Hey, this goes Jake Brennan here. Listen to new episodes of Discrets Land from season

11 every Tuesday and catch the after party episodes every Thursday. This is where we go

deeper into the artist's stories. I'll share what I'm reading, listening to, and what

I'm watching, and I'll respond to your messages and questions, and of course, I'll be reading

the phone book.

You've probably realized that we're releasing a lot of previously exclusive episodes this

month. We've got episodes on Studio 54, Prince, the Missfits, Selena, way more that you've

probably never heard before. You can listen to all those episodes in a bunch more Discrets

Land right now wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts, I Heart Radio, Spotify

Stitcher, Cast Box, Amazon Music, you get the picture where everywhere thank you for

listening. Let's get into it.

Discrets Land is a production of Double Elvis.

The stories about Iggy Pop are insane. He bloodied himself in public, taunted dangerous

bikers into a violent beatdown, committed himself to live acts of sex, sickness, and rumored

suicide on stage. He was addicted, arrested, and committed to an insane asylum. He terrified

and enthralled audiences, accidentally invented punk rock, post-punk, and of course, was the

originator of the stage dive.

Iggy Pop pushed rock and roll further over the line than anyone before him in ushered

in a new era of musical nihilism that was perfectly suited for the cynical malaise of

the 1970s. In Iggy Pop made great music. Some of the greatest music ever made, as a matter

of fact. That music I played you at the top of the show, that wasn't great music. That

was a preset loop from my Melotron called Melosummarine Slog BK1. I played you that loop because

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