iggy ready to die

So mixed reviews then for Iggy's new album. But then he wouldn't care what some music critic has got to say, if they're read at all these days. The one thing you can be sure of when Iggy's not flogging you some insurance or a car or something else to do with motors, he'll still has one of the most exciting shows around.
After the sudden death of the mighty wall of guitar Ron Asheton, you had to wonder where he was going to turn to find someone with the credentials for another outing with the Stooges. But of course it would have to be back to James Williamson again after a 40 year break from their 70's garage and pre-punk classic 'Kill City'.
The other thing you can always rely on with Ig' is how he boils a lyric down to the raw component and then adds that arch humour. Check out this promo video for a taste of that, and then here the whole grimy rock of 'Burn', the first track of the new album 'Ready to Die' released at the end of April. The show will be good when he rolls it out this year.

iggy pop in 1979

By 1976 Iggy Pop had achieved rock and roll notoriety by the end of the 1960's. He'd met David Bowie in 1971 who'd then gone on to produce him in 72's R'aw Power album'. Since the collapse of The Stooges with Iggy's dependancy on heroine, meeting Bowie had been a boost to his flagging music direction and Bowie had seen Iggy as needing the full support he'd lost and also recognised his own reflection in the drug dependency.
In 1976 Iggy was now sick of being sick and along with Bowie they moved to Berlin in a self motivated attempt to clean themselves up in isolation and along the way happened to produce a whole new sound than that of The Stooges bands, and probably Iggy's best known albums 'The Idiot' and 'Lust For Life'. Berlin had worked out well for both of them.
Then moving to Arista Records Iggy released 'New Values' in 1979 which was a complete about face from his Bowie produced albums and a return to the Stooges wall of guitar sound.
The album failed to sell.
So now pick up the tour bus with Iggy in a rare short film of him in 1979. He's 32 year old, clean from dependency, talking and thinking clearly. The songs are 'Dog Food', 'Real Cool Time' & 'Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell' live at The Loghorn, Minneapolis. Plus interviews with some fans. The live band sound isn't the best quality but there's still plenty of interest in this film.
And if you want to know why Iggy has no trouble in taking the shill with his last few years of Insurance adverts. The last words he say's will tell you all.