The Stooges
Origin	Ann Arbor, Michigan
Years active	1967–1974; 2003–present
Genre(s)	Protopunk, Detroit rock, Glam Rock
Label(s)	Elektra Records; Columbia Records; Virgin Records
Members	Iggy Pop (1967-1971, 1972-1974, 2003-present) Ron Asheton (1967-1971, 1972-1974, 2003-present) Scott Asheton (1967-1971, 1972-1974, 2003-present) Mike Watt (2003-present) Steve MacKay (1970-1971, 2003-present)
Past members	Dave Alexander (1967-1970) Bill Chetham (1970-1971) James Recca (1971-1972) Scott Thurston (1973–1974) James Williamson (1972-1974) Zeke Zettner (1970-1971)

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The Stooges—like their contemporaries The Velvet Underground—sold rather few records in their original existence and often performed for indifferent or hostile audiences. And again as has been said about The Velvet Underground, the rather small numbers of people who first bought The Stooges' records were often inspired to form bands of their own. The Velvet Underground (sometimes abbreviated as The Velvets or V.U.) was one of the most influential and important rock bands in music history, whose influence has left a mark across several genres and different types of music. ...

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History

Iggy Pop (b. James Osterberg) played in several Ann Arbor, Michigan-area bands as a teenager, including The Prime Movers and The Iguanas. Iggy was inspired to form The Stooges after witnessing a Doors concert in Ann Arbor. Ron (guitar) and Scott Asheton (drums), two brothers, joined up along with their friend Dave Alexander (bass guitar). The band's debut was at a Halloween concert at the University of Michigan in 1967. The Stooges were originally billed at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, MI as the "Psychedelic Stooges" when they played with the MC5 and others and at this time Iggy did, in fact, dive into the crowd and was punched for it at least once by an audience member. James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... For the railroad company, see Ann Arbor Railroad. ... The Prime Movers were a blues band based in the Detroit area, formed in 1965. ... The Iguanas was one of Iggy Pops first bands. ... The Doors (formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California) were a popular and influential American rock band. ... Not to be confused with The Three Stooges. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... -1... Drum carried by John Unger, Company B, 40th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Mozart Regiment, December 20, 1863 Several American Indian-style drums for sale at the National Museum of the American Indian. ... Dave Alexander was the original bassist for influential protopunk band The Stooges. ... -1... Halloween is an observance celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets or money. ... This article is about the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. ... This article is actively undergoing a major edit. ... MC5 wearing White Panther Party buttons. ...

The Stooges soon gained a reputation for their wild, primitive live performances. Iggy especially won fame for acting crazy onstage, smearing his naked chest with steak and peanut butter, and cutting himself with shards of glass. At one concert, he played a vacuum cleaner like a musical instrument. Iggy is also sometimes credited with the invention or popularization of stage diving. Stage diving is the act of getting onto the stage at a concert while a band is playing—usually heavy metal or punk rock—and then diving into the crowd below, hoping they will catch you. ...

In 1968, The Stooges were signed by Elektra Records, who had sent a scout, named Danny Fields, to see MC5 and wound up signing both acts. (Fields would later go on to discover and manage The Ramones.) Elektra Records was a record label started in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickholt, who both invested $300. ... Danny Fields is mostly known for his influence and contribution to punk rock music via management. ... The Ramones (L-R, Johnny, Tommy, Joey, Dee Dee) on the cover of their debut self-titled album (1976), cementing their place at the dawn of the punk movement. ...

1969 saw the release of their self-titled debut album The Stooges, but it did not sell very well. Legend has it that half the album was written the night before the first session, which was produced by former Velvet Underground member John Cale. By the time Fun House (1970) was released, The Stooges had begun to disintegrate, primarily due to hard drug abuse by most of the band. It was during this year that television captured footage of the band, on June 13 at the Cincinnati Pop Festival. Performing TV Eye and 1970, Iggy leapt into crowd where he was hoisted up on people's hands and smeared peanut butter over his chest. It became an iconic rock image. The Stooges is the self-titled debut of the protopunk band The Stooges. ... John Cale is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. ... This article is about the album Fun House. For the game show of the same name, see Fun House (game show). ... Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions, all of them relating to the use, misuse or overuse of a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. ... Cincinnati, Ohio viewed from the SW, across the Ohio River from Kentucky. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

