AP - Jan 6, 2009
Ron Asheton, the guitarist for the Stooges whose raw sound helped inspire the first generation of punk musicians, has died. He was 60. Asheton was found at his Ann Arbor home early Tuesday morning by...
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A rental truck containing Iggy Pop and the Stooges equipment has been recovered empty after being stolen in Montreal. Stooges road manager Eric Fischer says the 15-foot truck stolen Monday contained...
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Looks like the next Iggy and the Stooges gig may be seriously unplugged. Maybe even a capella. A rental van carrying the veteran proto-punk outfit's gear, including guitars, drums, amps and even...
More »AP - Jul 21, 2007
Iggy Pop is on his knees, prostrating himself to a Texas audience illuminated by the pale glow of cell phones and digital cameras. A microphone cord is braced between his teeth like a bone, and his hands...
More »Yahoo! Music - Jun 27, 2007
Iggy Pop has backed Elijah Wood s credentials to play him in an upcoming biopic on the rock legend. Rumors about a movie following the life and times of the Stooges icon have been rife for some months...
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Britain s BBC has been forced to apologize after Iggy Pop used a racist term live on air. During the broadcaster s coverage of the Glastonbury festival (June 23), Pop made a comment about visiting shops...
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Iggy Pop & the Stooges are to headline a charity show Rock The House Live gig in aid of British charity the Children s Society. Also playing the show in the grounds of Harewood House in Leeds, England...
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An Iggy Pop-inspired garden has won a silver medal at the Chelsea Flower Show. Pop s garden was created by charity the Children s Society. He said: It s awesome the Lust For Life garden won a silver...
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Nirvana s Kurt Cobain wanted to collaborate with Iggy Pop. According to Pop, the late singer left an answerphone message for him, but then was impossible to contact. Pop said: He called me up once at...
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Rock legend Iggy Pop insists writing about his penis is perfectly natural, because he wants to sing about things of importance. The 60-year-old Stooges frontman and protopunk icon has been lambasted...
More »Reuters - Apr 21, 2007
Iggy Pop marked his 60th birthday on Saturday just like any other respectable senior citizen would. The eerily athletic Godfather of Punk stripped down to a tight pair of blue jeans and dived off the...
More »AP - Apr 6, 2007
As South By Southwest s annual gathering of the indie universe kicked into full swing, rock s biggest mainstream magazine ran an online piece painting it as a festival struggling for authenticity. If...
More »Reuters - Mar 20, 2007
A frustrated Iggy Pop barked at camera operators and grew tired of answering questions from fans during a secret show with his reunited punk band the Stooges in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The nine-song...
More »Reuters - Mar 9, 2007
Music photographer Joel Brodsky, whose sexy, shirtless images of Doors lead singer Jim Morrison have taken on iconic status, has died. He was 67. He succumbed to an apparent heart attack at his home...
More »Reuters - Jan 6, 2007
After months of hand-wringing over the supposed softening state of digital music sales on a week-to-week basis, the download business got a big boost from MP3 player gifting and gift cards in the final...
More »Reuters - Jan 1, 2007
Billboard presents a look at the music you ll be hearing a lot about in the first quarter: JOHN MELLENCAMP Freedom s Road (Universal, January 23) Mellencamp s first album of originals since 2001...
More »Reuters - Oct 8, 2006
As long as there are bands like Jet, rock will never die, but it won t be incredibly inspiring. During its 85-minute set Thursday at the Music Box, the Aussie quartet did everything possible to keep rock...
More »Reuters - Aug 11, 2006
Johnny Cash, Debbie Harry, Iggy Pop, Public Enemy and Run-D.M.C are among the artists contributing hit tracks to Vivendi Games Sierra Entertainment division s Scarface: The World Is Yours, due in October...
More »Reuters - Jul 14, 2006
At 56 years old, David Johansen has performed under many guises: the frontman of evergreen rockers the New York Dolls, a solo act, kitschy lounge hitmaker Buster Poindexter, a bluesman with the Harry...
More »Reuters - May 16, 2006
A year ago, French teenage punk rock band Second Sex played its first gig in the dingy basement of the tiny Bar 3 in Paris Latin Quarter in front of a dozen school friends. On May 11, the band performed...
More »Reuters - May 15, 2006
Sum 41 guitarist Dave Baksh has left the Canadian pop-punk group to concentrate on his own band, Brown Brigade. He was sick of this whole life and would have more fun playing in his own classic metal...
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