Legend Credentials:

Where to start? Iggy is the legend's legend. Without Iggy Pop there'd be no nothing. Well, Girl's no nothing with a guitar at any rate. He is the daddy of all rock daddies, the godfather of punk. He is a rare breed - even with a bus pass in his back pocket he's still doing it like he did back in the day, only a little slower and much less flexibly.

Born to an American father and English mother, James Osterburg began his career as a drummer in his high school band The Iguanas - that's the Iggy bit, the Pop bit, he claims, just sounded cooler than Iggy Osterburg. He had a point.

Iggy had a brief stint in The Prime Movers before forming The Stooges in 1967. The rest is the stuff of legend. Drug hoovers of the highest order, it's a wonder they got anything done among the punch-ups, nose-ups, smash it ups, leg overs and break-ups.

Following one of the many bust ups, almost all of which were drug-related, the Stooges finally split in 1970 following the release of the classic 'Fun House' album. Iggy moved to Florida, took up golf and became a greenkeeper. Like you do.

For many, his meeting with one David Bowie in 1972 is where things get interesting. By 1975, Iggy decided a spell in rehab to get him off the horse might be prudent. Bowie remained his one true friend throughout and got him back on his feet with an appearance on 'Low', before the pair invented New Wave with Iggy's debut solo outing 'The Idiot'. Produced by Bowie, natch. 'Lust For Life' appeared in 1977 and spawned two of the greatest songs ever written in the title track and 'Passengers'.

A true, true legend. Any questions? No. Good.

The Original Song:

'Search And Destroy' is the standout track from Iggy & The Stooges’ 1973 album “Rough Power” (Fact Fans: Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain wrote numerous times in his Journals that this was his favorite album of all time, The Smiths’ Johnny Marr agrees and Henry Rollins has the words "Search and Destroy" tattooed across his shoulder blades.). Iggy Pop has said the title was pulled from a Time magazine article on the Vietnam War – and the track is suitably aggressive, loud and angry.

Classic Clip:

Still in any doubt as to the raw power of Iggy & The Stooges? Let this astonishing 70’s documentary clip disassude you: