Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop born James Newell Jim Osterberg Jr April 21 1947 is an American singer songwriter musician and occasional actor He is considered an influential innovator of punk rock hard rock and other styles of rock music Pop began calling himself Iggy after his first band in high school for which he was drummer The Iguanas He was lead singersongwriter of influential protopunk band The Stooges and became known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics Pops popularity has ebbed and flowed throughout the course of his subsequent solo career His bestknown songs include Lust for Life which was featured on the soundtrack of the film Trainspotting Search and Destroy I Wanna Be Your Dog Down on the Street Kick It a duet with Peaches the Top 40 hits Real Wild Child and Candy with vocalist Kate Pierson of The B52s China Girl cowritten with and famously covered by David Bowie and The Passenger Description above from the Wikipedia article Iggy Pop licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia