Paragons of drug-gobbling excess, they pretty much invented punk rock in an old farm house in Ann Arbor, Michigan with essential artifacts “The Stooges” and “Fun House,” which simply defy any and every adjective, category, or genre thrown at them, both albums staring down certain ugly aspects of human nature that most people would rather not face, Ron Asheton wielding his guitar and wah pedal like a drunk with a straight razor, brother Scott taking the big beat and making it bigger, perpetually-sozzled bassist Dave Alexander deep in the quagmire somewhere, and Iggy Pop (deviant, gentleman, idiot, philosopher, devil, angel) snarling, shrieking, grunting, and freaking out like a perfect child of science whose circuits are frying.ĭespite the demotion of Ron Asheton to bass in favor of future Brit-punk godhead James Williamson – who manages to hit notes and mash them at the same time - “Raw Power” still sounds appropriately extreme, from the cataclysmic title track, "Search and Destroy," "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell," and "Death Trip" to "Gimme Danger" and "I Need Somebody," where Iggy croons like the ghost of Jim Morrison. Mick Rock's photos do their best to capture Detroit's favorite sons in their natural element, but there's just no substitute for being there or even listening to the album from which this book draws its title.īy the time The Stooges got around to…well, “recording” might not be appropriate…howzabout wrenching “Raw Power” out of the howling vortex of their scrap-heaped minds, hearts, and souls and foisting it on a woefully-unprepared and unsuspecting world, they’d stumbled through some of the dumbest, most abusive rock and roll ever waxed, high-strung poets of destruction hell bent on constructing their own insular us-against-the-world fraternity of the damned.
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The remix, supervised by Iggy Pop himself, is as collar grabbing as the Stooges' skin-scratching rage itself." - Rating: A, "They Sounded Great Even at the Height of Dysfunction.Raw Power Is the Stooges' Greatest Work.", 5 stars out of 5 - "Iggy Pop delivers these desperate anthems as if he's lived every self-mythologizing line.", "Even the Two 'ballads' Are Full of Menacing Swagger.", 4 Stars (out of 5) - "a fantastically crude and powerful rock 'n' roll document and probably long overdue the re-mastering make-over that Pop himself has now given it.it's beefed up and more contemporary- sounding but retains its murky, lo-fi thrill.If you have trouble slotting "coffee table book" and "The Stooges" into the same sentence, look away now.
Bulking up the rhythm section and nudging the guitar noise past the pain threshold, Iggy's remix creates a fresh context for his mad-dog act.a gloomy spell that's both complex and compelling.", Ranked #125 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"-"A Proto-Punk-Rock Classic.", ".the Stooges return with a vengeance, exhibiting all the ferocity that characterized them at their livid best.", ".I've been playing along with this barre-chord extravaganza for aerobic exercise, as will all aspiring and/or nostalgic punks.", 4 Stars (out of 5) - ".The Stooges were the acme of nihilism.RAW POWER was the best Stooges album and arguably the musical and philosophical catalyst for the punk movement.Destined to remain horribly influential.", ".In past pressings, the guitars were too loud, the drums buried. Invest today!.", ".gleams with new menace and foreboding. Ranked #8 in Mojo's "Top 50 Punk Albums" - ".Iggy's uncelebrated '90s remix reinstates the intended muscle.
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