Iggy's ex Pistols

In 1983 Iggy recorded the title song to Repo Man. It's great: dynamic drums, droning guitar, driving bass, dumb lyrics. A Doorsy monologue in the middle about "the desert sand"....points to why he was once considered as Morrison's replacement...probably my favorite Iggy tune....

....except for something off of the first Stooges album. That one sounds like midtempo Ramones- maybe Subterranean Jungle - or the Sex Pistols: crunchy and simple. The latter's cover of "No Fun" - a b-side - was on the mark.

I didn't find the later albums as compelling. I guess Funhouse is an acquired taste....like a Nuggets garage band, devolving into noise and stretched out over an album. Raw Power, The Idiot, and Lust for Life had their moments...but what if Iggy were to connect with a classic punk band?

He did...well, kind of.

Reading up on Repo Man: Steve Jones from the Pistols played guitar....Harrison and Burke from Blondie played bass and drums, respectively.

Earlier, in 1980, he teamed up with ex Pistol Glen Matlock. Mssrs Rotten et al, you'll remember, had famously thrown him out of the band for knowing too many chords....or liking the Beatles...or something. Glen played bass on Soldier and co-wrote four of the album's tunes.

Blah-Blah-Blah came out in 1986, giving Iggy a mid-'80's hit with some mid-'80's production values: blah-blah-blah was right. Still, ex Pistol Steve Jones co-wrote three songs and plays on one of them. Steve then plays on the whole Instinct album in 1988 and co-wrote four songs. Lastly, the two collaborated on one song from 1991's American Ceasar.

So, we have two mixes here. The first, Iggy's ex Pistols Album, features the tunes Iggy wrote with Matlock and Jones.
The second, Iggy Pistol, features those Iggy tunes that feature either ex Pistol in the band.
Yeah, I know Repo Man only belongs on the second list.

Wow, 73 years old this week.
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