Improbably, I suppose, Iggy Pop, born James Newell Osterberg, Jr. on this day in 1947, turned 67 years old today. No longer the world’s forgotten boy, but a wealthy senior citizen.
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
The Idiot: Iggy Pop totally charms square daytime TV audience, 1977
Iggy’s jacket: The rock and roll Shroud of Turin
Iggy Pop’s tour riders are hilarious
Iggy Pop in the late 70s/early 80s, previously unseen photographs taken by his girlfriend
Your Pretty Lemon Face is Going to Hell: Iggy Pop shilling for Schweppes
Iggy Pop explains the meaning of ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ to Howard Stern, 1990
When Bowie got busted: Local news reports from his 1976 Rochester, NY pot arrest with Iggy
Like ‘The Wicker Man’ on heroin: Nico and a young Iggy Pop in ‘Evening of Light,’ 1969
Below, Iggy and a jar of peanut butter invent stage diving at the Cincinnati Pop Festival in 1970: