INTERPOL Maestro PAUL BANKS Covers IGGY POP

13 July 2025

INTERPOL voice/face has scored the soundtrack for black comedy
movie SISTER MIDNIGHT which premiered in Cannes last year.

He included two covers of Iggy Pop songs. Sister Midnight
from his 1977 album The Idiot and The StoogesGimme Danger
from their 1973 LP Raw Power.

Banks: “‘Gimme Danger’ is one of my favorite Stooges songs, and ‘Sister Midnight’ I was less familiar with, but it is the titular track of a film that is feral with Stoogian grit and joy, so I was equally excited to immerse myself in it, and find an interpretation that felt authentic to my voice

PAUL BANKS

IGGY POP

IGGY AND THE STOOGES

INTERPOL Frontman PAUL BANKS Covers IGGY POP & THE STOOGES Classic ‘GIMME DANGER’

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15 May 2025

Interpol voice/face PAUL BANKS scored the soundtrack
for Sister Midnight, a dark comedy from the British/Indian
director Karan Kandhar.

The movie takes its title from an Iggy Pop song, that opened
his 1977 solo debut longplayer. Kandhar says that Pop “was like
a breadcrumb trail I followed through the unconscious as I wrote
the film.”

Along with the instrumental compositions, Banks
also covered a couple of Pop/Stooges‘s early songs.

One of them is GIMME DANGER, a classic track
from The Stooges’ 3rd LP Raw Power (1973).

Banks: “‘Gimme Danger’ is one of my favorite Stooges songs, and ‘Sister Midnight’ I was less familiar with, but it is the titular track of a film that is feral with Stoogian grit and joy, so I was equally excited to immerse myself in it and find an interpretation that felt authentic to my voice.”

PAUL BANKS

THE STOOGES