“The battle plan behind Iggy Pop’s latest couldn’t be simpler or more obvious even if it was one of those one-sentence plot descriptions Hollywood agents use to sell movie concepts: After releasing Avenue B, Iggy’s impersonation of one of those darkly dignified but largely inconsequential recent Lou Reed albums, the punk godfather bounces back with […]”
“I've never understood the Cult of Iggy. The Stooges records I've heard sound pretty good-- kind of a rougher, more driving version of what the Stones were doing in the early 70s-- and I like the highlights from his solo career. But I never felt the scrape of the edge Pop was said to possess. His mystique has always escaped me. Like many aging legends from the classic rock era, Iggy has struggled ”
