[kj] OT: Jane's WAS: New October File vid

[T.B.]

"B. Oliver Sheppard" wrote:



> Heroin thin, one component, not the entirety.

>

> If I recall, Bowie, Iggy, etc., had heroin problems. Johnny Thunders of 

> the New York Dolls. Well, he died from it, right? (Or something like it. 

> Livin' on a Chinese Rock, and all that?)

>

> Iggy wrote "Lust for Life" about it. Are 70s Iggy and Bowie glam...? If 

> not, please define it for me, as I must have some idiosyncratic idea of it 

> in myhead no one shares. The cover of Raw Power is what I'm talkin' 'bout, 

> Willis. There's no doubt in my mind that that was a vibe -- that image --  

> that was something Perry Farrell and troupe riffing on.


I don't know if I'd call solo era Johnny Thunders "glam."  Being a junkie 
doesn't make someone "glam."

Bowie definately went through a period that could be legitimately labeled 
"glam," especially considering he helped define much of what the label/genre 
would represent.  Iggy Pop, not so much.  If anything, Iggy Pop was the 
prototypical punk.

T.B.