‘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
Osterberg, James Newell (father): appearance; background and career; character ; and Coachville Gardens; Iggy’s relationship with ; love of golf; financial assistance to Iggy; at Iggy’s wedding; attends Stooges gig; as grandparent; consoles Esther; retirement; supportive of Iggy; grief over wife’s death
Osterberg, Louella (née Kristensen; mother): appearance; background ; character; and Coachville Gardens; and work; financial assistance to Iggy; at Iggy’s wedding; attends Stooges gig; as grandparent; consoles Esther ; retirement; supportive of Iggy; death
Osterizer
Padgham, Hugh
Page, Jimmy
Page, Mike
Pallenberg, Anita
Palmer, Phil
Panunzio, Thom
Parenteau, Mark
Paris
Parrett, Dee Dee
Parrett, Jim
Partch, Harry
Party (Iggy Pop album)
‘Passenger, The’
Patterson, Phast Phreddie
Paul, Steve
Payne, Cindy
Peace, Warren
Pearce, Jez
Peel, John
‘Penetration’
People (magazine)
Pierson, Cindy
Pike, Craig
PiL
Pink Fairies
Pixies
‘Play It Safe’
Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit
Poole, Chris
Pop, Iggy see Osterberg, James (Jim) Newell
Powrie, Mrs
Presley, Elvis
Pretenders
Prime Movers
psilocybin
psychedelia
Psychedelic Stooges see Stooges
Public Image Limited see
‘Pumping For Jill’
punk
Punk (magazine)
Quaaludes
Quackenbush, Gary
Quackenbush, Glenn
Question Mark and the Mysterians
Radar records
radio stations
Ragovoy, Jerry
Raimi, Sam
Rainbow Theatre, London
Raitt, Bonnie
Ralph Gingras, Sharon
Ramdas, Swami
Ramones
Raphael, Frederic
Rasmussen, Gary
Rath, Billy
Rationals
Raw Power (Stooges album) ; Bowie’s mix; remixed
‘Raw Power’ (song)
‘Razor’s Edge, The’
RCA
Rea, David
‘Real Cool Time’
‘Real Wild Child (Wild One)’
Recca, Jimmy
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Redd, Rita
Reddy, Helen
Reed, Lou
Reefer, Mary
Repo Man (film)
‘Repo Man’ (song)
‘Respect’
Reynolds Aluminium Company
‘Rich Bitch’
Rich Kids
Richards, Keith
Richards, Steve
Richardson, Nausika
Richardson, Ron (‘Mad Professor’)
Richardson, Scott
Riley, Terry
‘Risky’
Rivieras
roadies
ROAR (Revelations Of Alternative Rhythms) tour
Roberts, Lloyd ‘Mooseman’
Robertson, Robbie
Robinson, Lisa
Robinson, Richard
Rock, Mick
Rock and Roll Farm
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock Scene (magazine)
Rocket records
Rockfield Studios, Wales
Rodney’s English Disco, LA
Rolling Stone (magazine)
Rolling Stones
Rollins, Henry
Romeo, Michigan
Ronson, Mick
Ross-Myring, Brian
Rotten, Johnny see Lydon, John
Roxon, Lillian
Royston, Mike
Rubin, Rick
Rudnick, Bob
Rugrats (film)
Rundgren, Todd
Rush, Otis
Ryder, Mitch
‘Sacred Cow’
St Clair Lake, Detroit: Ice Arena
Sakamoto, Ryuichi
Sales, Hunt: background; as Iggy’s drummer; reaction to Berlin; manic nature; exhaustion on tour; and Lust For Life sessions and Lust For Life tour; sacked; in Tin Machine
Sales, Tony: background; as Iggy’s guitarist; on Iggy’s relationships; reaction to Berlin; manic nature ; exhaustion on tour ; and Lust For Life sessions ; and Lust For Life tour ; sacked; in Chequered Past ; in Tin Machine; injured in car crash
San Diego, California
San Francisco: Bimbo’s; Cockettes; Fillmore ; Pop Patrol
Sanders, Ed
Sanders, Pharoah
Santageli, Michel
Saugatuck festival
Sax, Stan see Mackay, Steve
