“Ron performed bass like John Entwistle – he was undoubtedly into that type of rhythmic gallop”: When Ron Asheton switched from guitar to bass, Iggy and the Stooges recorded their most influential document

If the feel-good grooves of Detroit’s Motown Information within the swinging ’60s had the world dancing on the street, the uncooked energy of the Motor Metropolis’s proto-punk posse Iggy and the Stooges quickly despatched it working for canopy.

Shaped in 1967 by singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton, and bassist Dave Alexander, the powerhouse band blended the blues with heavy psychedelic rock, serving it with over-the-top stage performances which are the stuff of legend.

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