Osterberg began his music career as a drummer in various high school bands in Ann Arbor, Michigan, including The Iguanas, who cut several records such as Bo Diddley's ' Mona' in 1965. This culminated in their evacuation from the master bedroom in the trailer, because that was the only room big enough for my drum kit. They helped me explore anything I was interested in. I had the tremendous investment my parents made in me.

Once I hit junior high in Ann Arbor, I began going to school with the son of the president of Ford Motor Company, with kids of wealth and distinction. In a 2007 Rolling Stone interview, he explained his relationship with his parents and their contribution to his music: Osterberg began to play drums in the fifth grade, first starting with rubber pads glued to plywood, before his parents bought him a drum set. Iggy didnвЂ™t smoke cigarettes, didnвЂ™t get high, didnвЂ™t drink.' Ron Asheton later described him as having been a conventional teenager: 'He hung out with the popular kids that wore chinos, cashmere sweaters, and penny loafers. The family lived in a trailer park in Ypsilanti, Michigan. His father was adopted by a Swedish-American nurse surnamed Osterberg. He is of English, German, and Irish descent on his father's side, and Danish and Norwegian ancestry on his mother's side. (1921вЂ“2007), a former high school English teacher and baseball coach at Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan. was born in Muskegon, Michigan, on April 21, 1947, the son of Louella ( nГ©e Christensen 1917вЂ“1996) and James Newell Osterberg Sr. In January 2020, Pop received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. His solo album The Idiot has been cited as a major influence on a number of post-punk, electronic and industrial artists including Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails and Joy Division, and was described by Siouxsie Sioux as a 're-affirmation that our suspicions were true: the man is a genius.' He was inducted as part of the Stooges into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. The Stooges' album Raw Power has proved an influence on artists such as Sex Pistols, the Smiths, and Nirvana. Bowie re-recorded and performed many of Pop's songs throughout his career.ДЄlthough Pop has had limited commercial success, he has remained both a culture icon and a significant influence on a wide range of musicians in numerous genres. Pop's song ' China Girl' became more widely known when it was re-recorded by co-writer Bowie, who released it as the second single from his most commercially successful album, Let's Dance (1983). hit, ' Candy', a duet with B-52's singer Kate Pierson. In 1990, he recorded his first and only Top 40 U.S. Though his popularity has fluctuated through the years, many of Pop's songs have become well known, including ' Search and Destroy' and ' I Wanna Be Your Dog' by the Stooges, and his solo hits ' Lust for Life', ' The Passenger' and ' Real Wild Child (Wild One)'. Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the course of his career, including garage rock, punk rock, hard rock, heavy metal, art rock, new wave, jazz, blues, and electronic.

Pop, who traditionally (but not exclusively) performs bare-chested, also performed such stage theatrics as rolling around in broken glass and exposing himself to the crowd. He was one of the first performers to do a stage-dive and popularized the activity. Throughout his career, he is well known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics, poetic lyrics, and distinctive voice. Both musicians relocated to West Berlin to wean themselves off their respective drug addictions and Pop began his solo career by collaborating with Bowie on the 1977 albums The Idiot and Lust for Life, Pop usually contributing the lyrics. He had a long collaborative and personal friendship with David Bowie over the course of his career, beginning with the Stooges' album Raw Power in 1973. Initially playing a raw, primitive style of rock and roll, the Stooges sold few records in their original incarnation and gained a reputation for their confrontational performances, which often involved acts of self-mutilation by Pop. Designated the ' Godfather of Punk', he was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band The Stooges, who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited many times since. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor.

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