Iggy Pop: Zombie Birdhouse (Animal Records/Chrysalis) ***
Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 25 September 1982
IGGY POP is a man of honour. Not for him the Lou Reed path of self-mockery; the one time he tried it for money's sake with David Bowie seems to have caused him paroxysms of regret and loathing he's still attempting to shake off.
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