• Creem magazine’s wild misfit days of sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll

    Creem magazine’s wild misfit days of sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll

    The office of Creem magazine was as unruly as the music that its writers covered. One day, when local hero Iggy Pop paid a visit to the mag’s Detroit headquarters, publisher/founder Barry Kramer sneaked up behind the proto-punk and dumped a trashcan full of garbage on his head. Then Kramer inexplicably exclaimed, “Hey, motherf - - ker! Did …
  • Iggy Pop and Bootsy Collins release funky 1985 cover of ‘Family Affair’

    Iggy Pop and Bootsy Collins release funky 1985 cover of ‘Family Affair’

    Iggy Pop turned 73 on Tuesday and he celebrated by unearthing a cover of the Sly and the Family Stone classic “Family Affair” that he recorded with funk icon Bootsy Collins back in 1985. “I’ve always loved this song; it came out when I was kinda on the ropes in 1971,” Iggy told the BBC. …