IGGY POP AND THE STOOGES Complete First Studio LP In 33 Years

December 27, 2006

Chris Harris of MTV.com reports that IGGY POP AND THE STOOGES have completed work on their first studio LP since 1973's groundbreaking "Raw Power". Entitled "The Weirdness", the CD will feature 16 tracks in all, including "Greedy Awful People", "Claustrophobia", "Mexican Guy", "I'm Fried", "ATM", "O Solo Mio", "She Took My Money", "End Of Christianity" and "Free and Freaky", the latter of which features guest vocals from THE RACONTEURS' Brendan Benson.

From a lyrical standpoint, Pop said he wasn't inspired by the same things that made him so angry back in the day. He's a different guy now and doesn't have as much reason to be mad.

"I'm just now getting the rewards that you were supposed to get from my job when I was 21," he said. "I'm just getting 'em now. I got a hot chick. I can drive whatever I want to. I can go to the ATM and pull out a bunch of money. I have a swell job. How angry do I have to be? Just a little bit. My thing [with this record was] more like finding ways of saying 'You suck!' without actually saying it."

Thus, the lyrics are about his world and his life. The song "You Can't Have Friends", for instance, is a slap at the rock-star ethos. "It's like, 'Boo hoo, I'm so successful and everybody wants to sleep with me because I'm a rock star, and everyone wants to be my friend because they think I have lots of money. Boo hoo!' " he said. "Too bad. You can't have friends. Big deal."

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