William Copley (artist) occurring in America when he returned to New York in the 1960s. Artists like Andy Warhol, Christo, Roy Lichtenstein and many others were frequent visitors at Copley's studio on Lower Broadway. Copley believed that pop art had always interested him, claiming American pop art had much to do with "self-disgust" and "satire." In 1967, after a divorce with his second wife, Noma, Copley and new friend Dmitri Petrov decided to publish portfolios of 20th-century artist collaborations with the abbreviation SMS (for "Shit Must Stop"). Copley's Upper West Side loft became a meeting place for performers, artists, curators, and composers to
Iggy Pop Iggy Pop were arrested together for marijuana possession in Rochester, New York, although charges were later dropped. Bowie and Iggy Pop relocated to West Berlin to wean themselves off their respective drug addictions. In 1977, Iggy Pop signed with RCA Records and Bowie helped write and produce "The Idiot" and "Lust for Life," Iggy Pop's two most acclaimed albums as a solo artist, the latter featuring one of Iggy Pop's best-known songs "The Passenger". "Lust for Life" also featured another team of brothers, Hunt and Tony Fox Sales, sons of comedian Soupy Sales. Among the songs Bowie and Iggy Pop