![One time he gave an audience member a concussion from a watermelon: According to 'Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed' the singer raced onstage as the band launched into 'Raw Power' and in an excited frenzy he chucked the remains of a melon into the crowd. Apparently, it gave one women a concussion, but he didn't stop there. After dropping a cup of ice into his pants he removed individual cubes, before sucking on them erotically and tossing them into the audience. Nice.]()
One time he gave an audience member a concussion from a watermelon: According to 'Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed' the singer raced onstage as the band launched into 'Raw Power' and in an excited frenzy he chucked the remains of a melon into the crowd. Apparently, it gave one women a concussion, but he didn't stop there. After dropping a cup of ice into his pants he removed individual cubes, before sucking on them erotically and tossing them into the audience. Nice.
![Iggy somehow found the humour in his crazy stage-abuse:]()
Iggy somehow found the humour in his crazy stage-abuse: "I've probably been spit on more than any person alive outside of, I would say, a member of the prison system".
![Iggy was once attacked by none other than, Elton John: On the night before a Stooges show in Atlanta, Iggy was so off his face that he passed out in the bushes beside his motel. After taking some speed to recover (because that's what mental rock stars do), he was attacked mid-performance by a hairy figure. Iggy told Legs McNeill in the book 'Please Kill Me',]()
Iggy was once attacked by none other than, Elton John: On the night before a Stooges show in Atlanta, Iggy was so off his face that he passed out in the bushes beside his motel. After taking some speed to recover (because that's what mental rock stars do), he was attacked mid-performance by a hairy figure. Iggy told Legs McNeill in the book 'Please Kill Me', "I was like, 'Oh my god! What can I do? I couldn't fight him. I could barely stand". Who knew Elton John was such a prankster?
![Why he's insane in the membrane: Iggy%u2019s not one to take any prisoners with his musical taste, %u201CI like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild%u201D.]()
Why he's insane in the membrane: Iggy%u2019s not one to take any prisoners with his musical taste, %u201CI like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild%u201D.
!['I am the Peanut Butter': During one Cincinnati Pop Festival Iggy leapt into a captivated audience and somehow produced a jar of peanut butter, which he slathered on his chest, slinging the excess goo onto nearby fans. Truly, Iggy Pop is the endless giver of WTF moments.]()
'I am the Peanut Butter': During one Cincinnati Pop Festival Iggy leapt into a captivated audience and somehow produced a jar of peanut butter, which he slathered on his chest, slinging the excess goo onto nearby fans. Truly, Iggy Pop is the endless giver of WTF moments.
![That time he invented the stage-dive: At the same festival, virtually the first footage of a musician stage-diving can be seen. I think we're all just surprised people even knew what to do.]()
That time he invented the stage-dive: At the same festival, virtually the first footage of a musician stage-diving can be seen. I think we're all just surprised people even knew what to do.
![Iggy Pop once had the most ridiculous concert rider:
Highlights include an amplifier for which,]()
Iggy Pop once had the most ridiculous concert rider:
Highlights include an amplifier for which, "If you make smoke and sparks, come out, and you are still alive afterwards, we'll give you a bottle of Miller Lite. And a go on the band's skateboard." Apparently written by roadie Jos Grain, the Iggy rider is hilarious top to bottom. Explaining the need for two heavy duty fans, Grain said, "So that I can wear a scarf and pretend to be in a Bon Jovi video".
![He had one of the craziest onscreen moments of all-time:
In his 1980 appearance on US talk show The Tom Snyder Show Iggy appears missing a tooth, as he talks about his long history of bleeding and vomiting on audience members (]()
He had one of the craziest onscreen moments of all-time:
In his 1980 appearance on US talk show The Tom Snyder Show Iggy appears missing a tooth, as he talks about his long history of bleeding and vomiting on audience members ("out of frustration") and how he just wants to have fun. With incredible comic timing Snyder then feels compelled to ask: "Why are you bleeding?"
![Bowie once smuggled Iggy some drugs: After the Stooges frontman was checked into a psychiatric hospital in 1975, David Bowie and Dennis Hopper smuggled drugs inside to cheer him up.
Bowie said,]()
Bowie once smuggled Iggy some drugs: After the Stooges frontman was checked into a psychiatric hospital in 1975, David Bowie and Dennis Hopper smuggled drugs inside to cheer him up.
Bowie said, "We thought we should bring him some drugs, because he probably hadn't had any for days".
![Iggy made a famously, hilarious comment after a trip to the big house: The icon needed to be bailed out of jail, but was drunk and wearing a dress. When someone asked him]()
Iggy made a famously, hilarious comment after a trip to the big house: The icon needed to be bailed out of jail, but was drunk and wearing a dress. When someone asked him "Iggy, why are you wearing a woman's dress?" He replied simply, "I beg to differ, this is a man's dress".