Iggy Pop as Yelgrun (1997)
Iggy Pop was born as James Jewel Osterburg on April 21, 1947 in Muskegon, Michigan. He took the name "Iggy Pop" at the age of 19 after beginning his career in music: Iggy after The Iguanas (his first band) and Pop after Jim Popp, a local junkie.
He was the central figure of the popular 'punk-rock' band formed in Ann Arbor in 1967 that was eventually called "The Stooges". Pop would later go solo, working with such talent as David Bowie (the husband of Trek actor Iman) before scoring a US Top 40 hit in a 1991 duet with the B-52's Kate Pierson and the song "Candy".
A few days before filming his Star Trek: Deep Space Nine role, he was injured in a mosh pit during one of his concerts.
Ira Steven Behr, the executive producer of Deep Space Nine, is an Iggy Pop fan.
Appearances
External Links
- Official website
- Iggy Pop at Wikipedia
- Template:IMDb-link
- Iggy Pop at AMG allmusic