Iggy Pop and The Stooges

[Karem-Knight]

Anyone here fans?

Iggy Pop, "The Godfather of Punk" whatever you want to call him has been one of the most prominent and defiantly underrated musicians of the past forty years. I was surprised no one has given the guy his own thread yet and thought I'll start one up and here's a performance of his from 1977 with "The Passenger":

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hPnZUMBwA[/YT]

 

[Motown Marvel]

iggy pop is the godfather, man. the stooges are one of the most important bands of all time, with Fun House being one of the most important albums in the history of rock music. that guitar riff on TV Eye is such a f***ing groove, man.

since their 1973 break up, and then 2003 reunion, they only played one show in detroit. it was my first time seeing them. and i ended up on stage with iggy, arm around him, singing "no fun" with him. it was incredible.

months later i get a call from my friend saying their band just got asked to open a show for the stooges. we were totally geeked. i went and hung out backstage the whole show, got to watch the band perform from the side of the stage. i stole some of scott asheton's drumsticks and ron's guitar tech (who im now good friends with) gave me one of ron's picks, he even let me hold his guitar.

after the show, my friend and i ran into ron back stage where he struck up a conversation with us. i just stood there in awe drooling over every word he had to say, it was ron asheton! he went on for a good half hour about living life to do what you love doing, no matter what and not to let anything stop you. he then went on to reminisce about going to see his heroes like pete townshend and eric clapton play at the grande ballroom back in the day, and how when he'd try to meet him they'd be total ass holes and blow him off. and he realized that if he was ever in their position that he'd always have a few minutes to spare for a fan. and thats exactly what he was doing for us, and it meant a lot to me.

few months ago, my same friend called me again to tell me ron was just found dead at his home. i was totally shocked and brought to tears. this guy was an icon and idol to me. its impossible for me to imagine a world without ron asheton. his guitar work was some of the most influential, yet under appreciated in the history of rock. but i was so happy to of had that half hour i spent with him, and so happy that he was willing to share it with me.

 

[david icke]

Yeah I love the Stooges and Iggy Pop. They were a big influence on the band I played in, their simplicity in playing was very inspiring as I was not teh greatest of guitar players, but I felt I may be albe to conjure up something good and simple if they could. In other words, as many have said over the years, they were the first diy punk band. We did a cover of 'Tv eye' at our first couple of gigs.
I heard their 1st album, then Iggy's 1st 2 solo albums, then 'Raw Power', before finally hearing 'Funhouse'. I used to play the others a lot, but 'Funhouse' I would play every day for quite a while.
I wish I had got myself together and got a ticket for the Stooges when they reformed but I was a bit of a mess back then and never got round to it. I saw Iggy live once at the Glasgow Barrowland during the 'American Ceasar' tour, great night, I made sure I was right down the very front.
'Metallic KO' is a great listen too, I looked for that record at a record fair to no avail, didn't find any in teh shops for ages but then one day one turned up, luckily my brother was visiting from London so I could tap the money off him for it and made the phone call from outside the shop. Sounds really rough in parts, but I'd say it was one of the great live albums with probably the funniest between songs comments, my friends and i used to listen and quote from it all the time. 'Thank you ladies and gentlemen for your kind indulgence..we're now going to play a song that was co-written by my mother called..I got my cock in my pocket.' It's all in the delivery of that line which unfortunately I cannot reproduce in print.
One of the best bands of all time, and to get the Iggy mix of 'Raw Power' many years later(i can only imagine the joy of fans who had waited since 72)was a dream come true, totally tore right through you, I used to play 'Shake appeal' from that all the time, probably far too loud too.

 

[DACrowe]

Love Iggy, I realize I should have put them in the punk poll. They truly were a great band that I think really influenced punk and rock all the way to today with all these wannabes in make-up. Iggy did it all first and are still one of the very best.

 

[Motown Marvel]

a book called 'open up and bleed' came out a few years ago, a biography on iggy pop. phenomenal book. every fan should pick it up.

 

[david icke]

a book called 'open up and bleed' came out a few years ago, a biography on iggy pop. phenomenal book. every fan should pick it up.

You've probably already read it, but the book he self penned in the early 80s was really good. I'd say autobiography but it wasn't written in order of events like a normal autobio iirc. Can't recall what it was called at the moment, someone pinched mine many years ago. Worth getting with the original cover as they re-released it with a not so good cover a few years ago.
Opens with quite a funny story about the cops running into a bank and grabbing a very dazed and confused Iggy, mistaking him for some notorious crook. It's full of lots of great stories about the Stooges early days.
I'll have to check out that 'open up and bleed ' book when I have the time and money.

 

[chamber-music]

Stooges and Iggy Pop are legends. good stuff

 

[Darkness Falls]

Iggy Pop was badass in the crow: city of angels