Iggy Pop will work on new material with The Stooges following the band’s Raw Power tour, he announced today.
Speaking to Billboard.com, Iggy said James Williamson, who recently rejoined The Stooges, is sending him new material with a view to recording a new album. “He is already on me like a greased cat,” he said. “He’s sending me riffs, so I did some vocals to a couple of them and it’s starting to sound like something.”
Later, Iggy also revealed the group are toying with the idea of working on unfinished material from sessions in the 1970s, which also may be included on a new record: “Ultimately I’d like to get into the studio with the group and maybe have a couple old songs, a couple new songs and then a little time to just jam and see what happens.”
The Raw Power tour is in support of the re-issue of their 1973 album of the same. Their third studio album, it was initially a commercial flop, and the band broke up just a few years after it’s release. However, the record gained a strong cult following during the course of the Seventies, and is now seen as one of the key influences and inspirations behind many of the bands which became part of the Punk scene in the late-Seventies.
Iggy & The Stooges will play two dates at London’s Hammersmith Apollo in May.