NEWS: well, as you know, the stooges have been brought together again, and we've been recording.... and screwing around... "The Weirdness" of it all created the LP, and the songs.... I am pleased to bring you the new stooges.... you better prepare yourself.....
Some facts:The Stooges: formed in 1968- Iggy Stooge aka Pop, James Williamson, Dave Alexander, Ron Ashton & Scott Ashton.The Stooges was a storm that created and destroyed itself in relatively little time.... to really find out what and who they could have been.... 3 albums remain on a level all their own.... and untouched by time or criticism. Something which I am very proud of.They were disbanded in late 1977, when James Williamson left, the stooges imploded, and I went into the hospital to straighten myself out. The only friend I had left in the world, & the only person to visit me there was David Bowie, who is still a close friend. We've had our squabbles, but we let go of them a long time ago. I fuckin' love that guy. The only person I love more is my son Eric, who is one tough SOB. I wouldn't mess with him. I am taking a break. later, cats. Stay cool. - Iggy.
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'There are a million imitators, there is only one Iggy'- Legs' McNeil. (& many others.)
'I don't know why he isn't more famous, he is sooo good.' - Andy Warhol.
'There is a frenzy and intensity in this man that is unmatched by anyone else.' - Rolling Stone.
April 21st, 2006. Yeah, another big day! Thanks to everyone for your messages. Thanks to SK for digging this up for me.
Here's some news:
Q&A: Iggy Pop making new music with Stooges By Tamara Conniff.
Fri Apr 14, 7:19 PM ET
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Punk icon Iggy Pop says he has been holed up in "a little cottage in the boonies on a little river" in Florida writing music with his old band the Stooges. Yes, the much-talked about reunion record is finally happening. (The Stooges released only three albums between 1969 and 1973, before Pop went on to have a solo career.)
He expects the album to come out next year on his solo-work label, Virgin Records. Steve Albini -- whose numerous credits include albums by the Pixies, Nirvana and PJ Harvey -- will produce, but the set also will include a package of songs produced by Jack White, frontman of the White Stripes and the Raconteurs and producer of Loretta Lynn's "Van Lear Rose."
The band also will plan its first full-blown reunion tour. To date, it has done only the festival circuit and one-offs. And Pop will be feted Monday (April 17) when the Florida chapter of the Recording Academy presents the Recording Academy Honors 2006.
Q: What does the Florida chapter honor mean to you?
A: It's a peer group honor. It comes down to a nod to your work and your stature in the industry. It used to be called the Florida Heroes Awards. Wow, a Florida hero. That would be Mickey Mouse, the astronauts and me! It means a lot. I always felt guilty for not going to the Grammys more often.
Q: You moved from New York to Miami seven years ago. Do you miss New York?
A: I moved from there to an old house in Miami Beach, and things got too terribly groovy. There are birds here. I go to New York from time to time, and it's really exciting when I go. Miami's never been more than a spit from New York anyway.
Q: Hasn't New York changed a lot in the past 10 years?
A: It goes through phases. It seems to be in its prosperous phase right now. A lot of pod people. It's pure pod. Hey, that's OK, I'll swing a little pod.
Q: What's it like writing with the band again?
A: All the same passions and problems are there. But the problems are in a more muted style. I'm still the showoff in the group that gets all the attention. Everyone has their role. It's pretty much the way it was in high school.
Q: What direction are you going in musically?
A: We experimented a lot. We're stubborn people. We could have just started out and in 10 minutes we would have sounded like us, but that would have been too easy. We experimented a lot. We'd have these get-togethers every two or three months for four or five days and bang out stuff. As time went on, it started to sound more and more like us.
Q: Why reunite now?
A: I'd sort of run out of ideas. I ran through everything, all the permutations. I got to the point on my last (solo) record, "Skull Ring" (in 2003), where I just threw it open and did a guest-oriented album. I had resisted doing a Stooges reunion, but when I was putting "Skull Ring" together, the two brothers (Stooges founding members Ron and Scott Asheton) were getting really active on the road playing Stooges songs. Suddenly they were in sight and in mind. I thought, "If I'm going to try a couple tracks with Green Day, why not get the original band?"
(c)Reuters/Billboard.
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