Scott Asheton—drummer for The Stooges, the legendary Ann Arbor-born proto-punk band—is ill and will not play on the band's next string of dates, according to an announcement on The Stooges' Facebook page. The announcement, which does not specify the illness, reads in full: "Scott Asheton has been taken ill earlier ...
With the ears still ringing from Tuesday night's Iggy and the Stooges concert at the Michigan Theater—a tribute to the band's original guitarist, the late Ron Asheton—here are some stray memorable moments on the morning after: • Steve Mackay’s tender saxophone solo as security tried to clear the stage after ...
When the Stooges arrive in Ann Arbor for their sold-out homecoming show at the Michigan Theater on Tuesday, they’ll return to a city that bears little resemblance to the sleepy college town in which both Iggy Pop (nee James Osterberg) and drummer Scott Asheton (and his late brother, guitarist Ron ...
From left, Ron Asheton, Iggy Pop and Scott Asheton in 2007 Although the 2009 death in Ann Arbor of guitarist Ron Asheton, from the pioneering punk band The Stooges, has been keenly felt throughout the music community, few have experienced the loss as personally as his brother and bandmate Scott ...