In 1976, David Bowie invited Iggy Pop to accompany him on his Station to Station tour. Pop was admitted to a mental institution in 1975 and tried to kick his drug habit. But Iggy Pop’s heroin addiction continued and the band split up in 1974. The album was the first for the band to chart on the UK album charts. They decided to collaborate and Bowie produced the Stooges album, Raw Power, released in 1973. In 1971, Iggy Pop met David Bowie in New York City at a nightclub and restaurant named Max’s Kansas City. A debut album by the Stooges got positive reviews, but Pop’s heroin addiction lost the band a record contract with Elektra Records. Pop also started rolling over broken glass, flashing his naked body in front of the audience and throwing up on stage. One of the first things Iggy Pop began doing in concert was to do a stage-dive. Morrison’s severe behavior, seeded Iggy Pop’s imagination to broaden the boundaries of his presentation in concert. Pop was blown away by the stage antics and discord exhibited by lead singer Jim Morrison. Iggy Pop’s stage persona was inspired by what he beheld at a 1967 concert by The Doors at the University of Michigan. 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. Looking back on his formative years, Iggy Pop remarked in an interview with David Fricke of Rolling Stone Magazine in 2007, “ 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. As he shaped his sound he formed The Psychedelic Stooges. He moved to Chicago and was influenced by the Los Angeles based Doors, the Tacoma, Washington, based Sonics and the Lincoln Park, Michigan, based MC5. derived his stage name from the Iguanas and became Iggy Pop. One of the bands he played for from Ann Arbor, Michigan, were called the Iguanas. During high school he played the drum in numerous high school bands. His family lived in a trailer park in Ypsilanti, 18 miles west of Detroit. Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ did not chart
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