The Stooges
The Stooges
The Stooges
Osterberg was rst inspired to form the Stooges after meeting blues drummer Sam Lay during a visit to
Chicago. He returned to Detroit with the idea that simply copying established blues performers was not enough
he wanted to create a whole new form of blues music. Brothers Ron (guitar) and Scott Asheton (drums)
and their friend Dave Alexander (bass guitar) rounded
out the rest of the band, with Osterberg taking vocal duties. Osterberg was drawn to Ron Asheton after seeing
him perform in a covers band, the Chosen Few, believing Ive never met a convincing musician that didnt look
kind of ill and kind of dirty, and Ron had those two things
covered!"[10] The three nicknamed Osterberg Pop after
a local character whom Osterberg resembled.[11] Shortly
after witnessing an MC5 concert in Ann Arbor, Osterberg began using the stage name Iggy Pop, a name that he
has used ever since.
A second album, Fun House, followed in 1970, which featured the addition of saxophonist Steve Mackay. Many
consider Fun House to be the best representation of the
Stooges, as the main goal of the album was to capture
the manic energy of their live performances. On June 13
of that year, television captured footage of the band at
the Cincinnati Pop Festival. While performing the songs
T.V. Eye and 1970, Pop leapt into the crowd, where
he was hoisted up on peoples hands, and proceeded to
smear peanut butter all over his chest. In a broadcast
interview at WNUR Northwestern University radio station in Evanston, IL in 1984, Stiv Bators of the Lords
of the New Church and the Dead Boys conrmed the
long-standing rumor that it was he who had provided the
peanut butter, having carried a large tub from his home
in Youngstown, OH and handing it up to Iggy from the
audience. It has since become an iconic rock image.
1.1
Formation (19671968)
The bands dbut was at a Halloween concert at their Fun House, like the debut album, was poorly received by
house in State Street in 1967. They did not play live both the general public and the critics. Alexander was
again until January 1968.[12] During this early period, red from the band in August 1970 after showing up at
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HISTORY
After going through rehab, Pop embarked upon a successful solo career in 1976, beginning with the albums
The Idiot and Lust for Life. Relocated to Los Angeles,
California, Ron Asheton formed the short-lived band the
New Order (not to be confused with the UK band New
Order), with Stooges alumni Recca and Thurston. Ron
Asheton later joined Destroy All Monsters. Williamson
worked with Pop as a producer and engineer during his
early solo career the Kill City and New Values albums are
a product of this collaboration but began a long break
from the music industry in 1980. Scott Asheton performed with Sonics Rendezvous Band and the Scott Mor-
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Reunion, The Weirdness and Ron press. The band also contributed a cover of Junior Kimbrough's You Better Run to a tribute album for the late
Ashetons death (20032009)
blues artist.
Pop and the Ashetons rst reunited that year, appearing on four songs on the Skull Ring album with Pop on
vocals, Scott Asheton on drums, and Ron Asheton on
both guitar and bass. Shortly thereafter, the Stooges
ocially reunited, performing a series of live shows in
the United States and Europe, with Watt on bass at
Ron Ashetons request,[19] and Fun House-era saxophonist Steve Mackay. Their Detroit homecoming show, postponed by the 2003 North America blackout, was released
as the DVD Live in Detroit.
On August 16, 2005, Elektra Records and Rhino Records
issued newly remastered 2-CD editions of the rst two
Stooges albums, featuring the original album on disc one
and outtakes (including alternate mixes, single versions,
etc.) on disc two. Unlike the 1997 Raw Power reissue,
which was a total remix from the original multitracks,
these remasters are faithful to the original mixes.
The Stooges spent the years between 2003 and 2008 touring extensively, playing shows on ve dierent continents. Highlights included performances at several events
involved with the All Tomorrows Parties concert series, Pops 60th birthday on the stage of San Francisco's
Wareld Theater,[21] touring with the Lollapalooza festival, and a performance of two Madonna covers at the
Michigan-born singers induction into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in protest of the Stooges failure to receive
an induction into said institution despite six nominations.
(Two years later, the band was successfully inducted.) A
low of this touring era occurred in the August 2008 when
the bands equipment was stolen in Montreal, Quebec.[22]
Initially, the reunited bands sets consisted solely of material from The Stooges, Fun House, Skull Ring, and The
Weirdness. By 2008, they had added "Search and Destroy", I Got a Right and Raw Power to their set lists.
The bands nal show with Ron Asheton was on September 29, 2008, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
On January 6, 2009, Ron Asheton was found dead in his
home, having reportedly suered a heart attack several
days earlier.[23][24] He was 60. In their ocial statement,
the group called Asheton irreplaceable.[25]
On October 1, 2009, The Stooges: The Authorized and
Illustrated Story by Robert Matheu and Jerey Morgan
(authorized biographer of Alice Cooper) was published
in hardcover by Abrams.[26]
2 INFLUENCE
Magazine which was published around the time of
Funhouse. Legs McNeil was especially fond of Iggy
and the Stooges, and championed them in many of
his writings.
Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Katowice O Festval, Poland, on August 4, 2012
Inuence
Goth band the Sisters of Mercy covered the Stooges
song 1969 in early live shows and released it as a
B-side.
1969 was used as a timepiece in a documentary of
the sixties and the Vietnam war.
Music journalist Lester Bangs was one of the rst
writers to champion the Stooges in a national forum,
with his piece Of Pop and Pies and Fun for Creem
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In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the Stooges No. 78 on
their list of 100 of the most inuential artists of the
past 50 years.[36]
Band members
3.1
Timeline[18]
Discography
Videography
Live In Detroit (2003)
Iggy & the Stooges reunion at Coachella! (2003)
Escaped Maniacs (2007)
References
Librio Musique /
[18] THE STOOGES FAMILY TREE - SHOWS LIST 19671974. Blog Rock Prosopography 102. 5 March 2010.
Retrieved 25 April 2015.
[19] Mike Watt Interview Clark, Alistair. Mike Watt Interview, Crasier Frane. Retrieved December 16, 2009
[20] News.com.au interview with Iggy Pop, accessed January
2006 Rick Rubin was initially rumored to be the helmsman for the album until Pop dropped Albinis name in this
newspaper interview.
[21] Stuck Between Stations The Iguana at 60
[22] Mike Watt (2008-08-04). Stooges stu stolen on August
4, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec. Hootpage.com. Retrieved
2013-05-04.
[23] Daniel Kreps (2009-01-06). The Stooges Guitarist Ron
Asheton Found Dead At 60 | Rolling Stone Music.
Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
[24] Kerrang! RIP Ron Asheton (1948-2009)".
rang.com. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
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External links
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The Stooges discography at Discogs
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