![]() As VP/Marketing and Creative Services at A&M Records, Gold worked with The Police, Cat Stevens, Soundgarden, and Janet Jackson. Records where he worked with Prince, REM, Madonna and The Red Hot Chili Peppers and oversaw the Jimi Hendrix catalog. ![]() Gold is the former Executive Vice President/General Manager of Warner Bros. Gold’s book, 101 Essential Rock Records: The Golden Age of Vinyl, From The Beatles to the Sex Pistols was one of eight selected in 2012 by Rolling Stone as “The year’s best reading material.” An internationally recognized expert in the field, he is a frequent consultant to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Experience Music Project, and record labels and cultural institutions. Profiled by Rolling Stone as one of the five “top collectors of high-end music memorabilia,” he travels the world to search out the finest music collectibles. Recordmecca’s Jeff Gold has been buying and selling collectible records and music memorabilia for 44 years. (TOTAL CHAOS COVER PHOTO BY DUSTIN PITTMAN) Profusely illustrated with dozens of unseen images, this is the story of The Stooges like you’ve never read it before.” - Jon Savage, Author of England’s Dreaming. In this book he tells the history of The Stooges with a mixture of wit, candor and spontaneity: from their early beginnings to their full flaming flare over three groundbreaking albums before the crash and the triumphant return that no-one could have predicted. “Iggy Pop has turned the interview into an art form. “What does it mean to be Iggy Pop, five decades of being ‘the wildest man in rock’? Iggy Pop is many things. “Iggy and The Stooges have to be one of the greatest American rock bands that has ever been.” - Joan Jett They’re definitely the only group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who started out playing an amplified Waring blender, a vacuum cleaner, spring water bottles and a 200 gallon oil drum.” - Jeff Gold, Author of 101 Essential Rock Records There was no precedent in rock music for what they did. The Stooges were pioneers in sound, look, and live presentation, and along the way invented a genre-punk rock-and influenced countless others that followed. He’s an incredible storyteller with a fantastic memory and a great sense of humor, and he held nothing back. “It was a rare privilege to sit with Iggy as he downloaded the story of The Stooges. “TOTAL CHAOS is phenomenal-a must-have for all fans of the group.”-Dangerous Minds “Iggy Pop’s leather jacket and biker boot clad, fuck-the-world nonchalance belies the obsessive, meticulous genius that bolstered the punk rocker to international acclaim as one of the first- and best- to spit squarely in the eye of the mainstream and live to tell the tale.” -Elmore Magazine “Chaos Reigns: Iggy Pop Spills His Guts in This Definitive Stooges Book”-Noisey Including an absolute treasure-trove of rare and unseen photographs, TOTAL CHAOS is a book that shows AND tells the story of The Stooges. TOTAL CHAOS stands as a work for all fans of the band and rock music to draw inspiration. Their efforts include numerous acclaimed and best-selling books and a Grammy Award. Jeff Gold, Johan Kugelberg and editor/contributor Jon Savage are among the most respected music authors and historians working today. Their continuing influence can be felt today in the shape and sound of rock-n-roll music. In 2010 The Stooges, credited with having invented punk rock, were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Pop’s candid, bare-all responses left them with the almost unbelievable tale of the band he founded-the alternately tragic and triumphant story of a group who rose from youth, fell prey to drugs, alcohol, and music biz realities, collapsed and nearly 30 years later reformed, recording and touring to great acclaim. TOTAL CHAOS: The Story of The Stooges / As Told by Iggy Pop is the first time the story of this seminal band has been told entirely in Pop’s own words.Īuthor Jeff Gold and contributor Johan Kugelberg, noted music historians and collectors, spent two days with Pop at his Miami home, sharing with him their extensive Stooges collection and interviewing the legendary singer. ![]() “Gasp at the awe-inspiring memorabilia and frank talk in Total Chaos…remarkable” -Mojo Magazine ![]()
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