Iggy Pop reveals he’s making music with an English band

PanARMENIAN.Net - Iggy Pop has revealed he is making new music with 'a good band, an English band', Gigwise reports.

Speaking to Jarvis Cocker, who Pop is joining on 6 Music for a weekly radio show, he told The Guardian: “It had been a creepy year, but I’ve had a bit of a rebound. I’m going to do some music with a good band – an English band – and the groove is wicked. They got together for the first time last week, and I was just so happy.”

Pop revealed that he is planning to tour with the undisclosed band before releasing any new material. He said: “I’m going to do some songs of my own and some very early Stooges that I haven’t done for a long time. That’s one thing, and then working on new music is another thing. I’m up to something, that’s all I can say.”

The Stooges frontman will host a two-hour show every week between 7 and 9pm, with Tom Ravenscroft's show moving from 7pm to 9pm.

In a statement, Iggy Pop said, "Having sat in for Jarvis Cocker last year on BBC Radio 6 Music, I found myself realising how good it was for me. I hope it was good for somebody else too. So I'm gonna do it again this year, on early Friday evenings; what we call in the USA the 'happy hour'."

He added, "It's kind of an edgy point right at the end of the designated work week, and I'll try to play quite a bit of music that's new and stimulating mixed with very old classics from the blues and jazz masters of the 1920s through Fifties that are a little more moody. I'm gonna think of myself as a kind of atmospheric bartender. I'll try to do my very best."

Iggy first presented two shows on the BBC radio station back in December 2013, and then fronted a weekly Sunday afternoon show during Jarvis Cocker's year-long sabbatical.