about the author of the book – one of Iggy Pop’s favorites. A self-confessed Francophile, Iggy says that he has made the album especially for France and speakers of French. Préliminaires is expected to hit stores on May 18.
