James Jewel Osterberg, who is better known as the stage name Iggy Pop, was born in in Muskegon, Michigan, on April 21, 1947. He formed his first band in the early 1960s and went through several groups and musical styles. Later, he formed the Psychedelic Stooges in 1967, a band that only actived in couple years. Their music was nothing like anyone else at that time period, which is more experimental to the people. Osterberg became the band's lead singer and soon renamed himself Iggy Pop. During live performances, Pop engaged in outrageous behavior, often appearing shirtless covered in blood and had been known to cut himself in front of audiences and jump into the crowd from the stage. Unfortunately, at that time era, they were not wildly successful …show more content…
After that, Iggy Pop still active as a solo artist until nowadays. During almost fifty-five-year of music career, Iggy Pop have collaborated with David Bowie with multiple times that both had great chemistry. With the great collaboration, Iggy Pop created many hit songs, such as "The Passenger" and "Lust For Life". Iggy Pop's music has included varieties of styles over his music career, including punk rock, garage rock, art rock, hard rock, new wave, jazz and blues. From the book 101 Albums That Changed Popular Music, "As much as artists like Madonna and Michael Jackson had an immediate, massive impact on popular culture - influencing everything from musical styles to movies to fashion - more understated cult figures maintained a grip on the underground and grew to influence popular music years later through their impact on college radio and other bands." After breaking up with The Stooges, Iggy Pop illustrated a more personal side with his solo albums - The Idiot and Lust For Life, which were both released in 1977. At the meanwhile, the year in 1977 is a monument of whole music era, which was just the rise of punk explosion. Hence, Iggy Pop is named the godfather of the punk, and it can not deny that he is an icon of punk culture, as we can see the influence that Iggy Pop brought to the next