As if writing celebrity gossip isn’t already easy enough, famed indi rocker Iggy Pop, whose real name is Jim Osterberg, took the plunge to begin or end all plunges, as he leapt deftly into the crowd on his otherwise uneventful birthday on April 21st.

If you don’t know who Iggy Pop is, let me catch you up to speed. He is famous for having recorded a thousand songs you’ve never heard and can die complete without ever hearing. If you know him, you love him, but if you don’t, there’s no way you’ll ever understand his musical stylings best described by one famous critic as, “A delightful journey through the anal annals of sheer and utter crap.”

If you saw Iggy in decades past, only to witness the spectacle again this week, you’d be shocked to see how little has changed. He stripped down to a tight pair of perfectly appropriate 80s era blue jeans only to take a wicked, if not OSHA approved dive off the stage.

Fans cheered while band-mates looked on in indifferent indignation, according to media representatives on hand.

The current incarnation of his band “The Stooges” is made up of original musicians Ron and Scott Asheton, as well as the infamous grunge whore Mike Watt filling in for the late bass player Dave Alexander.

Iggy Pops most notable hits, at least according to recent television commercials, include “Lust for Life” and “China Girl”.

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