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Andrew Watt
Producer Andrew Watt on working with rock legends The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney

By Paul Brannigan Published

Andrew Watt: the man who makes rock legends sound like excited teenagers jamming in a garage

Bands & Artists
Iggy Pop in 1977
Iggy Pop's resolve to kick drugs in 1975 wasn't helped by David Bowie showing up to his hospital bedside with a bag of cocaine

By Paul Brannigan Published

Iggy Pop's attempts to kick his drug addictions in the 1970s weren't always helped by his famous friends

Bands & Artists
Iggy Pop LiveIggy Pop of the Stooges rides the crowd during a performance at the Cincinnati Pop Festival at Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, 13th June 1970
The Stooges mark the post-Altamont death throes of the hippy zeitgeist on Fun House

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

The Stooges' second album Fun House is a beautiful seven-track study in the feral and unhinged

Albums
Brandon Flowers The Killers
The story behind Mr. Brightside

By Paul Brannigan Published

The story behind "the UK's alternative national anthem", inspired by heartbreak, David Bowie and Iggy Pop

Bands & Artists
Gavin Harrison of The Pineapple Thief performs at Alcatraz on March 07, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images)
King Crimson, Porcupine Tree and Pineapple Thief’s Gavin Harrison proves he’s a pro

By Rob Hughes Published

The award-winning prog drummer – who says he’s quite happy playing simple songs – on working with Kevin Ayers, Iggy Pop, Mic Karn and others

Bands & Artists
Iggy Pop onstage, 1973
The story of Iggy & The Stooges' ferocious classic Search And Destroy

By Ian Fortnam Published

The Stooges' Search And Destroy began with James Williamson "goofing around making machine-gun sounds" but countless others adopted its combination of pounding rhythm and aggressive guitar

Tracks & Singles
Iggy Pop as pictured on the front cover of Iggy and The Stooges' album Raw Power
Stooges guitarist James Williamson on Raw Power, the proto-punk ass kicker Bowie didn't understand

By Greg Prato Published

Stooges guitarist James Williamson looks back at this proto-punk ass kicker that opened many a show circa ’73

Tracks & Singles
Iggy Pop of the Stooges rides the crowd during a performance at the Cincinnati Pop Festival at Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, 13th June 1970.
"There was a point where people would come to see us because they hated us": The chaotic beginnings of The Stooges, America's first punk band

By Jaan Uhelszki Published

Iggy Pop and others tell the gonzoid story of The Stooges' early years

Interviews
Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, Dave Vanian
Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, The Damned confirmed for new punk rock festival

By Paul Brannigan Published

Some of punk and hardcore's most iconic bands will play CBGB festival in Brooklyn, New York on September 27

Music Festivals
Bowie, Simple Minds and Iggy Pop
Simple Minds on the night that David Bowie and Iggy Pop gatecrashed their studio

By Niall Doherty Published

The pair roped in the Scottish rockers for some football-style chanting when they found themselves working in the studio next door

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