Whitey Kirst was born in Calgary, Canada on April 27th 1967.

He played in various bands in Los Angeles California in the 1980's. In 1990 he became Iggy Pop's guitarist an co-songwriter on albums like Beat 'em Up and Skullring. He stayed with him till Iggy Pop reunited with The Stooges in 2003.

Whitey Kirst has later released two solo albums, Eat Me and Vol. 11. He also contributed to Alice Cooper album ' And along came a Spider' (2008) .

Whitey Kirst guitar sound has been said to be noticably inspired by the late Jimi Hendrix. And is also notorious for 'big' guitar solos, allthough he has never been properly featured in music magazines or websites. A fact Whitey KIrst fans find very odd. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.