A Preppy, Straight Kid
In 1966, when Ron and Scott Asheton first met Iggy Pop, he was still going by the name James. Iggy worked at a record store called Discount Records that the Ashetons would hang out around. They remembered Iggy being a preppy “straight kid” who “hung out with the popular kids.”
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Back then, Iggy “didn’t smoke cigarettes, didn’t get high, [and] didn’t drink.” But Iggy wanted to be a musician. So, he went to Chicago to gain some experience and, when he got back, said to the Ashetons and Dave Alexander, “Hey, why don’t we start a band?”