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The Stooges
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The Stooges, also known as Iggy and the Stooges, were an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan. The singer Iggy Pop founded the group in 1967 with the guitarist Ron Asheton, the drummer Scott Asheton and the bassist Dave Alexander. Pop was impressed by the Doors, and after a visit to Chicago he wanted to make a new kind of blues that did not lean on the past. The group began as the Psychedelic Stooges, and its first experiments were more avant-garde than punk, using household appliances such as a vacuum cleaner and a blender, feedback and home-made instruments.
Music and breakthrough
In 1968 the band signed with Elektra, like the MC5. The first two records, The Stooges in 1969 and Fun House in 1970, sold poorly and received little praise at the time. The group was known, however, for wild, primitive performances, in which Pop smeared himself with peanut butter, cut himself with glass and dived into the audience. He is regarded as one of the inventors of stage diving. Then the band fell apart. With help from David Bowie, Raw Power appeared in 1973, with the guitarist James Williamson, a record that had its influence above all on early punks. In 1974 the group stopped. In 2003 the group returned, with The Weirdness in 2007 and Ready to Die in 2013 as the last records.
Influence
The Stooges are regarded as one of the most important proto-punk bands. The sound was raw, simple and menacing, and pointed ahead to the punk of the 1970s. In 2010 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Listening
Discography
Studio albums
- 1969The Stooges
- 1970Fun House
- 2007The Weirdness
- 2017Gimme Danger (soundtrack)
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