‘The Idiot’: How Iggy Pop And David Bowie Invented Post-Punk

‘The Idiot’: How Iggy Pop And David Bowie Invented Post-Punk Iggy Pop’s debut solo album, The Idiot, marked a radical departure from the incendiary, guitar-based proto-punk of his former band, The Stooges. First released on March 18, 1977, it was written and recorded in collaboration with David Bowie, and its electronic veneer and melancholic atmosphere had much in common with Low, “Heroes” and Lodger, the three Bowie albums widely referred to as his “Berlin Trilogy.” Listen to The Idiot on …