Musicians Who Set the Stage for Rock and Roll

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop is the reason your parents don't want you to listen to punk music. He popularized danger in a public music format, and he also industrialized straight edge culture and brought forth punk rock's first street gangs. Iggy Pop pushed the boundaries of what a live performance meant to a casual audience. He even offered a $1 million dollar incentive to a promoter at Madison Square Garden for him to commit suicide on stage. This was a joke, but that was the length that Iggy Pop was willing to go for showmanship. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.