Sat, 28 Feb 2009
Iggy Pop
Joe Ambrose, Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy
Pop, Omnibus Press
The Ig has turned into a bit of an icon - wild
man grandfather of Punk turned into clean-living
semi-socialite with a few bucks in the bank for a
change. Who would begrudge him that? Or say he wasn't
worth a book.
Joe Ambrose does a good job too, taking it from his
family background (eccentric but not deprived) and
his early-won outsider status. And then right through
The Stooges, the Bowie years, and on to the present.
It's not a hagiography either - the author sounds much
like a Stooges fan and so the Bowie influence isn't
something he's ecstatic about and he has a few words
to say about Bowie's money-grubbing.
In fact you get a pretty good coverage of a fair
bit of Bowie's career just through his proximity to
Pop... LA, Berlin, and beyond.
There are quite a few photos as well.
(thunderfinger)
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