Schermerhorn, Eric
Schlossman, Natalie
Schreiber, Rachel
Schwab, Corinne (Coco) ; in Berlin ; song dedicated to ; takes over at MainMan
Scott Richard Case see SRC
‘Search And Destroy’
Seattle bands
Seeger, Laura
Seeger, Roy
Seger, Bob
Selvin, Joel
Sessler, Freddy
Seventh Seal
Sex Pistols
‘Shades’
Shangri-Las
Shaw, Jonathan
‘She Creatures Of The Hollywood Hills’
Sheff, Bob (‘Blue’ Gene Tyranny)
Sherman, Bob
Shevitz, Vivian
Shields, Coral
Shields, Sable (Sable Starr)
Shore, Dinah
Showaddywaddy
Siamese Dog label
‘Sick Of You’
Sid and Nancy (film)
Silver, Jimmy: at Stooges’ debut party ; as
Stooges’ manager; on Iggy’s personality; lives in the Fun House; on Stooges’ musicianship; on John Sinclair; delegated to ‘play’ oil storage tank ; persuades A2 to book Stooges; as Iggy’s confidant; sets up Trans Love Energies; and Elektra deal ; and Stooges’ rehearsal regime; disturbed by the O-Mind ; nurses Iggy; friendship with John Adams; on John Cale ; and Nico; and Iggy’s marriage to Wendy; happy with first album; moves out of Fun House; in LA; hands over to John Adams
Silver, Rachel ‘Bunchie’
Silver, Susan
Silverhead
Silverman, Steve
Simple Minds
Sinatra, Frank
Sinclair, David
Sinclair, John: introduced to Iggy; on the Asheton brothers; and MC5; and Stooges’ debut; friend of Jimmy Silver; on Iggy’s performance; plans for hippy revolution ; jail sentence; forms White Panther Party; sets upTrans Love Energies; introduces Stooges to Elektra; new career as DJ
Siouxsie and the Banshees
SIR see Studio Instrument Rentals
‘Sister Midnight’
‘Sixteen’
Skull Ring (Iggy Pop album)
Skydog label
Slade
Slash (Saul Hudson)
Slaves Of New York (film)
Smith, Fred ‘Sonic’
Smith, Patti
Sniffin Glue (magazine)
Snyder, Tom
Sohl, Richard
Soldier (Iggy Pop album) ; promotional tour
‘Some Weird Sin’
Somers, Abe
Sonic Youth
Sonic’s Rendezvous Band see SRB
Sonny and Cher
Soundgarden
Sounds (magazine)
Sparks, Rusty
Sponge
SRB (Sonic’s Rendezvous Band)
SRC (Scott Richard Case)
Starr. Sable see Shields, Sable
Stein, Chris
Stein, Seymour
‘Stern’ pills
Stone, Sly
Stooge Hall see Fun House
Stoogeling, Natalie see Schlossman, Natalie
Stooges (formerly Psychedelic Stooges): formation of; origin of name; first band houses; and LSD; as Psychedelic Stooges ; debut gig and party; volume; instruments ; at Saugatuck festival ; use of chant; Iggy becomes singer; and Fun House ; musical style; lack of stamina ; Grande Ballroom gigs; audience reactions to; Romeo, Michigan gig; fans; Sinclair’s influence on; record deal with Elektra; lose ‘Psychedelic’ tag; private language; O-Mind concept ; first album (The Stooges) ; in New York; at festivals ; success in in Cincinnati ; Dave Alexander sacked; Ron Asheton on roles in; Bill Cheatham as occasional guitarist ; second album (Fun House) ; Steve Mackay joins on sax; finances; Zeke Zettner plays bass; increased drugs intake and ‘dark phase’ (late) ; Mackay sacked; James Williamson joins as guitarist; sacked by Elektra; first break-up and demolition of Fun House; taken on by MainMan ; reunited in London; third album (Raw Power) ; Hollywood Hills home ; rehearsals and regime of drugs and groupies in LA; Ford Auditorium gig; sacked by MainMan; poor Chicago show; Whisky-a-Go-Go gigs; US tour ; comical nature of performance; hard-working ; return to LA; two Michigan Palace shows; sexual antics; Atlanta gigs ; lucky mementos; rumours of split; New Year show in New York; Bimbo’s (San Francisco) gigs; support Slade in Toledo; biker violence at Wayne, Michigan gig; last gig (Michigan Palace) ; break-up; likelihood of reunion; influence ; release of Metallic KO ; reunion
