Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop compares music to cheap drinks

Music Gossip

30 Mar 2012

Iggy Pop compares today's music to "cheap drinks you get in a bad supermarket." The 'Lust for Life' rocker is wary of today's rock stars, and thinks most modern records are missing integrity and authenticity. He said: "I think there are some ages…

Carl Barat: Libertines will perform again

Music Gossip

2 Mar 2012

Carl Barat is "sure" The Libertines will perform together again. The 'Time For Heroes' hitmakers - Carl, Pete Doherty, Gary Powell and John Hassall - have not shared a stage since their one-off comeback shows at the Reading and Leeds festivals in…

Iggy Pop writing new tracks

Music Gossip

2 Sep 2011

Iggy Pop has been working on new songs with The Stooges. The 'Lust for Life' singer has been writing tracks with guitarist James Williamson, who played on the group's definitive 1973 album 'Raw Power' and rejoined in 2009 after the death of original…

Alice Cooper scared of Brian Wilson

Music Gossip

4 Jul 2011

Alice Cooper was too afraid to argue with Brian Wilson. The 63-year-old rocker and his pal Iggy Pop were left bemused when they visited the former Beach Boys star at home and he played for them what he claimed was the greatest song of all time…

The Stooges promise uplifting tribute

Music Gossip

15 Apr 2011

The Stooges promise they will pay an "uplifting" tribute to late guitarist Ron Asheton next week. The band - led by vocalist Iggy Pop - will perform a belated tribute show to the guitarist, who passed away in 2009, next Tuesday (19.04.11) in Ann…

Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul

7 Jul 2010

(EMI) The recent suicide of Mark Linkous, aka. Sparklehorse imbues this posthumous release with oppressive waves of melancholy, but this often-inspired record – heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure – rises above such considerations to stand…

Slash interview - Full transcript

16 Jun 2010

Born in Stoke on Trent, Saul Hudson became Slash after a move to LA at the age of 11. Now one of the world’s most iconic guitarists who gave us the timeless riffs from ‘Welcome to the Jungle’, ‘Paradise City’ and ‘Sweet Child of Mine’. After leaving…

Records - Also Released

Also Released

27 Mar 2007

Tony Visconti The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy (HarperCollins) Here’s a cat who lived his and a few others’ nine lives, having produced and played on some of the greatest rock’n’roll records in history and lived to tell the tale.