IGGY & THE STOOGES:

During the psychedelic haze of the late '60s, the grimy, noisy and relentlessly bleak rock & roll of the Stooges was conspicuously out of time. Like the Velvet Underground, the Stooges revealed the underside of sex, drugs and rock & roll, showing all of the grime beneath the myth.  Taking their cue from the over-amplified pounding of British blues, the primal raunch of American garage rock, and the psychedelic rock (as well as the audience-baiting) of the Doors, the Stooges were raw, immediate and vulgar. Iggy Pop became notorious for performing smeared in blood or peanut butter, diving into the audience. 
 
After playing in several local bands in Ann Arbor, Michigan, including the blues band the Prime Movers and the Iguanas, Iggy Pop (b. James Osterberg) formed the Stooges in 1967 after witnessing a Doors concert in Chicago.  The group received a major-label record contract in 1968 when an Elektra talent scout went to Detroit to see the MC5 and wound up signing their opening act, the Stooges, as well.
 
In 1972, David Bowie made it his mission to resuscitate Iggy and the Stooges, as the band was now billed.  With Bowie's help, the Stooges landed a management deal and a contract with Columbia, and he took control of the production of the group's third album, Raw Power, released in 1973 to strong reviews. 

In late 1976, Bowie helped Iggy Pop secure a solo record deal with RCA.  In 1979, he then signed on with a new label (Arista) and released “New Values,” an album that touched off a string of releases: 1980's Soldier, 1981's Party, and 1982's Zombie Birdhouse.