Band Profile: The Stooges
Training key revolutionary development of modern music that emerged in the late ’60s, the Stooges fiercely mix rock, psychedelia and blues with drug and sex themes to set an attractive and captivating sound, establishing many of the Performing sonic attitudes and positions of the coming post-punk and indie. Created in 1967, the Stooges (first called themselves Psychedelic Stooges) were formed by singer James Osterberg, aka Iggy Pop (born April 21, 1947), guitarist Ron Asheton (b. July 17, 1948), the bassist Dave Alexander and his brother Ron, Scott Asheton on drums. Iggy had been part of the blues band The Prime Movers The Iguanas and later, a group in which he played drums and whence came his famous nickname.
The primary and brutal sound of the Stooges capacity, exemplified by Ron Asheton’s guitar and above all, unpredictable, savage and ferocious behavior of Iggy on stage with his bare chest covered with blood or butter, their self-harm with glasses and dives among the audience to their spectacular concerts (it was the first to do it) represented a huge publicity among the world underground music lover.
The Stooges became a sensation in the city of Detroit and eventually were able to sign with a major label like Elektra to release his first album “Stooges” (1969) under production of the Velvet Underground John Cale (although the first choice of Iggy Jerry Ragovoy was the producer of Dusty Springfield).
The visceral Lp invoiced the work of training and although it contained classics like “I want to be your dog”, “1969″ or “not fun”, his music was not ready for mass consumption and sold very poorly. Their concerts were something else, for unrepentant fans attended without fail to the visual and sonic orgy of the group. His second album, “Fun House” (1970), produced by Don Gallucci and grateful for the presence of the sax Steven MacKay, despite being a masterpiece, also failed to fulfill the commercial expectations of Elektra.
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