Geen CC
As the frontman for the
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terrorized audiences with his snotty, in-your-face punk rock style. But after the
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embarked on a musical journey that saw him touch upon new wave , goth rock , and power pop (during a brief solo career), as well as a fling with movie acting. Born on October 22, 1949, in Youngstown, OH,
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took a liking to garage rock and proto-punk early on - a story he liked to tell is that it was he who handed Iggy Pop the jar of peanut butter that he smeared across his chest and threw around while walking on the audience during the Stooges' televised infamous 1970 rock festival in Ohio (additionally,
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befriended the Ramones during the quartet's first Ohio performance).