Iggy Pop (53 page)

Gardiner, Ricky

Garfunkel, Art

Garisto, Paul

Gathering of the Tribes

Gehman, Pleasant

Gem

General Motors

Generation7, 261

Gibb, Russ

Gibbons, Pat

Giddings, John

Gildersleeve, Skip

‘Gimme Danger’

Glascock, Brian

Glitter, Gary

Glotzer, Bennett

‘Going To Egypt’

Gold, Jeff

Goldsboro’, Bobby

Goldsmith, Lynn

Goose Lake festival

Gotch, Tarquin

Graham, Bill

Grain, Jos

Grande Ballroom, Detroit

Grimshaw, Gary

groupies

Gruen, Bob

grunge

Gstaad, Switzerland

Guns N’Roses

Guy, Buddy

Guy, Jason

Haag, Romy

Haddix, Eric

Haiti

Hallowe’en

‘Happy Man’

Harbor Springs, Michigan

Harris, Jordan

Harris, Steve

Harrison, Gavin

Harrison, Nigel

Harry, Debbie

Harvey, Bill

Harwood, Keith

‘Hate’

Hawaii

‘Head On The Curb’

Heartbreakers

‘Heavy Liquid’

Heavy Metal Digest
(magazine)

Heckel, Erich

Heller, Kathy

Hells Angels

Hendrix, Jimi

“Heroes”
(Bowie album)

heroin: Billy Cheatham and; Danny Sugarman and; at Goose Lake; Iggy and ; John Adams and; Johnny Thunders and; MC5 and; in San Francisco; Stooges and ; Williamson busted with

‘Hey Coco’

Heydon, Stacey

‘Hideaway’

Hideout club, Harper Woods

Higelin, Jacques

hippie culture

Hitler, Adolf

Hodges, Ricky

Holland, Jeep

Hollywood; China Club ; Torreyson Drive ;
see also
Los Angeles

Hollywood Stars

Hollywood Street Revival and Trash Dance

Holscomb, John

Holzman, Jac

Honey That Ain’t No Romance
(magazine)

Hook, Peter

Hooker, John Lee

Hooker, Julie

Horton, Big Walter

Hovnanina, Chris

Howlin’ Wolf

Hudson, Ola

Hudson, Saul
see
Slash

Hunter, Ian

Hutto, J.B.

Hynde, Chrissie

hypomania

‘I Don’t Know Why’

‘I Felt The Luxury’

‘I Got A Right’

‘I Got Nothing’

‘I Need More’ (song)

I Need More
(autobiography)

‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’

‘I Won’t Crap Out’

Ideson, Ron

Idiot, The
(Iggy Pop album) ; promotional tour

Iguanas

‘I’m A Man’

‘I’m Bored’

‘I’m Sick’

Infante, Frank

Ingber, Lauri

Inhülsen, Harald

Insect Trust

Instinct
(Iggy Pop album)

‘It’s Our Love’

Jagged Edge

Jagger, Mick

James, Brian

James Gang

Jamison, Kay

Jane’s Addiction

Jarmusch, Jim

Jeffries, Nancy

Jennifer’s Friends

‘Joe and Billy’

Johanna (girlfriend)

‘Johanna’ (song)

John, Elton

Johnny and the Hurricanes

Jones, Alan

Jones, Brad

Jones, Brian

Jones, Grace

Jones, Mick

Jones, Steve

Jourgensen, Al

Joy Division

Kaye, Lenny

Kennedy, John F.

Kent, Andrew

Kent, Nick: advice on how to deal with Iggy; at Iggy/Bowie gig; Iggy confides in (after mother’s death); on Iggy’s drugs habit and behaviour ; on Iggy’s penis; on Iggy’s self-belief; on Lou Reed gig ; and release of
Metallic KO
; on Stooges’ performance; on Stooges reunion

Kett, Dan

Kiedis, Anthony

Kill City
(Iggy Pop album)

‘Kill City’ (song)

King’s Cross Cinema, London

Kingsmen

Kinks

Kippenberger, Martin

Kirchen, Bill

Kirst, Alex

Kirst, Whitey

Kiss

Kizilcay, Erdal

Klavitter, Lynn

Klein, Warren (Tornado Turner)

Koda, Cub

Koester, Bob

Kolokithas, Nick

Korinsky, Esther

Kraftwerk

Kral, Ivan

Kramer, Barbara

Kramer, Wayne

Kruger, Klaus

Kubernick, Harvey

‘LA Blues’

La Jolla, California

Landau, Jon

Lang, Cindy

Lange, Mutt

Larcom, Sally

Laswell, Bill

Lateef, Yusuf

Law, Don

Lay, Sam

Led Zeppelin

Lee, Billy
see
Ryder, Mitch

Lee, Stan

Leggett, Lisa

Lennon, John

Leonard, Elmore

Leone, Dave

Let’s Dance
(Bowie album)

Leverett, Chuck and Dorothy

Levison, Charles

Limp Bizkit

Lindlay, David

‘Line’

Lippman, Michael

‘Little Doll’

