STOOGES Guitarist RON ASHETON DIES

[Allhallowsday]

STOOGES Guitarist RON ASHETON DIES
The first full week of 2009 started off most miserably, when news of the death of pioneering punk guitarist Ron Asheton was announced. The man whose distinctive sledgehammer riffs provided the perfect foil for Iggy Pop's sneering vocals on the Stooges' landmark recordings was found dead of an apparent heart attack in his Ann Arbor home Tuesday morning; he was only 60 years old
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/thatsreallyweek/32661/jan-5-12-no-fun/

[vanlutz]

When I was a kid (10 - 15), every week we'd go to the neighborhood flea market, and my thing was to buy albums. I 'd buy ones that looked unusual. So, in my collection I have promo copies of Suzi Quatro's first two killer albums, The New York Dolls first album, and The Stooges Raw Power to name a few. Next to the Dolls and Sabbath's Paranoid, Raw Power remains my favorite from that period. Every song is classic. I'm glad I saw their reunion tour years ago.