In this book he tells the history of The Stooges with a mixture of wit, candor and spontaneity: from their early beginnings to their full flaming flare over three groundbreaking albums before the crash and the triumphant return that no-one could have predicted. “Iggy Pop has turned the interview into an art form. “What does it mean to be Iggy Pop, five decades of being ‘the wildest man in rock’? Iggy Pop is many things. “Iggy and The Stooges have to be one of the greatest American rock bands that has ever been.” - Joan Jett They’re definitely the only group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who started out playing an amplified Waring blender, a vacuum cleaner, spring water bottles and a 200 gallon oil drum.” - Jeff Gold, Author of 101 Essential Rock Records There was no precedent in rock music for what they did. The Stooges were pioneers in sound, look, and live presentation, and along the way invented a genre-punk rock-and influenced countless others that followed. He’s an incredible storyteller with a fantastic memory and a great sense of humor, and he held nothing back. “It was a rare privilege to sit with Iggy as he downloaded the story of The Stooges. “TOTAL CHAOS is phenomenal-a must-have for all fans of the group.”-Dangerous Minds “Iggy Pop’s leather jacket and biker boot clad, fuck-the-world nonchalance belies the obsessive, meticulous genius that bolstered the punk rocker to international acclaim as one of the first- and best- to spit squarely in the eye of the mainstream and live to tell the tale.” -Elmore Magazine “Chaos Reigns: Iggy Pop Spills His Guts in This Definitive Stooges Book”-Noisey Including an absolute treasure-trove of rare and unseen photographs, TOTAL CHAOS is a book that shows AND tells the story of The Stooges. TOTAL CHAOS stands as a work for all fans of the band and rock music to draw inspiration. Their efforts include numerous acclaimed and best-selling books and a Grammy Award. Jeff Gold, Johan Kugelberg and editor/contributor Jon Savage are among the most respected music authors and historians working today. Their continuing influence can be felt today in the shape and sound of rock-n-roll music. In 2010 The Stooges, credited with having invented punk rock, were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Pop’s candid, bare-all responses left them with the almost unbelievable tale of the band he founded-the alternately tragic and triumphant story of a group who rose from youth, fell prey to drugs, alcohol, and music biz realities, collapsed and nearly 30 years later reformed, recording and touring to great acclaim. TOTAL CHAOS: The Story of The Stooges / As Told by Iggy Pop is the first time the story of this seminal band has been told entirely in Pop’s own words.Īuthor Jeff Gold and contributor Johan Kugelberg, noted music historians and collectors, spent two days with Pop at his Miami home, sharing with him their extensive Stooges collection and interviewing the legendary singer. “Gasp at the awe-inspiring memorabilia and frank talk in Total Chaos…remarkable” -Mojo Magazine Follow him on Twitter at or on Faceboo k. New Jim Jarmusch Documentary on Iggy Pop & The Stooges Now Streaming Free on Amazon Primeīased in Seoul, Colin Marshall writes and broadcasts on cities a nd culture. He’s at work on a book about Los Angeles, A Los Angeles Primer, the video series The City in Cinema, the crowdfunded journalism project Where Is the City of the Future?, and the Los Angeles Review of Books’ Korea Blog. Jim Jarmusch: The Art of the Music in His Films Jim Jarmusch’s Anti-MTV Music Videos for Talking Heads, Neil Young, Tom Waits & Big Audio Dynamite And some covers of country songs that we slow down and give a kind of molten treatment to” - all of which fits right in with the rest of the music that has shaped his movies. Jarmusch described their music to the New York Times Magazine as follows: “It varies between avant noise-rock, drone stuff and some song-structured things with vocals. His band Sqürl, formed to record some instrumental pieces to score 2009’s The Limits of Control, has now grown into its own separate entity, and several of their tracks appear on this playlist. Given the importance of music to his movies, it should come as no surprise that Jarmusch originally set out to become a musician himself, and now, in parallel with his career as one of America’s most respected living independent filmmakers, spends a fair chunk of his time being one.
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