Morrison's extreme behavior, while performing in a popular band, inspired the young Pop to push the boundaries of stage performance. The seeds of Iggy Pop's stage persona were sown when he saw The Doors perform in 1967 at the University of Michigan and was amazed by the stage antics and antagonism displayed by singer Jim Morrison. The band was composed of Iggy on vocals, Ron Asheton on guitar, Asheton's brother Scott on drums, and Dave Alexander on bass. Inspired by Chicago blues as well as bands like The Sonics and The MC5, he formed the Psychedelic Stooges and began calling himself Iggy. While in Chicago, he played drums in blues clubs, helped by Sam Lay (formerly of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band) who shared his connections with Iggy. After exploring local blues-style bands such as the Prime Movers (with brothers Dan and Michael Erlewine), he eventually dropped out of the University of Michigan and moved to Chicago to learn more about blues. One band was the Iguanas, from the name of which he adopted his future moniker Iggy. Osterberg began his music career as a drummer in different high school bands in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He currently fronts the advertising campaign for the UK-based online insurance company Swiftcover, in his trademark state of toplessness. A film about Iggy Pop's life and career titled The Passenger is in development. His best-known solo songs include " Lust for Life," "I'm Bored," " Real Wild Child," the Top 40 hit " Candy" (with vocalist Kate Pierson of The B-52's) and " The Passenger". Pop's popularity has ebbed and flowed throughout the course of his subsequent solo career. The Stooges became infamous for their live performances, during which it was not uncommon for Pop (who traditionally performs bare-chested) to self-mutilate, verbally abuse the audience, expose himself and leap off the stage (the first or among the first to stage dive). Iggy Pop was the lead singer of The Stooges, a late 1960s/early 1970s rock band who were influential in the development of the nascent hard rock and punk rock genres. Pop began calling himself Iggy after his first band in high school, The Iguanas. He is sometimes referred to by the nicknames "the Godfather of Punk" and "the Iguana", and is widely acknowledged as one of the most dynamic stage performers of all time. Although he has had only limited mainstream commercial success, Iggy Pop is considered an influential innovator of punk rock, hard rock, and other related styles. on April 21, 1947) is an American singer-songwriter, and occasional actor. Iggy Pop (born James Newell Osterberg, Jr. Singer-songwriter, musician, producer, actor Hard rock, protopunk, punk rock, garage rock, glam rock
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