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by Joe Ambrose

ISBN: 1847721168
ISBN13: 978-1847721167
Language: English
Publisher: Omnibus Press (September 1, 2008)
Pages: 324
Category: Music
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And sorry, Joe Ambrose, I don't mean Iggy. This author is the most bitter a hole I've ever had the experience of reading a book by. "Gimme Danger" is just laden with unnecessary and unexplained jabs at Iggy Pop and 85% of the bands/singers he mentions

And sorry, Joe Ambrose, I don't mean Iggy. "Gimme Danger" is just laden with unnecessary and unexplained jabs at Iggy Pop and 85% of the bands/singers he mentions. He calls Joy Division "dippy", he calls the fans of Red Hot Chili Peppers/Beastie Boys a "generation of brain-dead skate kids and lobotomised mall punks" and he calls glam rock "fag rock" every single time.

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Gimme danger, little stranger And I feel with you at ease Gimme danger, little stranger And I'll heal your disease. There's nothing in my dreams Just some ugly memories Kiss me like the ocean breeze. Now if you will be my lover I will shiver and sing But if you can be my master I will do anything. There's nothing left alive But a pair of glassy eyes Raise my fears one more time. Come on little danger, die a little stranger Swear you're gonna feel my hell Come on little stranger, die a little later Swear you're gonna feel my hell Swear you're gonna feel my hell

In a career that begun in the late Sixties Iggy Pop always set out to shock. But his attention-grabbing tactics including self-mutilation always disguised a musician and artist more complex than the image suggested. In this solid biography Joe Ambrose does full justice to the original spirit of Iggy Pop through a rich and revealing selection of interviews, offering many shrewd insights into the personality of a man whose own comments often seem more confused than anarchic.

Comments:

Boraston

Boring.

Gavigamand

This book was published in 2002, which was before the reuion of the Stooges (Iggy, The Astons, & Watt). So a lot of the writers opinions are irrelevant. It's almost like the author didn't l;ike Iggy, and Ig apparantly had no input on this book. Learned a few things, like some albums I didn't know about, but otherwise dissapointing.

Legend 33

If you didn't know enough about Iggy after reading this you will know more.
This book will take you throught the twists and turns of the rollercoaster life of Iggy Pop.
I think you will enjoy the ride. This man has been down and out and completely on top of the world. Iggy's music is getting it 's due after all these years. Enjoy the book.

Goldfury

This is an excellent, well informed biography of the Godfather of Punk, Iggy Pop. I'm not sure why there are so many negative reviews because I found the material revealing and provoking. The author does have a tendency to be sarcastic but I thought that added to the overall story of Iggy Pop.

WOGY

And sorry, Joe Ambrose, I don't mean Iggy.

This author is the most bitter a**hole I've ever had the experience of reading a book by. "Gimme Danger" is just laden with unnecessary and unexplained jabs at Iggy Pop and 85% of the bands/singers he mentions. He calls Joy Division "dippy", he calls the fans of Red Hot Chili Peppers/Beastie Boys a "generation of brain-dead skate kids and lobotomised mall punks" and he calls glam rock "fag rock" every single time. Here's an example of a typical sentence that Ambrose puts together: "The project featured Patti Smith, the unpleasant cult leader Genesis P. Orridge, and pu$$y-powered poet cum rock biz PR Nicole Blackman." What? You mean Genesis P. Orridge, the leader of arguably the first industrial band, Throbbing Gristle? You may not like them and that's fine, but show a little respect. I don't get why he feels he needs to cut down everybody he mentions. He injects his bile and spite into almost every description. Oh, and he hates Iggy Pop. Perfect guy to write a biography, huh? The only thing that saves this book is that the interviews are interesting. It's the only time the words aren't completely filled with venom. But that's no credit to him since he didn't say the quotes himself and from what I understand most of them came from other books and sources anyway. I can't stand it when I read a book and all I can think about is the author. He's like a Michael Moore film, always shoving his mug into everything instead of letting the story speak for itself. I know I'm not reading a good book when I stop after every page to look at the author's picture and think "I hate you".

Two stars for the interviews. Zero to Ambrose. Here's to hoping someone writes a real Iggy Pop book.

Envias

This book was very hard for me to wade through despite being a huge fan. (I named my first cat Iggy!) Lots of disparaging remarks about Iggy, as well as portraying him as a huge misogynist made it hard to want to finish. But what really makes it a difficult read is the disjointed nature. It goes from a quote from someone in MC5 talking about a gig in Romeo Michigan, to a quote from Iggy about something else that happened elsewhere years later.

I grew up in Michigan and saw Iggy at least a dozen times so I read through it for the descriptions of the many shows he did in Michigan.

I picked up a book the other day in my local library- an autobiography by Arthur Kane (from the NY Dolls). This book looks like a fun read -the first couple of pages were hugely entertaining where he describes his first encounter with Johnny Thunders, and how he - Arthur switched playing Guitar with Johnny. That book is way more colorful and intriguing, it really painted a picture of what it was like to first glimpse Johnny in Central Park.

But Gimme Danger is just quotes and bits of interviews that were in other books and magazines strung together.

Disappointing.

furious ox

I'm a huge fan of Mr. Pop, and have been waiting for a definitive biography for some time. Unfortunately, this isn't it. Ambrose has effectively reprinted huge sections from "Please Kill Me," "I Need More," and "Neighbourhood Threat." Virtually no interviews or research was done from anywhere but these three books. Virtually nothing is said about Iggy's son Eric, and the last ten years of Pop's career are glossed over. Ambrose admits to not being a Pop fan, but feels compelled to repeatedly criticize his work (particularly the use of Pop's songs in commercials). Despite an awesome cover, Gimme Danger is basically a poor researched term-paper on Iggy Pop.

...and a rather sad one at that. The other reviewers with low rankings have it pretty much correct. Nothing wrong with a critical view on a subject at book length, but to mix a lot of interesting history with comments like Patti Smith and Iggy Pop throwing away songs that were better than Kurt Cobain's best is almost enough to make one stop reading (but that's 25 pages from the end, so let's perserve on, shall we?). Somebody needs to do this right, but ya know? Just listen to first three Stooges records and ignore books like this or the "autobiography".