What happened between Bowie and Iggy Pop?

What happened between Bowie and Iggy Pop?

When David Bowie died on Janu, Iggy Pop confessed to the New York Times that Bowie had "resurrected" him. By 1976, though, both were completely addled by their drug addictions — heroin for Iggy Pop, and cocaine for Bowie. ...

Did David Bowie produce Iggy Pop?

The Idiot is the debut studio album by American musician Iggy Pop, released on Ma, by RCA Records. The two settled into the Château d'Hérouville in Hérouville, where Bowie agreed to produce an album for Pop. ...

What songs did Bowie write for Iggy Pop?

7: David Bowie helps out Iggy a second time At this time, Bowie famously covered the song they co-wrote together from The Idiot, “China Girl” for his album, Let's Dance.

Where did Iggy Pop and David Bowie live in Berlin?

Despite their statuses as music royalty, Bowie and Iggy lived pretty average lives in Berlin. Their apartment was located in the district of Schöneberg in West Berlin, where Berlin's notorious gay neighborhoods are situated.

When did David Bowie meet Iggy Pop?

1971 "The friendship was basically that this guy salvaged me from certain professional and maybe personal annihilation – simple as that." Bowie met Iggy in 1971, and the following year the Thin White Duke would produce the final Stooges studio album, Raw Power.

Did David Bowie like punk?

They had to be bold, otherwise, they wouldn't survive. Music will always need disrupters, as one himself, Bowie only had love in his heart for punk.

Who wrote Candy by Iggy Pop?

Iggy Pop Candy/Paroliers

What happened to Iggy Pop and David Bowie?

• By 1976, though, both were completely addled by their drug addictions — heroin for Iggy Pop, and cocaine for Bowie. After The Stooges fell apart for the second time, due to Pop's abuse of heroin, he entered himself inside a mental institution, and Bowie invited him to tag along on his Isolar tour.

What was David Bowie's first album?

• The first album recorded during this traveling period was Iggy Pop's The Idiot, which now sounds like David Bowie was playing Pop, a fact Bowie would admit later on: "Poor Jim, in a way, became a guinea pig for what I wanted to do with sound. I didn't have the material at the time, and I didn't feel like writing at all.

Was David Bowie a one-hit-wonder?

• By 1971 David Bowie was branded a one-hit-wonder, Lou Reed was considered washed up following a disastrous debut and Iggy Pop was seen as merely a drug crazed ex-Stooge.

What happened to David Bowie and the Stooges?

• After The Stooges fell apart for the second time, due to Pop's abuse of heroin, he entered himself inside a mental institution, and Bowie invited him to tag along on his Isolar tour. They then moved to West Berlin, together, to kick the drugs and revitalize their work.