With the band in limbo, Iggy met David Bowie in 1971 and the pair became good friends. Bowie, then at the height of his Ziggy Stardust-era fame, helped the reconstituted Stooges (with new lead guitarist James Williamson) attain a record deal with Columbia Records and then produced their third album, the massively influential Raw Power (1973). This album would go on to become one of the cornerstones of early punk rock, although the album sold rather poorly and was regarded as a commercial failure. David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947) is an English rock singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, mixer and actor. ... The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars is a 1972 concept album by David Bowie, praised as the definitive album of the 1970s by Melody Maker magazine. ... James Williamson is a musician most famous for his contribution to the band The Stooges (at the time he was in the band they were known as Iggy and The Stooges), his only contribution to the band was playing lead guitar for the album Raw Power. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... Raw Power is a 1973 album by hard rock band The Stooges, fronted by future icon Iggy Pop. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...

After several months of touring, The Stooges disbanded in February 1974, partially as a result of Iggy's ever-present heroin addiction. After going through rehab, Iggy Pop began a solo career in 1976 (most influentially with The Idiot and Lust for Life). The Asheton brothers formed a band named New Order (not to be confused with the English band of the same name), which quickly fell apart. Ron Asheton later joined Destroy All Monsters, while James Williamson worked with Iggy Pop during his early solo career. The Idiot is a 1977 album by British rock musician Iggy Pop. ... Lust for Life is a 1977 (see 1977 in music) album by early punk musician Iggy Pop. ... New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by the surviving members of Joy Division following the suicide of singer Ian Curtis. ... James Williamson is a musician most famous for his contribution to the band The Stooges (at the time he was in the band they were known as Iggy and The Stooges), his only contribution to the band was playing lead guitar for the album Raw Power. ...

Iconic punk writer Lester Bangs was especially fond of Iggy and The Stooges, and championed them in many of his magazine columns. Leslie Conway Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, author and musician. ...

In August 1995, all three Stooges albums were included in British music magazine Mojo's influential "100 Greatest Albums of All Time" feature. Funhouse was placed the highest, at 16. Mojo (pronounced: mO-jO) is a term commonly encountered in the African-American folk belief called hoodoo, A mojo is a small bag, a type of magic charm, often of red flannel cloth and tied with a drawstring, containing botanical, zoological, and/or mineral curios, petition papers, and the like. ...

The late 1990s saw two significant Stooges record releases. In 1997 a version of Raw Power remixed by Iggy was released to widespread acclaim. The result was far more aggressive than the original release, which had been mixed by David Bowie. Two years later, re-issue label Rhino Handmade released the seven disc box set 1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions. Just 3,000 copies were pressed and the box set is now a collectors item, although selections featured on the Funhouse 2CD reissue in 2005 and the entire box set was released as a digital download on the iTunes Music Store. Raw Power is a 1973 album by hard rock band The Stooges, fronted by future icon Iggy Pop. ... David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947) is an English rock singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, mixer and actor. ... The correct title of this article is iTunes Music Store. ...

In 2001 Scott Asheton recorded two CD's with the local Detroit punk band "The Farleys" the 1st titled "The Farleys Meet the Stooges" the 2nd titled "Youth in Asia".[1]

The Stooges reunited in 2003, appearing on the Skull Ring album with Iggy on vocals, Scott Asheton on drums, and Ron Asheton on both guitar and bass. The Stooges have performed a series of live shows in the United States and Europe with Mike Watt of The Minutemen and fIREHOSE on bass completing the lineup, and Fun House saxophonist Steve MacKay rejoining it as well. Their Detroit homecoming show, postponed by the 2003 North America blackout, was immortalized on the DVD Live in Detroit. They have since contributed a cover of Junior Kimbrough's "You Better Run" to a tribute album for the late blues artist, and are also planning to record an album of all-new material for 2006 release with Steve Albini producing (Rick Rubin was initially rumored to be the helmsman for the album until Iggy dropped Albini's name in a January 2006 Australian newspaper interview.[2]) This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... World map showing Europe Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a bass guitarist, singer and songwriter, best-known for co-founding the punk rock bands The Minutemen and fIREHOSE; as of 2003, he is also the bassist for the reunited Iggy Pop & The Stooges. ... The Minutemen were a punk rock band from San Pedro, California comprising singer/guitarist D. Boon, singer/bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley. ... Indoor firehose A firehose is a thick, high-pressure hose used to carry water or other fire retardant (such as foam) to a fire to extinguish it. ... Steve MacKay is a tenor saxophone player, best known for his participation on The Stooges influential second album Fun House. ... The 2003 North America blackout was a massive power outage that occurred throughout parts of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada on Thursday, August 14, 2003. ... Junior Kimbrough (born David Kimbrough in Hudsonville, Mississippi, July 28, 1930; d. ... Steve Albini (born July 22, 1962, Pasadena, California) is an influential singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. ... Frederick Jay Rubin (born 1963) is an American record producer best known for his work in rap and heavy metal. ...

