Iggy Pop has not only leant his vocals to the new Teddybears album, he also appears in the video for the song 'Punkrocker'.
Teddybears, featuring brothers Joakim and Klas Ahlund and Patrik Arve, hail from Stockholm, Sweden. They named themselves Teddybears in tribute to Phil Spector who had a band called The Teddy Bears in the 50s, that had a hit single with 'To Know Him Is To Love Him'."Iggy Pop heard the "Punkrocker" track through a mutual friend of ours and agreed to do the collaboration, so we went to Miami and co-wrote and recorded the song in a day" says Joakim. "There is a tip of the hat from Iggy to Joey Ramone in the lyrics. When Iggy showed up in the studio, he proved to be a perfect gentleman as well as probably the nicest person we've ever collaborated with. Also, as ever being the best dressed chicken in town, he wore one flip-flop sandal on his left foot and nothing on the other and if you listen closely, you can clearly hear his bare foot tapping the beat against the studio floor".
The Swedish band has gathered an impressive list of special guests for their U.S. debut 'Soft Machine'. Neneh Cherry, Ebbot from Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Mad Cobra and Elephant Man.
The album 'Soft Machine' is released through Atlantic Records in the USA.
