Who is Iggy Pop from Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk and what is their importance?

Iggy Pop, front man of the band The Stooges, was a major figure in the history of punk music. Born in Michigan, Iggy Pop is a talented musician, serves as inspiration for many other musicans, and lives a deviant lifestyle as well. He engages in heavy drug use, sexual promiscuity, and lives the quintessential, archetypal lifestyle of the rock star in Hollywood. Yet despite his fame and his fortune, Iggy suffers from depression and he ultimately realizes he needs to clean himself up.