Born James Jewel Osterberg, April 21, 1947, in Ann Arbor, MI. Addresses: Record company-Virgin, 30 west 21st Street, New York, NY 10010.

Often dubbed "the godfather of punk rock" by critics and fans, singer Iggy Pop became an immediate cult figure in the late 1960s as a member of the Stooges, a boundary-breaking rock band known for its ear-splitting guitars and nihilistic attitude. Although never a major commercial draw, the Stooges' influence on later generations is inestimable. After the Stooges dissolved in the early 1970s, Pop went on to create a number of striking solo albums with the aid of British pop innovator David Bowie. However, by the end of the decade it seemed to many that Pop had begun to mellow, and had been eclipsed by the very decadent thrash of punk rock that the Stooges had helped inspire. By the mid-1980s, Pop impressed listeners once again with a string of albums that were still angst-ridden, if somewhat slicker than before.

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