Iggy Pop: Lust for Life
Kris Needs, ZigZag, September 1977
WHILE countless young groups do weak imitations of the Ig of five years ago Jimmy Osterburg himself moves on at a rate of revitalised progress almost staggering to watch. Hot on the heels of The Idiot comes his second album in a year, and in places you'd hardly think it was the same guy.
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