On August 16, 2005, Elektra Records and Rhino Records issued newly remastered 2-CD editions of the first two Stooges albums, featuring the original album on disc one and outtakes (including alternate mixes, single versions, etc.) on disc two. Iggy Pop himself dedicated a lot of time to cleaning up the recordings and adjusting the mix, going for a more aggressive sound; the re-issues are generally regarded as having superior production, but the bonus tracks are not seen as essential additions to the catalog. Elektra Records was a record label started in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickholt, who both invested $300. ... Rhino Entertainment is a specialty record label originally known for releasing retrospectives of famous comedy performers, including Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, and Spike Jones. ...

On August 30th, 2005, The Stooges played a special one-off show at London's Hammersmith Apollo (their first London performance since 1972, and only their second London show ever) performing their entire Fun House album in chronological order followed by songs from the first album and Skull Ring. The show, which was the first in the All Tomorrow's Parties-organised "Don't Look Back" concert series, sold out well in advance and was rapturously received by the music press and the fans - which incidentally invaded the stage - alike. The Hammersmith Apollo, located in Hammersmith, London, England, has been a rock venue for decades, and was originally known as the Hammersmith Odeon. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... All Tomorrows Parties can refer to: [[All Tomorrows POOOOOOP Tomorrows Parties]], a novel in the Bridge trilogy by William Gibson All Tomorrows Parties, an alternative music festival which takes place at Camber Sands, near Rye in East Sussex in the United Kingdom and Los Angeles in...

In September of that same year, The Stooges were nominated to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at sunset. ...

A Bio-pic entitled, "The Passenger" is currently in the works chronicling both Iggy and The Stooges entire career, Elijah Wood is cast to play Iggy Pop. Elijah Wood in Wellington, New Zealand for the 2003 world premiere of The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. ...

Band members

Current Lineup

• Iggy Pop - vocals (1967–1974, 2003–present)
• Ron Asheton - guitar (1967–1972, 2003–present); bass (1972–1974)
• Mike Watt - bass (2003–present)
• Scott Asheton - drums (1967–1974, 2003–present)
• Steve MacKay - saxophone (1970–1971, 2003–present)

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Former members

• Dave Alexander - bass (1967–1970)
• Bill Chetham - guitar (1970−1971)
• James Recca - bass (1971−1972)
• Scott Thurston - keyboards (1973–1974)
• James Williamson - guitar (1972–1974)
• Zeke Zettner - bass (1970−1971)
• Larry Mysilwiecz - drums (1979-198?)

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Discography

Albums

Studio Albums

• The Stooges (Elektra, August 1969, remastered, expanded, and reissued by Rhino/Elektra, 2005)
• Fun House (Elektra, July 1970, remastered, expanded, and reissued by Rhino/Elektra, 2005)
• Raw Power (Columbia, February 1973, remixed by Iggy Pop and reissued by Legacy/Columbia, 1998)
• Skull Ring (Virgin, 2003)

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Select Live Albums

• Metallic K.O. (Skydog, 1976)
• Telluric Chaos (Skydog, 2005)

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Box Set

• 1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions (Rhino Handmade, 1999)
• Heavy Liquid (Easy Action Records, 2005)

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Singles

• I Wanna Be Your Dog (Elektra, 1969)
• 1969 (Elektra, 1969)
• Down On The Street (Elektra, 1970)
• I Got A Right (Bomp!, 1972)
• Search And Destroy (Columbia, 1973)
• Shake Appeal (Columbia, 1973)
• Search And Destroy b/w Penetration (Sundazed reissue, 2005)

External links

• Essays on Iggy Pop, Chelsea Hotel, Punk Rock
• The Greatest Rock'n'Roll Band Ever?
• "The Stooges" at George Starostin's Classic Rock And Pop Album Reviews