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The Stooges are an American rock band which formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States in 1967. They released three studio albums before breaking up in 1974. Despite having little, if no chart or radio success, the band has proved to be one of the most influential rock groups of the past 40 years. The band reunited in 2003 and released another record in 2007. Their best known lineup consisted of Iggy Pop (vocals), Ron Asheton (guitar), Dave Alexander (bass) and Scott Asheton (drums).

Singer Iggy Pop and his wild onstage antics were often the focus of attention. The band sold very few records in their original incarnation and often performed to indifferent or hostile audiences. Nevertheless, the Stooges are often regarded as hugely influential both on then-nascent heavy metal and later on punk rock.

As has been said about The Velvet Underground, the handful of people who did actually buy the Stooges’ early records at the time ended up forming bands of their own. Velvet Underground member John Cale produced the original incarnation of their self-titled album).

The Stooges drew their sound from a variety of influences: The Who, James Brown, Bitches Brew, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Booker T and The MGs, The Troggs, The Rolling Stones, The Doors and The MC5.

In 2003, Iggy, Scott, and Ron reformed The Stooges with Minutemen and fIREHOSE bassist Mike Watt filling in. The current lineup has played festivals around the world since, and in 2006 recorded a new album with Steve Albini.

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mikail_boyarski wrote:
yesterday evening

avatar lol wtf gey :D

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alenewport wrote:
Thursday evening

Fun House: best record ever done. [2]

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janco7 wrote:
Thursday morning

Parents of punk.

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cro4ky wrote:
Tuesday evening

Well well well .. i got skull ring in my collection for years but i didnt know the stooges yet. Sounds awesome tho.

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Fareday wrote:
Tuesday evening

\/ LMAO

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pepganzo wrote:
Monday morning

parents of Sonic Youth

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deadgrave wrote:
last month

Power Dude!

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aalraeim wrote:
last month

Iggy for president. [2]

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fuckxyeahh wrote:
last month

Love.

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jupi7 wrote:
last month

Hi i am new and i like iggy

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MarionetteDolly wrote:
last month

fucking Gods

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TheBlackPope wrote:
last month

Fun House: best record ever done.

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piper111 wrote:
last month

i bought my first stooges album last week (fun house), and now it's all i can listen too

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Dornelas wrote:
last month

But I think is that's gonna happen. In the Stooges dates in UK is with Suicide. Only here in Brazil don't. I put Raw Power every time I has a bad time in the job. Is most of the time.

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LikeTracy wrote:
last month

I cringe every time he appears on TV doing an insurance advert, but then I put Raw Power on to balance it out.

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Monty__ wrote:
last month

I'd be great if they could take Suicide with them as supporting act if they tour. :)

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Dornelas wrote:
last month

Yes. Fun House is the best one but the Raw Power is totaly great. In a month I'm gonna watch they again. In England they gonna play with Suicide. I liked they come to brazil too, but..

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nancykitten wrote:
last month

can't wait for may :) raw power! asheton and fun house are definitely better but raw power is classic stuff in its own right.

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Dornelas wrote:
last month

Fact, "Metallic K.O is still awesome". So, yesterday I saw you in your profile, you go watch the Stooges with tho James Williamson play the Raw Power and I found that they will do the same show here in Brazil. In November. When I knew, I could not work right. 2005 They played the "Stooges" and "Fun House" musics and was the best show ever.

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sambedford wrote:
last month

It says Metallic K.O , and gives me Metallic K.O scrobbles for Iggy Talks and Louie Louie, but the other tracks it either reverts it back to Raw Power for the two tracks on both, then some shitty best of for Rich Bitch etc. Ah well, Metallic K.O is still awesome so I don't really care.

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