Iggy Pop is not far from being the singer of AC / DC!

In 1980, Bon Scott, the historic singer of the Australian group died of aspiration pneumonia (understand suffocated by his vomit).

A tragedy for the formation which nevertheless decides to get back in the saddle as soon as possible and to record new songs while looking for a replacement.

It was then that they had the idea of ​​offering the "job" to Iggy Pop who, at the time, was rather free in his movements.



"I hadn't reformed the Stooges yet, and I hadn't settled in the UK yet.

Their manager at the time said to me, ''Do you want to join AC/DC?'', the singer recalled during an interview with the

New York Times

.

"I was not what they needed"

“I had a very intense encounter with Bon somewhere, and we were both drunk and stoned.

I see pictures sometimes and I'm like, 'I don't remember, but it's me with Bon!'.

I liked what he was doing,” Iggy Pop recalled.

But if the leader of the Stooges liked the style of Bon Scott, the sound of AC / DC was not really his cup of tea.

“I listened to their albums.

I thought to myself, ''I can't stick to this''.

It wasn't because I didn't like it.

It was pretty well done (…).

But I was not what they needed.

In the end, AC/DC got their hands on the excellent Brian Johnson, and Iggy Pop continued his way to

Every Loser

, his new album released just Friday.

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