Iggy Pop Calls Music Industry "Humiliating"

Iggy Pop's label rejected his new album and the 65-year-old isn't happy. The Stooges frontman, famous for his "lust for life", has released Apres, a collection of cover versions of songs by such iconic artists as The Beatles and Edith Piaf, online after Virign EMI turned it down.

Speaking at a press conference in Paris he labelled the music industry "humiliating" and was full of vitriol towards his record label, Virgin EMI:

"They would have preferred that I do a rock album with popular punks, sort of like 'Hi Dad!' I was not going to do that!

"They didn't want [Apres]. They didn't think they would make any money, they didn't think my fans would like it - very sensible attitudes for a sensible sort of person - but that's a different sort of person than I am.

"What has a record company ever done for me but humiliate and torment and drag me down?"

Make up your own mind about the album: Apres is out now digitally.

Tracklisting:

Et Si Tu N'existais Pas
La Javanaise
Everybody's Talkin'
I'm Going Away Smiling
La Vie En Rose
Les Passantes
Syracuse
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Michelle
Only The Lonely

Watch a (brief) video of Iggy Pop talking about the album below. That's him singing La Vie En Rose in the background.