IOP PROFILE: THE STOOGES!
We're proud to launch our new monthly showcase column, the IOP PROFILE. Here you'll find an analysis of a classic band that's contributed unique music with a "punk" aesthetic to it. All of these pieces will feature album analysis, photos and MP3 & video clip samples. It's the perfect introduction to each of the showcased bands.
Raz kicks off his IOP PROFILE with Iggy Pop & THE STOOGES. Click the image below to read it. Here's the introduction:
"Do you live in a small town? If the answer is yes, what are you doing reading this?? Go start a freakin’ band! The best thing to happen to music EVER is boredom; and not just any boredom – inescapable boredom. Boredom is the great instigator of creativity, and in small towns, where there’s nothing to do but drink underage behind the 7-11, get jumped by the football team, and not be able to find a job, Rock & Roll has long been the best out. The Stooges, Detroit street urchins who took their drop-out frustrations out on unsuspecting audiences for 5 years or so, were the perfect example of turning to Rock & Roll for escape, and against all odds, that shit fucking worked. They started as a noisy art-mess, playing vacuum cleaners and oil drums on stage, and what little musicianship there was in the beginning devolved into a wall of feedback. But again, it doesn’t matter if you can’t play guitar or drums, cuz you have to try first. By the end of their run though, The Stooges were perhaps the most vicious band on the planet, tight as a cat’s asshole, with lead stooge Iggy Pop among the most infamous frontmen in Rock history, an icon of great and unpredictable live presence. Oh, and they had basically claimed the right to be referred to forever as the first Punk band....." (Click HERE to read more!)
Raz kicks off his IOP PROFILE with Iggy Pop & THE STOOGES. Click the image below to read it. Here's the introduction:
"Do you live in a small town? If the answer is yes, what are you doing reading this?? Go start a freakin’ band! The best thing to happen to music EVER is boredom; and not just any boredom – inescapable boredom. Boredom is the great instigator of creativity, and in small towns, where there’s nothing to do but drink underage behind the 7-11, get jumped by the football team, and not be able to find a job, Rock & Roll has long been the best out. The Stooges, Detroit street urchins who took their drop-out frustrations out on unsuspecting audiences for 5 years or so, were the perfect example of turning to Rock & Roll for escape, and against all odds, that shit fucking worked. They started as a noisy art-mess, playing vacuum cleaners and oil drums on stage, and what little musicianship there was in the beginning devolved into a wall of feedback. But again, it doesn’t matter if you can’t play guitar or drums, cuz you have to try first. By the end of their run though, The Stooges were perhaps the most vicious band on the planet, tight as a cat’s asshole, with lead stooge Iggy Pop among the most infamous frontmen in Rock history, an icon of great and unpredictable live presence. Oh, and they had basically claimed the right to be referred to forever as the first Punk band....." (Click HERE to read more!)
