His marriage with his first wife, Wendy Weissberg, ended with him kicking her out of the house they were living in.
This sent him into a frenzy of dating women for short periods of time, some of which were mere kids.
Iggy Pop married his Weissberg, in 1968. Their wedding was “fun,” said Ron Asheton, his The Stooges bandmate.
Asheton was the best man at his wedding and a partner in crime in everything else.
Weissberg was Jewish and a daughter of a rich person who owned a chain of discount stores.
Her parents didn’t recognize her marriage with Pop, and nobody from her family showed up.
After the wedding, she moved in with Pop. He was living with his bandmates at the time.
Iggy Pop poses for a photograph. (Photo: Iggy Pop/Instagram)
Pop living with them became a big issue for his marriage. She wanted to sleep at night. But Pop liked to party and make noise.
Eventually, the “Godfather of Punk” realized that it had to be one or the other — career or wife.
He refused to be quiet in the house, composing songs during the night and whenever else he pleased. This became the last straw for Weissberg.
Asheton was also the one to predict how long his marriage would last — a month. And he was right.
After two weeks of marriage, Pop told her to go. And she did, sending divorce papers a while later.
Weissberg stated in the papers that he had not consummated the marriage and that he was gay.
Everybody in the group found it hilarious and even hung the papers up on the wall “for ages.”
