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  ‘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<
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  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)

  ‘Tumble And Twirl’

  ‘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
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  ‘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