Rolling Stone has published an interesting interview with Iggy Pop, the rocker who grew up in Washtenaw County, helped invent punk rock as leader of the Stooges, and eventually went on to fame as a solo act. In the interview, Pop says that recent medical issues of Stooges drummer (and ...
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 ...
It wasn't only Ann Arbor that was fascinated by the Iggy Pop and the Stooges homecoming concert at the Michigan Theater on Tuesday. The event drew some significant attention online, including from some national media.
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 ...
Jason Segel The Detroit Free Press noticed at least one celebrity in the crowd at Tuesday's Iggy and the Stooges homecoming tribute concert to Ron Asheton at the Michigan Theater: Jason Segel, the movie ("Forgetting Sarah Marshall") and TV ("How I Met Your Mother) star in Ann Arbor to shoot ...
Main story: Iggy Pop and the Stooges offer a punk rock celebration for a fallen bandmate In the end, after the kind words and slide shows and remembrances, the real tribute was heard in the music. Raucous and ragged, the Stooges’ homecoming on Tuesday, a memorial to founding guitarist Ron ...
From the looks of things, Ann Arbor and the Michigan Theater survived the punk rock bombast of genre pioneers Iggy and The Stooges Tuesday night in fine shape. The group, fronted by former local Iggy Pop (known here during his high school days by his given name, James Osterberg Jr.) ...
Iggy Pop The Associated Press has interviewed Iggy Pop, the punk-rock pioneer who grew up in Pittsfield Township, about Tuesday's Ann Arbor homecoming show by The Stooges at the Michigan Theater. Pop reflects on the show — a tribute to the late Ron Asheton, the Stooges' original guitarist — as ...
When Tuesday's sold-out Iggy & The Stooges homecoming tribute to Ron Asheton finally hits the stage of the Michigan Theater, Henry Rollins will act as master of ceremonies.
Ahead of Tuesday's Iggy Pop and The Stooges tribute show in Ann Arbor to the late Ron Asheton, tell us which is your favorite album.
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 ...
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 ...
The godfather of punk rock and the most mainstream music outlet in the country might not seem to be a very likely pairing. But last night, TV viewers saw it: Iggy Pop making a guest appearance on "American Idol."
The core Stooges in 2007: Ron Asheton, left, Iggy Pop and Scott Asheton. A founding member of the Stooges, guitarist Ron Asheton left this world far, far too soon when he passed away at his Ann Arbor home in January of 2009. Only 60 when he died, Asheton will long ...
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