Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
After reading Erik’s article on Iggy & The Stooges a few weeks ago, I decided to revisit one of my favourite albums and a genuine piece of music history. The Idiot by Iggy Pop released in 1977 and produced by David Bowie . After the second break up of The Stooges and due to his uncontrollable drug addiction, Iggy checked himself into an L.A mental Institution in 1975 . David Bowie remained...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Vocals - Iggy Pop As well as being a fantastic songwriter, he lives the rock 'n' roll dream... or nightmare! When I was in New Order we played with the Stooges and we were so terrified to talk to Iggy, we couldn't do it.
TheHoundBlog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Raw Power, Live at the Planeta Terra Festival, Nov. 7, 2009, San Paulo, Brazil Search & Destroy Cock In My Pocket Death Trip (this must be the first time they ever played this one live)... The Stooges are back, with James Williamson on guitar, a year ago this would have been almost unthinkable, but with Ron Asheton's passing there was no other man for the job. Oddly enough "Straight"...
Blog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The legendary singer has recently reconciled with Iggy and the Stooges guitarist James Williamson and the pair are keen to record songs they wrote together in the early 70s but never got the opportunity to record. Iggy told BANG showbiz: “James Williamson is really hot to trot and there’s a lot of old stuff that The [...]
Flavorwire (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
We've been excited about the Iggy and the Stooges reunion since rumors first started circulating earlier this year. And the good news just kept coming: The band, featuring original guitarist James Williamson (who replaced the late Ron Asheton when The Stooges became Iggy and the Stooges in the early '70s), would play Raw Power in full at All Tomorrow's Parties. They would embark upon an extensive tour....
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music Look for the Stooges to record several old songs that were only performed live now that Iggy Pop and onetime guitarist James Williamson have reconciled. According to Iggy, he and Williamson -- who was a principal contributor to the group's 1973 album 'Raw Power' -- are itching to hit the studio to record the songs in advance of their 2010 tour plans....
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Iggy Pop is to record a host of 'lost' Stooges songs.The legendary singer has recently reconciled with Iggy and the Stooges guitarist James Williamson and the pair...
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Iggy Pop spoke with The BBC about the The Stooges plans to reunite for a tour in 2010 and how the band will continue without guitarist Ron Asheton. Asheton passed away in January 2009 . Pop explained: We're all very sorry about Ron. His spirit within the group remains with the rest of us and he is still a presence within the group without being on the physical plain. Check out the interview here ....
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Last week was all about the much-maligned institution of the super solo. Now we want you to suggest your favourite lunar tunes I think this week might have been the One Where I Bit Off More Than I Could Chew. Certain impish colleagues are suggesting my next topic should be songs with guitars in them, as it might be more restrictive. Certainly, selecting 20 tracks from the thousands nominated was no...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
A new box set has emerged - 'You Don't Want My Name, You Want My Action' - which contains extremely rare recordings of the short lived line up with both Ron Asheton and James Williamson on guitar and Jimmy Recca on bass - which lasted less than two months. They only played ten shows in this guise and the box set contains four of them. I imagine the sound quality is as poor as usual for Stooges bootlegs,...
Hi! (Books, bikes, movies and me) (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
If only the video and audio quality in this clip were better! Iggy Pop at the first peak of his greatness (I think he's still pretty great), talking about how the technology and industrial ambience of his hometown Detroit influenced the " raw power " that became his trademark sound. He reveals to Dinah Shore that his mom worked at a military technology company that made bombs and missiles,...
TheHoundBlog (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
The Stooges 1971: Ron Asheton, Jimmy Recca, James Williamson, Scott Asheton, Iggy Pop The Stooges Ask The Musical Question: Who Stole James' Trousers? The first time I met Lenny Kaye, in early '77, the subject of the Stooges came up and he told me--"they were at their peak around '71, when Ron and James were both playing guitar, if they'd recorded that line up, they'd have really kicked ass"....
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Iggy Pop @ Road Recovery Benefit in May (more by Arcadia Media) Iggy Pop will be at the Tribeca Barnes & Noble (97 Warren St) tonight (10/13) at 7pm. He's speaking with Robert Matheu, who just wrote The Stooges: The...
Punk Turns 30 (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Iggy Pop is enjoying a renaissance… and has been since the late 70s when David Bowie produced a couple albums for him in Berlin, which catapulted the inadvertent co-inventor of punk back into the stratospheric level of pop culture in which he belongs. This last quarter of 2009 brings forth not one but two books where Iggy is a subject matter. On November 1, Dave Thompson ’s Your Pretty...
Label Rock (Free subscription) | 27/09/2009
LABEL ROCK Radio Show PLAYLISTE DIMANCHE 27 SEPTEMBRE 2009 http://www.archive.org/details/LABELROCKLABELROCKDIMANCHE27SEPTEMBRE2009 (Download/téléchargement) ANATHALLO “Italo” ( http://www.myspace.com/anathallo ) ANNA TERNHEIM “My heart still beats for you” ( http://www.myspace.com/annaternheim ) ¡DELA DAP “Kaj tu salas” (Melinda Stoika remix)...
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