Genres: Punk Rock, Hard-Rock, Alternative-Rock
Iggy Pop is older than your dad and rocks harder than most people half his age. Re-uniting with the remaining members of the Stooges after the death of guitarist Ron Asheton, which leaves Scott Asheton and James Williamson (he was the guitarist on the Raw Power album in 1973) along with non-Stooge alternative super-star Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Il Sogno Del Marinaio). Iggy Pop puts the older more nhilistic Stooges behind and has the time of his life! Iggy is a much better artist these days as his career has run the full cycle of explosive punk, art-rock, singer-songwriter, new wave, sell-out pop albums and back again. Leaving him with the ability to make interesting sober insights, raging hedonism and comical goofs come off as natural. When the music rages behind Iggy it never seems angry, it actually seems refined compared to the landmark punk prototype music that was the Stooges first three albums The Stooges in 1969, Funhouse in 1970 and Raw Power in 1973. Iggy sings a few ballads ('Unfriendly World' 'Beat that Guy' 'The Departed') and rages hard on most of the rest. Iggy is still one of the best front-men to grace the stage and when he gets it right, as he does here, it is a joy to hear.
These guys are senior citizens and they make righteous racket. Iggy is 66 years old and he still seems like a tireless youth when he rocks and I'm glad they put the effort into making this.
RATING: 4/5 stars
Here's the lead off track 'Burn' which starts everything on the right foot.
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