The punk musician who co-founded the Stooges and performed under the stage name Iggy Pop is Iggy Pop.
Born James Newell Osterberg Jr., he became the lead singer of the Stooges, a Michigan band formed in 1967. The group’s aggressive sound and confrontational performances made it a major influence on later punk musicians, even though it began before punk was widely identified as a genre.
The Stooges released albums including The Stooges, Fun House, and Raw Power. Iggy Pop later pursued a solo career, releasing albums such as Lust for Life and collaborating with David Bowie. Iggy Pop is sometimes described simply as a punk singer, but his influence reaches back to garage rock and proto-punk.