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Iggy Pop album shuns ‘humiliating’ record labels
Punk pioneer Iggy Pop has taken his new solo album, a
French-flavoured line-up of cover songs, straight to his fans online,
shunning record majors convinced it would be a flop.
“They would have preferred that I do a rock album with popular punks, sort of like ‘Hi Dad!’ I was not going to do that!” the 65-year-old American quipped at a press conference for the record launch in Paris on Wednesday.
“What has a record company ever done for me but humiliate and torment and drag me down?” the sinewy rocker said of his move to sell it online in CD and download forms.
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“They would have preferred that I do a rock album with popular punks, sort of like ‘Hi Dad!’ I was not going to do that!” the 65-year-old American quipped at a press conference for the record launch in Paris on Wednesday.
“What has a record company ever done for me but humiliate and torment and drag me down?” the sinewy rocker said of his move to sell it online in CD and download forms.
Read more
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