shewolfnm wrote:really?
I take it , rock music?
God if you say rap, im fallin off my chair..
He was the front man of the legendary, proto-punk, garage rock band The Stooges.
The Stooges were like the missing link between the Velvet Undeground and the Sex Pistols. They kicked ass - but I wasnt even born then yet, or just a wee kid (1968-1975).
Then in the late 70s early 80s he did a bunch of punk/postpunk stuff. "Lust for Life" will be an energising punkrock anthem for ever. "The Passenger" was on the same seminal '77 album. By the mid-80s he even had something of a pop hit with "Real Wild Child".
In between he toured - and lived on drugs - with Bowie.
His fame got a reviving boost when his songs were used in
Trainspotting (the movie). The Stooges' archetypal
No Fun was also used in a brilliant mash-up by 2 Many DJ's, who mixed it up with Salt N Pepa's
Push It (!!).
There's still much more to say, but I'm no expert, I just really like some of his songs. Wikipedia looks like it has
a good page