Iggy Pop Discusses Scott Asheton, New Material With James Williamson

Iggy Pop Discusses Scott Asheton, New Material With James Williamson

Iggy Pop recently gave an interview with Rolling Stone, and disclosed the seriousness of Scott Asheton’s illness earlier this year. “He was on a flight to England when all sorts of hell broke loose. Without proper medical attention right there he would have bought it. He got very, very good care from the British and all sorts of tests. He’s now at home in Florida and I think he’ll be fine with a lot of rest.”

Later in the interview, Iggy said he and James Williamson have written 10 new songs and they like about half of them. “One of the songs, ‘Requiem For A Heavyweight,’ is a really nice piece of music that James wrote on the dobro. We played it at a tribute concert to Ron Asheton in Michigan earlier this year. … I wrote another song about merchandising called ‘Popular Pants.’ We’ll keep writing. I think he’d like to make an album and I’d like to make more the score for an intelligent video game. So as far as what the format might be, I don’t know.”