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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
I like Iggy Pop, or at least I like Iggy Pop's music. I quickly discovered that I am not that fond of the man. This was a fairly well written biography and it was interesting to see how Iggy rose to fame but the endless descriptions of destructive behavior, drug use and sexual escapades quickly lost it horrified fascination for me. Instead of being a train wreck I couldn't look away from it just became tedious. For example, if they told me once, they told me a hundred times about how incredibly well endowed he was. Really, once would have been enough.
An engrossing biography of that most fascinating of artists. Interesting to have a narrative of the Pop/Bowie relationship from Iggy's perspective - and David comes out of it very well.
Equally interesting are those involving the enigmatic James Williamson. Reading a book published in 2007 twelve years later means that it doesn't cover the reunion with James after Ron Asheton's death. Perhaps the author has an extended version of Iggy's life in the works.
Having said all that, as the owner of The Stooges albums plus The Idiot and Lust For Life, I do feel like I do have all the Iggy you really need in your collection.
Equally interesting are those involving the enigmatic James Williamson. Reading a book published in 2007 twelve years later means that it doesn't cover the reunion with James after Ron Asheton's death. Perhaps the author has an extended version of Iggy's life in the works.
Having said all that, as the owner of The Stooges albums plus The Idiot and Lust For Life, I do feel like I do have all the Iggy you really need in your collection.
The American Shaman deserves better treatment than this. Terribly written, although I enjoyed reading about his fascinating childhood.
Whilst mostly written in a dull, assumptive style, I guess this will be the best bio of James Osterberg/Iggy Pop. There are some interesting facts that I never knew about - Iggy's introduction to herion via the radical-Queer 'Cockettes', how important the Bowie/Osterberg relationship was to Osterberg's life and how Iggy ultimately shunned the man who saved his life and gave him the best creative years and produced his greatest works outside the Stooges, and finally Osterberg's massive failure on the R.O.A.R Tobacco Industry funded bogan-alternative tour.
Whilst the ladies go gag-ga over his Dionysian aura, he seems like a total arsehole to his lovers, and his treatment of his son is quite abhorrent, kind of ironic since Osterberg didn't get the same treatment from HIS parents. One of the failures of this book is that is tends to glean over Osterberg's personal relationship, unlike the Bockris Lou Reed bio that doesn't shun from the gory melodrama.
Whilst I love Iggy/Osterberg's work, he comes off as big an arsehole in his personal life as Lou Reed was. He is still alive and still has a few years to redeem that part of his persona. But who am I to say or judge?
I'm not expecting him to make any interesting or creatively valid records, but his live show proves he still has a great future behind him.
Whilst the ladies go gag-ga over his Dionysian aura, he seems like a total arsehole to his lovers, and his treatment of his son is quite abhorrent, kind of ironic since Osterberg didn't get the same treatment from HIS parents. One of the failures of this book is that is tends to glean over Osterberg's personal relationship, unlike the Bockris Lou Reed bio that doesn't shun from the gory melodrama.
Whilst I love Iggy/Osterberg's work, he comes off as big an arsehole in his personal life as Lou Reed was. He is still alive and still has a few years to redeem that part of his persona. But who am I to say or judge?
I'm not expecting him to make any interesting or creatively valid records, but his live show proves he still has a great future behind him.
Having recently moved to Ann Arbor and living a hop, skip and a jump from the Osterberg's beloved Coachville trailer park, plus driving down Packard everyday on the way to work I was eager to hear the local angle on the man whose music I have loved for a long time. This was a page turner and exhaustively researched. I was surprised at the amount of Ann Arbor detail and enjoyed the history lesson. If you're a fan or just curious you will not be disappointed. It's a detailed and close-up look at a talented, extremely intelligent, disturbed, and ego-maniacal mad man. In highschool I was lucky enough to have a dad who took me to see the Pretenders - with Iggy opening - and I was totally wowed - and a fan ever since. This confronts all of the myths and legends - particularly the Iggy/Bowie relationship. Fascinating.
adventurous
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a complex portrait of a jim osterberg and iggy pop and duality of their existence. I appreciate that its not dismissive of the hurt iggy caused for the sake of painting him as a god, but rather offers a nuanced views of a man that felt the pitfalls of the music industry, drug culture, and his own narcissism and mental health that inspired a whole generation of music that, without him, would never be the same.
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
I borrowed this audio book from the library and didn't realize that it was 12 cds. It took forever to listen to and I'm afraid I may have forgotten what was on the first 6 cds. Ah well.
I'm a Stooges fan, newly minted. My friend introduced me to the Stooges music a few years ago and I was hooked. Naturally I knew who Iggy Pop was (the old guy who never wore a shirt) but I mainly new him from movies, oddly enough. Open Up and Bleed is a comprehensive story of Iggy/Jim's life - from growing up in Michigan to fronting one of the most prominent punk/rock bands still respected today.
Jim Osterberg aka Iggy Pop was something of an overachieving intellect in school, always trying to fit in and make people like him. But he also had a way of dumping folks when he thought they were no longer useful; a habit that persisted throughout his life. This book depicts Jim as an intelligent, considerate, charming person who just happens to have an alter ego.
Iggy Pop has been known to smear himself with peanut butter and slice himself up with broken glass on stage. Called the Godfather of Punk, Iggy invented crowd surfing - often falling face first into the ground when the crowd just didn't get it. Booed, humiliated, drug addicted Iggy had a rough go at making it big in music.
The Stooges were always dedicated to the music. Always doing anything for the music. Which makes them respected by most musicians.
Fans of Iggy or the Stooges will enjoy this book. But give yourself lots of time to read it. It's pretty long.
I'm a Stooges fan, newly minted. My friend introduced me to the Stooges music a few years ago and I was hooked. Naturally I knew who Iggy Pop was (the old guy who never wore a shirt) but I mainly new him from movies, oddly enough. Open Up and Bleed is a comprehensive story of Iggy/Jim's life - from growing up in Michigan to fronting one of the most prominent punk/rock bands still respected today.
Jim Osterberg aka Iggy Pop was something of an overachieving intellect in school, always trying to fit in and make people like him. But he also had a way of dumping folks when he thought they were no longer useful; a habit that persisted throughout his life. This book depicts Jim as an intelligent, considerate, charming person who just happens to have an alter ego.
Iggy Pop has been known to smear himself with peanut butter and slice himself up with broken glass on stage. Called the Godfather of Punk, Iggy invented crowd surfing - often falling face first into the ground when the crowd just didn't get it. Booed, humiliated, drug addicted Iggy had a rough go at making it big in music.
The Stooges were always dedicated to the music. Always doing anything for the music. Which makes them respected by most musicians.
Fans of Iggy or the Stooges will enjoy this book. But give yourself lots of time to read it. It's pretty long.
For much of his life, what a sick fuck, all those drugs and promiscuity.
And Ron Ashton, a sick fuck with his Nazi paraphernalia obsession.
My fave Pop alum is New Values. Scott Thurston's guitar playing on it is spectacular. So is Klaus Krüger's drumming. Some of the songs out-Stones the Stones.
(I read it once, not two times!)
And Ron Ashton, a sick fuck with his Nazi paraphernalia obsession.
My fave Pop alum is New Values. Scott Thurston's guitar playing on it is spectacular. So is Klaus Krüger's drumming. Some of the songs out-Stones the Stones.
(I read it once, not two times!)
informative
slow-paced