‘Livin’ On The Edge Of The Night’

Livingston, George

Lollapalooza tour

London; Astoria; Bowie’s Station to Station tour; Hammersmith Apollo; Kensington; King’s Cross Cinema; Rainbow Theatre ; recording studios ; Stooges’ fans; Town & Country Club

London SS

‘Loose’

Los Angeles; Beverly Hills Hotel ; Coronet ; Elektra studios; Hancock Park; Hyatt Continental; Neuropsychiatric Institute; Northridge Hospital; Ocean Way studios ; Paramount Studios; Park Sunset Plaza; Rainbow ; Riviera motel; Rodney’s English Disco ; Studio Instrument Rentals (SIR); Tropicana motel; Whisky-a-Go-Go ; Wigwam Hotel; Wonderland Avenue;
see also
Hollywood

‘Louie Louie’

Louise, Dayna

Loving, Wayne

Low
(Bowie album)

LSD

Lust For Life
(Iggy Pop album) ; promotional tour

‘Lust For Life’ (song)

Lydon, John

McCoy, Andy

McCoys

McGregor, Ewan

McGroggan, Henry

Mackay, Steve (Stan Sax) ; appears with reformed Stooges

McLaren, Malcolm

McLaughlin, Jim

McNamara, Robert

Maddox, Lori

Magazine

Magic Sam

Magma

Magne, Michel

MainMan: abandons Stooges in London; Bowie’s lack of benefit from; Bowie’s split from ; and Bowie’s US tour; Coco Schwab and; Defries launches; drops Iggy due to his erratic behaviour; Hugh Attwooll as director; Iggy joins; Leee Childers and ; London apartment; looks after Stooges in LA; objects to release of
Metallic KO
; only interested in solo stars; West Coast office

Malanga, Gerard

Male, Andrew

Mallaber, Gary

Mann, John

Manzarek, Ray

marijuana

Mark

Marsh, Dave

Marshall, Pete

Mascis, J.

‘Mass Production’

Matheu, Robert

Matlock, Glen

Max’s Kansas City, NY

MC5: David White and; demise of ; and Elektra Records ; gigs with Stooges ; and Iggy’s wedding ; Jeep Holland books; John Cale on; link with SRB; and Psychedelic Stooges’ debut, MC5 -
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; relationship with Stooges ; Russ Gibb and; supported by Chosen Few ; Wayne Kramer and; working-class origins

Megaton Two

Melody Maker
(magazine)

Mendelssohn, John

Merenstein, Lewis

Metallic KO
(Stooges album)

Meyer, Edu

Miami, Florida

Michigan, University of ; and avant-garde ; Doors gig; drugs experiments; Stooges’ Dearborn gig; Stooges’ home within campus

Michigan Palace, Detroit; Stooges’ last gig

Mickelsen, Betsy

Mickelsen, Dr

Midsummer Night’s Dream festival

Miller, Arjay

Miller, Frances

Miller, Gerry

Miller, Kenny

Miller, Rick

Missabu, Rumi

Mogane, Philippe

MOJO
(magazine)

‘Mona’

Montreux: Mountain Studios

Moonfleet

Moore, Thurston

Moran, Pat

Morath, Rosa

Morawetz, Heidi

Morgan, Scott

Mori, Josephine

Morrison, Jim

Moscow

Moss, Jerry

Mothers of Invention

Mott the Hoople

Mountain

Mudhoney

Mullins, Larry

Mumma, Gordon

Munich; Musicland studio

Murray, George

Myers, John

Myers, Lawrence

Mysliewicz, Larry

narcissism

Naughty Little Doggie
(Iggy Pop album)

‘Nazi Girlfriend’

Nazis; Ron Asheton’s interest in

Needs, Kris

‘Neighborhood Threat’

Nelson, Sandy

Neuropsychiatric Institute, LA

New, Steve

New Musical Express

New Order (Ron Asheton band) New Orleans

New Values
(Iggy Pop album) ; promotional tour

New York; Academy of Music; CBGB; Chelsea Hotel; Electric Circus; Felt Forum; Fender’s Ballroom; Hurrah’s ; Iggy’s homes in ; Iroquois Hotel ; MainMan office; Max’s Kansas City ; recording studios; Ritz Club ; The Scene; Ungano’s ; Warwick Hotel

New York Dolls

Newey, Jon

Nguyen, Kuelan

Nico

‘Nightclubbing’; Grace Jones’ version

Nightclubbing
tour

Nine Inch Nails

‘1970’

‘1969’

Nirvana

‘Nite Bob’
see
Czaykowski, Bob

Nixon, Richard

NME
see
New Musical Express

‘No Fun’; Sex Pistols’ version

Northridge Hospital, LA

‘Not Right’

NPI
see
Neuropsychiatric Institute

Nude And Rude
(compilation album)

Nugent, Ted

‘O-Mind’

Ocasek, Ric

Offspring

Ogden, Richard

O’Keefe, Johnny

Oliver, Barbara

Olmsted, Denny

Once Group

‘One For My Baby’

‘Open Up And Bleed’

