>> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK.
MY NEXT GUESTS WENT OUT TO THE DESERT AND RECORDED AN ALBUM
TOGETHER.
PLEASE WELCOME IGGY POP AND JOSHUA HOMME!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) IGGY, JOSH, THANKS FOR BEING
HERE.
YOU HAVE BEEN PERFORMING AND FIRST RELEASED YOUR ALBUM IN
'69.
JOSH PEOPLE KNOW YOU FROM THE QUEENS IN THE STONE AGE.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) HOW DID YOU GET TOGETHER?
YOUR NEW ALBUM CALLED "POST POP DEPRESSION," NO ONE EVEN KNEW
ABOUT IT TILL RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT THE PROJECT HAPPENED.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) THIS IS THE BAND'S FIRST PUBLIC
APPEARANCE AND IT'S A COMPLETE SECRET.
HOW DID YOU GET TOGETHER?
HOW DID IT START?
>> I PROPOSED TO HIM BY TEXT FROM MY FLIP PHONE.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU SAY?
I SAID -- IT'S CALLED A RUGBY BECAUSE YOU CAN DROP IT AND IT
DOESN'T BREAK.
>> Stephen: YOU JUST SAID LET'S DO AN ALBUM?
>> NO, I SAID I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD WRITE SOMETHING AND RECORD
IT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT IN A BOX AND NEITHER DID HE.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH.
O FOR ME IT WAS, LIKE, DON'T BOX IT AND FOR ME IT WAS LIKE
SHHH!
KEEP IT SECRET.
>> Stephen: KEEP IT SECRET, KEEP IT SAFE.
>> WE CORRESPONDED BY TEXT AND PROSE POEM FOR A WHILE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
I WRITE POETRY.
>> Stephen: I KNOW.
IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO GET TO KNOW SOMEBODY, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: SEND POETRY?
YOU SHOULD TRY IT.
>> Stephen: I DID.
WE GOT MARRIED.
WHERE DID YOU RECORD THIS?
HOW DID YOU KEEP IT SECRET?
>> JOSHUA TREE.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, THAT'S HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE THERE.
EASY TO KEEP A SECRET WHEN THERE'S NO ONE THERE TO TELL.
IT'S LOVELY BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SORT OF MAKE MISTAKES
AND FIGURE THINGS OUT AND FIND YOUR OWN PATH.
WHEN YOU MAKE A RECORD, NOBODY IS AWARE YOU'RE DOING IT, YOU'RE
KIND OF MAKING IT FOR EACH OTHER AND YOU'RE KIND OF THERE TO
EXCITE AND DAZZLE EACH OTHER.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG DID IT TAKE?
>> I DON'T KNOW, I WASN'T -- (LAUGHTER)
THREE WEEKS.
>> AND THEN AFTER THAT HE DID A LOT OF WORK MAKING IT BETTER
THROUGH STRING PLAYERS.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU LIVING OUT THERE?
WHAT'S IGGY LIKE AS A ROOMMATE?
>> IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO HAVE IGGY AS A ROOMMATE.
YOU KNOW, I'M SUCH A HUGE FAN, AND TO BE A HUGE FAN OF IGGY AND
SEE HIM IN THE MORNING IN A KIMONO IS --
(LAUGHTER) >> Stephen: THAT IS MORE
CLOTHING THAN IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HIM.
>> IT'S JUST ENOUGH TO LEAVE SOMETHING TO THE IMAGINATION,
AND I'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD IMAGINATION.
>> BEFORE I MADE THE TRIP, MY WIFE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THAT SO
SHE BOUGHT ME SOME PA JAM MAS.
SHE SAID, YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE THERE SEEING YOU WALKING AROUND.
>> Stephen: LIKE FOOTY PAJAMA?
YEAH, AND FRENCH LONG JOHNS AS WELL.
SHE CHOSE THEM.
AND I SHARED THOSE WITH GENE, THE GUITAR PLAYER, SO WE BONDED.
HE GOT INTO MY LONG JOHNS.
(LAUGHTER) >> Stephen: YOU'RE OFTEN
CALLED THE GODFATHER OF PUNK.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) THAT WORD GETS THROWN AROUND
VERY CASUALLY.
PUNK, PUNK ROCK.
>> YEAH, BOY.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS, OR BY ASKING THE
QUESTION, WILL I NEVER UNDERSTAND?
>> AT THIS POINT I WILL SAY, HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED IN THOSE
CHARLES BRONSON MOVIES WHERE HE'S GOING TO GO WIPE OUT ALL
THE BAD GUYS?
THE BAD GUYS WERE ALL SKINNY, SOMEBODY WROTE, MAKE 'EM PUNKS.
IN NEW YORK CITY, BAD GUYS ARE NOT SKINNY, THEY'RE BURLY.
YOU HAVE TO BE BURLY TO BE A BAD GUY.
SO I KIND OF FEEL LIKE PUNKS ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST KIND
OF GOT A BAD RAP, YOU KNOW, AND COULDN'T FIT IN TOO EASILY.
>> Stephen: IGGY, YOU INVENTED CROWD SURFING.
WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU DID THAT?
>> LAST TOUR.
LAST YEAR.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) I DON'T DO IT AS MUCH AS.
>> Stephen: DON'T DO IT AS MUCH?
>> NO, BECAUSE I'M ALL LIKE RUBBER BANDS.
>> Stephen: WELL, DON'T SNAP ANYTHING TONIGHT.
>> NO, EVERYTHING WILL BE COOL.
>> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
STICK AROUND FOR A PERFORMANCE BY IGGY POP.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.