Iggy Phenomenal

James Newell Osterberg, Jr. and band just made it into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. That's Iggy and The Stooges to the rest of you.

This guy is 63 years old next month:



Iggy is a great American success story. He's like 25% responsible for inspiring the punk rock movements (25% to The Velvet Underground, 25% to New York Dolls, 25% to Stones, MC5, The Standells, The Kinks, The Who, Motown, Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, Andy Warhol and David Bowie all together). Iggy cracked the code the rawest way possible, with his half naked, streaming wet, sinewy snapping body. The neck on that guy, insane.

The Wiki link above has the goods. Here's my favorite:



Long live the king.