‘Ordinary Bummer’

Ork, Terry

Osterberg, Esther and Ida

Osterberg, James (Jim) Newell (Iggy Pop)

EARLY LIFE

appearance; background; character ; childhood; relationship with father ; asthma ; schools ; early friendships ; car crash; early girlfriends ; ability with words ; sporting ability; interest in politics ; plays drums in Megaton Two; musical influences ; and Boys’ State program; as drummer in the Iguanas ; takes on ‘Hyacinth’ alter ego; in talent shows; early drug use; job in record store; drumming ability; customised lyrics of; and poetry; attends university but drops out; origin of ‘Iggy’ name; joins Prime Movers; attitude to fans; finances ; avoids military service ; experiences Chicago scene

STOOGES ERA (
see also
Stooges) formation of Psychedelic Stooges ; switches to keyboard ; and LSD; and marijuana; loses virginity ; and Stooges’ debut party ; costumes ; dancing ability; role in Stooges ; becomes singer and frontman; and alcohol; songwriting ; stage performance and energy ;t birthday; reaction to hatred; creates alter ego of Iggy Stooge ; interest in anthropology ; exposes himself; laziness; first use of ‘Pop’ nickname; star quality; and Nico; fatherhood; self-mutilation ; short-lived marriage to Wendy Robin Weisberg; and Kathy Asheton; ‘Dean’s Daugher’ episode; and Betsy Mickelsen ; promiscuity; and Tina Fantusi; and heroin ; and cocaine ; restrained at Goose Lake ; changes name to Iggy Pop ; sacks Dave Alexander; emotional swings linked with drug use; moves from Fun House to University Towers; and death of parakeet; and first Stooges break up ; makes new contacts;

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STOOGES ERA (
see also
Stooges) meets Bowie and joins MainMan ; methadone treatments; in London; returns to USA; and Bowie’s remix of
Raw Power
; work and lifestyle in LA and Hollywood ; messianic role; increasingly erratic behaviour ; agrees to sack Williamson; sacked by MainMan; as trashcan drugs user; recalls Williamson; Whisky-a-Go-Go performances; and Coral Shields; injured at Max’s; and Bebe Buell ; gives valium to Bebe’s dogs; accidentally takes THC; freeloading ; and Quaaludes ; lucky memento; rumours of planned public suicide ; awareness of his own problems ; punched by biker; and last Stooges gig; and reunited Stooges

SOLO CAREER

1974/75 drifting and further decline of mental state; ‘Iggying out’; admitted to psychiatric hospital and diagnosed with bipolar disorder ; writes and records new songs; reaction to Dave Alexander’s death; renewed contact with Bowie ; resumes wanderings ; jailed for stealing food; tries telemarketing; tries ‘Success and Reinvention’ course ; relationship with Bowie ; rumours of gay relationship with Bowie; recording sessions for
The Idiot
in France and Germany; and Kuelan Nguyen; cuts down on drugs; life in Berlin ; relationship with son, Eric ; Bowie paints his portrait; relationship with Esther Friedmann ; recording sessions for
Low
in France and Germany ; tour rehearsals in Berlin ; reaction to
Metallic KO
; promotional tour for
The Idiot
; charm in interviews; records
Lust For Life
in Berlin ; mental deterioration ; promotional tour for
Lust For Life
; costumes ; continues to take cocaine ; called ‘godfather of punk’; alcohol problem ; finances ; fantasies of revenge; release of live album (
TV Eye Live
) and promotional tour with SRB; sacks Sales brothers; and groupies ; recalls Williamson as producer ; records
New Values
; records
Soldier
; sacks Williamson; promotional tour for
New Values
; attitude to musicians ; energy of performances; promotional tour for
Soldier
;
Nightclubbing
tour; attitude to touring; insomnia; desperate mental condition ; and Dayna Louise ; records
Party
; more touring; increasing selfishness; dumped by Arista; New York homes with Esther; records
Zombie Birdhouse
for Animal label; autobiography and relationship with Anne Wehrer ; holiday with Esther in Haiti and fear of voodoo curse ; mental illness and stay in hospital; meets Suchi ; on benefits of a fixed address; stops tour; split with Esther; in chemical dependency ward; homes with Suchi; marries Suchi; gives up cocaine and alcohol; songwriting for Bowie’s
Tonight
; acting and film roles; reading material; songwriting with Steve Jones ; records
Blah Blah Blah
with Bowie; joins Virgin Records; UK hit with ‘Real Wild Child’; promotional tour for
Blah Blah Blah
; records
Instinct
; records
Brick By Brick
; US hit with ‘Candy’; influence ; festivals ; records
American Caesar
; and qigong exercises; new friendships; further touring; breathing exercises ;
Naughty Little Doggie
album ; film soundtracks and commercials by; ROAR tour and injury; marriage break-up; torch ballads album and tour (
Avenue B
); and Alejandra ; moves to Miami ; and Nina Alu ;
Beat ‘Em Up
album ; and deaths of musicians ; compulsion to tour; holiday homes;
Skull Ring
album and Stooges reunion