Josh Homme on Iggy Pop: “It took balls to be him.”
On March 18, Iggy Pop will release Post Pop Depression, an album in which the punk forefather has suggested will be his last. Helping him out musically on this walk into the sunset has been Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme.
In a new interview with The Guardian, Homme spoke at length about his appreciation for Pop and how his fearlessness has turned him into a legend.
“Lemmy is gone. Bowie is gone. He’s the last of the one-and-onlys. It took balls to be him: a little guy with a big dick scaring people in Detroit,” said Homme. “Everyone should take a knee for Iggy. He deserves it. He never got [the respect or the acclaim], mostly by his own hand, but he made the shit that’s spawned more bands than any other person, ever. Bring on the statues, you motherfuckers!”
A statue would be a pretty impressive sight to see, especially if it was designed by someone who recently sketched Pop’s naked body for a recent art exhibit.
“I feel like I’m closing up after this. That’s what I feel. It’s my gut instinct,” offered Pop in a February interview with Beats1. When asked if he meant he’ll never make music again, Pop elaborated: “No. If you call me and you want to work out a deal to come and sing ‘Happy Birthday’ at your mother’s, something like that I’ll refer you to someone. But to really make a real album you really have to put everything into it and the energy’s more limited now.”
Iggy Pop (Post Pop Depression) Tour Dates:
03/28 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
03/29 – Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium
03/31 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
04/02 – Denver, CO @ Ellie Caulkins Opera House
04/04 – Minneapolis, MN @ Northrop Auditorium
04/06 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
04/07 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
04/09 – Toronto, ON @ Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
04/11 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
04/12 – New York, NY @ United Palace Theatre
04/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Academy of Music
04/19 – Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater
04/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
05/04 – Stockholm, SE @ Cirkus
05/05 – Copenhagen, DK @ Falconer
05/07 – Berlin, DE @ Tempodrom
05/08 – Hamburg, DE @ Mehr! Theater
05/10 – Amsterdam, NL @ Heineken Music Hall
05/13 – London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall
05/15 – Paris, FR @ Le Grand Rex
