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. By 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 If you have trouble slotting "coffee table book" and "The Stooges" into the same sentence, look away now. 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. If you have trouble slotting "coffee table book" and "The Stooges" into the same sentence, look away now. Originally published by Creation Books in 1999, this new edition with a foreword by Mick Rock and Iggy Pop contains extra previously unseen images and entirely new textual and photo layout.more Raw Power also serves as a unique visual diary of the heady times which produced one of rock music's most enduring recordings whose famous cover shot captured by Mick Rock is now indelibly established in modern pop iconography. An unparalled document of Iggy at the height of both his musical powers and his legendary excesses. Containing over 200 amazing photographs as well as interviews, conducted between Mick Rock and Iggy Pop in 1972. This whole crazed period of Iggy's phenomenal career was captured on camera by one man - Mick Rock. During this time The Stooges, perpetually wasted, performed a single concert in London's Kings Cross. With David Bowie as executive producter, Raw Power proved to be an instant classic. Containin In 1972 Iggy Pop and The Stooges flew into London to record a new LP Raw Power. In 1972 Iggy Pop and The Stooges flew into London to record a new LP Raw Power.
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