Somewhere somebody is buying a sick bass once played by Stooges bassist Mike Watt, or a mike stand Iggy Pop sweat all over it.Iggy and the Stooges gear was stolen outside the Embassy Suites Hotel in Montreal, Canada yesterday August 4th. The theft happened sometime beteen 6:30Am and 7:30 AM. The rock and roll gear was sitting in a rented yellow PENSKE truck, 15 feet long and with Michigan plat...
Last Saturday (April 21), Iggy Pop turned 60. He didn’t make a big commotion like "Elton John's Celebration":E and maybe until last night, waiting to cut loose. The Stooges played to a sold out Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre. It's been reported that although the band made no mention of his birthday, the crowd still cried out "Happy birthday, Iggy!"It’s reported that Iggy stage dove, encouraged th
The Stooges guitarist found dead this morning. http://www.nme.com/news/the-stooges/41900 RIP, smoke and prayers sent. Will post a track later, too bummed to go get my hard drive right now...
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Don't Look Back season, in which All Tomorrow's Parties asks artists to perform classic albums in their entirety (which began with The Stooges performing Fun House at the Hammersmith Apollo), and also as part of this year's 10 Years Of ATP events, ATP concerts is very proud to present:ARTIST: The Stooges performing Raw Power in its entiretySUPPORT ACTS:...
Maybe, maybe ... one thing's for sure, the Sex Pistols and the Ramones never rocked harder or more fiercely than Iggy Pop and his manic Stooges in their late 60s-early 70s heyday. The band's three classic albums are strewn with classics; I selected "Shake Appeal" for your evening's listening pleasure because it is hard to think of another three-minute song that is so relentless from the startin...
I think that says it all. The first acts for ATP NY @ Kutsher’s are known and they include Iggy and the Stooges performing Raw Power. Should be just the tip of the iceberg. Who knows which band will be curating on Sunday. Tickets are on sale now, head over to ATPFestival.com for all ticket [...]
No, not the Stooges. Iggy and the Stooges. The Stooges released two albums: their self-titled debut and Fun House. Iggy and the Stooges released Raw Power. Got it? What's the difference? Well, the Stooges were Iggy Pop on vocals, Dave...
Ron Asheton, guitarist for the Stooges, died sometime at the beginning of the year. Ed Rivadavia, music executive for the RCA Music Group and writer for AMG, contributes the following:The passing of guitarist Ron Asheton due to an apparent heart-attack in his Ann Arbor, Michigan home, some time during the start of 2009 (an official coroner’s report is still pending as of this writing), robbed .