In praise of … Iggy and the Stooges | Editorial

We say Iggy Pop was the Stooges' singer but he was more like a human shock absorberBefore he began flogging car insurance, Iggy Pop, aka James Newell Osterberg, aka the Iguana, aka the Godfather of Punk, was the singer for the Stooges. Well, we say singer, but he was more like a human shock absorber for a band that did not so much give concerts as go to war with audiences. Going by this newspaper's review page yesterday, some of that antagonistic spirit is still on display as the band tour the U...

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