Stooges, The (Stooges album)
Stopps, David
Streiff, Mim
Strummer, Joe
Studio Instrument Rentals, LA
Sub Pop
‘Success’
Sugar Crisp
Sugerman, Danny; background; and the Doors ; and drugs ; looks after Iggy
Sun Ra
Swickerath, Don
Swisher, Sam
Sylvain, Syl
Tangerine Dream
Tank Girl (film)
Tappan Junior High, Ann Arbor
television: commercials; Iggy’s appearances;
THC
Theatre of Cruelty
Thibault, Laurent
Thin Lizzy
Thornton, Charles ‘Tex’
Thrash Metal
Three Stooges
Thunders, Johnny
Thurston, Scott: as Stooges’ keyboard player; on Iggy’s self-mutilation 187, 193; sexual antics ; at Stooges’ last gig; on end of the Stooges; works with Iggy; and SRB ; and New Values; leaves Iggy
Thyssen-Bornemisza, Francesca
Tin Machine
‘Tiny Girls’
Tipton, Michael
Toledo, Ohio
Tonight (Bowie album)
‘Tonight’ (song)
Townshend, Pete
Trainspotting (film)
Tranio, Steve
Trans Love Energies
Trolls
Tropicana motel, LA
Tube, The (TV show)
‘Turn Blue’
Turner, Tina; Ike and
Turner, Tornado see Warren Klein
TV Eye Live (Iggy Pop album)
Twink
Tyner, Becky
Tyner, Rob
Tyranny, ‘Blue’ Gene see Sheff, Bob
‘Undefeated, The’
Ungano’s, NY
Up
US Tobacco
Valentine, Gary
Vanian, Dave
Vanilla, Cherry
Velvet Goldmine (film)
Velvet Underground
Ventures
Vietnam War
‘VIP’
Virgin Records
Visconti, Tony
voodoo
WABX radio
Wachtel, Waddy
Wade, Jimmy
Wagner, Dick
Waits, Tom
Wald, Jeff
Wall, Mike
Waller, Don
Ward, Deborah
Ward, Ed
Warhol, Andy
Warsaw
Was, Don
Washington192
Watermolder, Dale
Waters, John
Waters, Muddy
Watt, Mike
Wayne, Michigan
‘We Will Fall’
Webb, Gary
Webb, Jimmy
Wehrer, Anne Opie
Weisberg, Louis and Jeannette
Weisberg, Wendy Robin (Iggy’s first wife)
Wells, Junior
Welsh, Irvine
WFMU radio
Whipple, Dana
Whisky-a-Go-Go, LA
White, David ‘Panther’
White, Jack
White Panther Party
White Stripes
Who
‘Wild America’
Williams, Big Joe
Williams, Bill
Williamson, James: background; on the Prime Movers; joins the Stooges; seen as dark and disruptive character ; drug-taking ; joins Iggy at MainMan ; relationship with Angie Bowie; guitar playing ; and Bowie ; suggests reuniting Stooges but demotes Ron Asheton ; relationship with Evita Ardura ; costumes ; sacked; on first Stooges break up; recalled ; sexual antics; and Elton John’s stunt; loses heart with Stooges and Iggy ; stage presence; at Stooges’ last gig; post-Stooges contact with Iggy ; drugs bust ; disliked by Ray Manzarek ; supplies recordings for release; missed by fans ; produces Iggy’s New Values album; loses confidence in guitar-playing ; produces Soldier and sacked by Iggy ; goes ‘straight’; influence
Wilson, Thom
‘Winners And Losers’
Winter, Edgar
Winter, Johnny
‘Winter Of My Discontent, The’
Wisniewski, Irvin ‘Wiz’
Withers, Dale
Withers, Janet
WKNR radio
Wolter, Charlotte
Wood, Bill
Wright, Ian
Wrigley’s Chewing Gum
Wynn, Spider
XTC
Ypsilanti, Michigan ; see also Coachville Gardens
Zanetta, Tony
Zermati, Marc
Zettner, Zeke