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Angie and David had exchanged wedding wristbands
rather than the customary rings for their
marriage in Bromley; it was during the last days of
this tour that David’s were snatched by a fan. ‘It was
highly symbolic, I thought,’ said David recently. ‘Our
marriage was pretty much over in all but name. We
were to see less and less of each other as the next
year rolled around.’
One can only assume that it was Scott
Richardson who unwittingly contributed to the
breakdown. The singer – an old friend of Iggy’s from
the Detroit rock scene – had met Angie when she’d
stopped over in Ann Arbor with The Stooges. He
joined her for her reunion with David in Cleveland,
and soon became her ‘official’ lover and – he
thought – David’s friend. Caught in the centre of this
unconventional ménage, he regards their open
marriage as optimistic, naive: a loving arrangement
that also represented a Faustian pact. ‘They had this
open relationship that the fans and all the world knew
about. They utilised all that to seduce the world – and
it was incredibly effective. But what they were trying
to do with each other ultimately backfired. And my
little part, if it did end up causing distress, I
apologise.’
If David felt sexual jealousy of Angie he
concealed it well. When David took up with Cyrinda
Foxe, Angie indulged in a classic defence
mechanism, becoming chums with Cyrinda, and
copying her haircut. David took on a similar role with
Richardson, becoming his rock ‘n’ roll buddy.
Richardson observed that ‘David was pulling