Ron Asheton (guitar) and Scott Asheton (drums), and Dave Alexander (bass guitar) comprised the rest of the band, with Osterberg as the main singer. Upon returning to Detroit, Osterberg sought to create a new form of blues music that was not derivative of historical precedents, with influence from garage rock bands The Sonics and The Kinks. Osterberg was first inspired to form the Stooges after meeting blues drummer Sam Lay during a visit to Chicago. The Prime Movers nicknamed Osterberg "Iggy" in reference to his earlier band. Iggy Pop (born James Newell Osterberg) played drums in several Ann Arbor–area bands as a teenager, including the Iguanas and, later, the Prime Movers. In 2007, they were awarded the Mojo Lifetime Achievement Award at the Mojo Awards. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked them 78th on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. The Stooges are widely regarded as a seminal proto-punk act. The Stooges formally announced their breakup in 2016 due to the deaths of Scott Asheton and saxophonist Steve Mackay. Ron Asheton died in 2009 and was replaced by James Williamson, and the band continued to play shows until 2013, when they also released their last album, Ready to Die. The band reunited in 2003 with Ron Asheton moving back to guitar and Mike Watt on bass, and the addition of saxophonist Steve Mackay, who had played briefly with the 1973–1974 lineup. Īfter releasing two albums – The Stooges (1969) and Fun House (1970) – the group disbanded briefly, and reformed with an altered lineup (with Ron Asheton replacing Dave Alexander on bass and James Williamson taking up guitar) to release a third album, Raw Power (1973), before breaking up again in 1974. Initially playing a raw, primitive style of rock and roll, the band sold few records in their original incarnation and gained a reputation for their confrontational performances, which often involved acts of self-mutilation by Iggy Pop. "As the Stones had Chuck Berry, the loosely defined punk movement looked to Iggy.The Stooges, originally billed as the Psychedelic Stooges, also known as Iggy and the Stooges, were an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1967 by singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton, and bassist Dave Alexander. Before the Sex Pistols, before the Ramones, before The Clash, there was Iggy & The Stooges and Raw Power ! The album almost single-handedly detonated the punk-rock movement in the next few years after its release, becoming THE album against which all others were measured, where it remains to this day. Like a lot of albums ahead of their time, upon initial release Raw Power was embraced by the forward thinking ‘disenfranchised youth’ world-wide, the punks in training, rather than the mass pop culture. Produced by Iggy Pop and mixed by David Bowie, it was the confluence of the Stooge’s ages, hormones, creativity, ability, experience, tastes, lack of supervision, contempt for authority, and ambition that has made Raw Power one of the most iconic and revered albums of all time! First released on Columbia Records in 1973, the savagely bombastic Raw Power by Iggy & The Stooges is perhaps the first record that could truly be called punk. Nearly 38 years since the initial recording sessions began in the summer of 1972, the controversy surrounding Raw Power has never abated and has only added to the album’s mythic status. The gatefold set also includes a 16-page booklet with rare photos and liner notes. Iggy And The Stooges Raw Power is hands down one of the most influential albums of all time! Sony/Legacy now proudly presents the 1973 cornerstone of punk on a 2LP-set with LP1 featuring the original 1973 David Bowie mix and LP2 featuring the 1997 Iggy Pop mix. Now featuring Both the Original 1973 David Bowie Mix & the 1997 Iggy Pop Mix! Iggy And The Stooges Raw Power on 2LP + Booklet
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