The WILD Encounter Iggy Pop Had with Elton John

In 1973, at the height of glam rock chaos, Elton John pulled one of the strangest pranks in music history: storming a Stooges concert in a full gorilla suit and tackling a drug-addled Iggy Pop onstage. We unpack the bizarre true story behind that moment, tracing Iggy’s downward spiral after Raw Power, the chaos surrounding its infamous mix by David Bowie, and how Elton’s surreal prank became a weirdly touching gesture between two rock legends. It’s a snapshot of a wilder time when even the most absurd moments carried real meaning. 👉 Subscribe for More Vinyl Videos: https://youtube.com/c/AndyFenstermaker/?sub_confirmation=1 ✉️ Join the Poetic Wax Podcast Newsletter: https://poeticwaxpodcast.com/join WATCH NEXT: ✓ The Exorcism of David Bowie's Swimming Pool: https://youtu.be/7Lcrjc5Mzm4 ✓ The Dark History Behind David Bowie's "Young Americans:" https://youtu.be/x8GYGY_zZr4 ✓ The Wild Story of "Soldier" by Iggy Pop: https://youtu.be/Hc8tjiyAFUs 🎥 Poetic Wax Podcast Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLylroYWVYWWXL84MH1T4Qr0wrRzjwlGMR Iggy and Elton on Vinyl 🎧 and Paper 📕 ✓ Stooges: Raw Power (Vinyl) https://amzn.to/4l76muM ✓ Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop (Joe Ambrose, 2004) https://amzn.to/40neZsQ ✓ Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (Legs McGee & Gillian McCain, 2016) https://amzn.to/40CvqS2 ✓ Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Vinyl): https://amzn.to/44gu1mK ✓ Stooges on Vinyl: https://amzn.to/401xm6u ✓ Iggy Pop on Vinyl: https://amzn.to/4ksiENk Poetic Wax is hosted by Andy Fenstermaker. CHAPTERS: 0:00 Rock’s Strangest Prank 1:13 The Album That Was Supposed to Save Iggy 3:07 Raw Power Was a Mess 5:24 Elton And The Gorilla Suit 8:48 Beyond the Jungle of the 1970s #iggypop #thestooges #eltonjohn #prank #rawpower #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #andyfenstermaker #fensepost #vinylchannel #poeticwax #musicessay #musicstory #albumstory #musichistory #albumhistory #musicdocumentary