The Stooges

On Tour

See all 75 pictures

Play Radio

Listen to The Stooges Radio, featuring artists like Iggy Pop, Iggy Pop & James Williamson, MC5, Richard Hell and the Voidoids and more…

• Search on Spotify

9,968,422 plays (694,581 listeners)
In your library (0 plays)

Send The Stooges Ringtones to Cell

Buy

• Send Ringtones to Cell
• Tonefuse Search

Add to my Library

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States (1967 – 1974, 2003 – present)

The Stooges are an American rock/proto-punk band which formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States in 1967. They released three studio albums before breaking up in 1974. Despite having little to 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, released another record in 2007 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. 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.

Read more… Edit bio

Popular tags: punk, proto-punk, garage rock, rock, punk rock  See more

Share this artist:

• Tweet
• Send

Top Albums

• The Stooges
  The Stooges

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 $7.99
  • 7digital $8.99
  • iTunes $7.99
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search
• Fun House
  The Stooges

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 Search
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes Search
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon $4.79
  • eBay Search
• Rough Power
  The Stooges

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 Search
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes Search
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon $4.98
  • eBay Search
• Raw Power
  The Stooges

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 $9.99
  • 7digital $9.99
  • iTunes $7.92
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon $25.00
  • eBay Search

Top Tracks

• Last Week
• Last 6 months

1		I Wanna Be Your Dog			3,027
2		Search and Destroy			1,728
3		Gimme Danger			1,182
4		1969			1,000
5		No Fun			934
6		Down On the Street			827
7		Raw Power			711
8		Loose			649
9		I Need Somebody			647
10		Penetration			615
11		T.V. Eye			587
12		Dirt			577
13		Shake Appeal			565
14		Real Cool Time			550
15		1970			533

Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3

See more