1972coronet Posted July 12, 2019 Posted July 12, 2019 The Stooges in c.1969 in some field in Michigan sitting in an abandoned 1954 F-100 .
Deuces Posted July 12, 2019 Posted July 12, 2019 Had Iggy's dad for a teacher at Fordson High School in Dearborn in the '70s...... ??
1972coronet Posted July 13, 2019 Author Posted July 13, 2019 17 hours ago, Deuces said: Had Iggy's dad for a teacher at Fordson High School in Dearborn in the '70s...... ?? Was James Osterberg , Sr. , a cool guy ?
ChrisBcritter Posted July 13, 2019 Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) There is a definite family resemblance: Fordson High yearbook, 1969. Meanwhile, four years earlier at Ann Arbor High: Junior looks so innocent?? Edited July 13, 2019 by ChrisBcritter
Mike999 Posted July 13, 2019 Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) Iggy Pop was a producer of the four-part series "Punk," which aired on the EPIX cable channel earlier this year. Probably available in your video streams/queues by now. It's a great history of the genre, following it chronologically from The Stooges and Sex Pistols right up to Green Day and modern artists. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9419282/ Edited July 13, 2019 by Mike999 goofs
1972coronet Posted July 13, 2019 Author Posted July 13, 2019 13 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said: There is a definite family resemblance: Fordson High yearbook, 1969. Meanwhile, four years earlier at Ann Arbor High: Junior looks so innocent?? Junior was innocent until c.1967 when he started hanging around the Asheton brothers more (he , Dave Alexander , and Ron were classmates ; Iggy was the only whom graduated) . He was straight when he was playing with The Iguanas (where he got his nom-de-arte surname of "Iggy") and The Prime Movers . The band which brought infamy to him (as its lead singer) was originally called The Psychedelic Stooges ( the name was Ron's idea ; Danny Fields made them drop "Psychedelic" from their name when they signed to Elektra in late '68 along with the MC5) . 'Lust For Life' , indeed !
1972coronet Posted July 13, 2019 Author Posted July 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Mike999 said: Iggy Pop was a producer of the four-part series "Punk," which aired on the EPIX cable channel earlier this year. Probably available in your video streams/queues by now. It's a great history of the genre, following it chronologically from The Stooges and Sex Pistols right up to Green Day and modern artists. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9419282/ Awesome ! I'll have to check that out . I was first exposed to the genre when I was in high school (1985) , and have clung to it since (along with other genres ; precursor Garage bands , R&B , Soul , Gospel , Bluegrass , Country , Western , etc. , etc.) . As much as I enjoy The Sex Pistols , they did pinch their look from Richard Hell . That , however , doesn't take away from them artistically .
Marc Weller Posted July 13, 2019 Posted July 13, 2019 There’s also that great Jarmusch documentary Gimme Danger. This might be the hippest thread ever on Model Cars Mag forum!!
Mike999 Posted July 13, 2019 Posted July 13, 2019 Also also: the quirky 1987 movie "Border Radio." With Dave Alvin of The Blasters, of course, since that's his signature song right there in the title. Also starring John Doe from X and a passel of other people from the 1980's Los Angeles Cowpunk and Roots-Rock scene. Turner Classic Movies shows it occasionally. One of my favorite Cowpunk bands was Lone Justice, who I saw live back in the day. It was a hoot to see Maria McKee, singing while hopping around on one foot and banging on her Fender Telecaster. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090766/
peter31a Posted July 13, 2019 Posted July 13, 2019 Am I the only one who entered this topic expecting Curly, Larry and Moe or Shemp? Don't know these other guys.
SfanGoch Posted July 13, 2019 Posted July 13, 2019 Another great film about that scene was "Urgh! a Music War". One of my favorite bands, The Fleshtones, was in the film: The band live in my neighborhood of Greenpoint and even wrote a song about the hipster invasion there.
1972coronet Posted July 13, 2019 Author Posted July 13, 2019 45 minutes ago, peter31a said: Am I the only one who entered this topic expecting Curly, Larry and Moe or Shemp? Don't know these other guys. The band's name was an homage to the comedy troupe . Ron Asheton ran The Three Stooges Fan Club back in the day ; he also frequently visited Larry Fein back in 1974 , 1975 (see attached image) . To paraphrase Ron Asheton's quote regarding the band's Psychedelic Stooges name : " [ My brother Scott , and neighborhood friend Dave Alexander ] were sitting around taking [ expunged drug name ] and watch The Three Stooges . Just when we started 'peaking' , the name came to me : ' we're like the Three Stooges --- we're always getting into trouble ; cops are always chasing us [...] , and we're on [ expunged drug name ] --- why not call ourselves "The Psychedelic Stooges" ? ." The rest is history .
Deuces Posted July 14, 2019 Posted July 14, 2019 On 7/12/2019 at 9:20 PM, 1972coronet said: Was James Osterberg , Sr. , a cool guy ? Not when he kicked us out of class one day for wearing "Iggy Pop Rules!" T-shirts.... ??? Seems like him and his son didn't get along to well..... Gee!, I wonder why???.... ??
RancheroSteve Posted July 14, 2019 Posted July 14, 2019 (edited) On 7/13/2019 at 9:07 AM, Mike999 said: Also also: the quirky 1987 movie "Border Radio." With Dave Alvin of The Blasters, of course, since that's his signature song right there in the title. Also starring John Doe from X and a passel of other people from the 1980's Los Angeles Cowpunk and Roots-Rock scene. Turner Classic Movies shows it occasionally. The lead in that film is played by Chris D., who fronted a band called The Flesh Eaters. Their "supergroup" line-up with John Doe and DJ Bonebrake from X, Dave Alvin and Bill Bateman from The Blasters, and Steve Berlin from Los Lobos reunited a few years ago for a series of shows. Those guys can still tear it up! Edited July 15, 2019 by RancheroSteve
1972coronet Posted July 14, 2019 Author Posted July 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Deuces said: Not when he kicked us out of class one day for wearing "Iggy Pop Rules!" T-shirts.... ??? Seems like him and his son didn't get along to well..... Gee!, I wonder why???.... ?? That's funny ! I can imagine some sort of Freudian thing going on at that time ( early 70's you stated ? ) , esp. with all of the trouble that junior was causing ; the path he'd followed and such .
Deuces Posted July 14, 2019 Posted July 14, 2019 Yeah, I think the ol' man disowned him last I heard.... I wasn't that much of a Stooge fan in those days....
Mike999 Posted July 14, 2019 Posted July 14, 2019 2 hours ago, RancheroSteve said: The lead in that film is played by Chris D., who fronted a band called The Flesh Eaters. Their "supergroup" line-up with John Doe and DJ Bonebrake from X, Dave Alvin and Bill Bateman from The Blasters, and Steve Berlin from Los Lobos reunited a few years ago for a series of shows. Those guys can still tear it up! I bet! I'm so old, I saw X once at the Raymond Theater in Pasadena, a/k/a Perkins Palace. It was built around 1921. On-topic for this group, from the Cinema Treasures website: "One delightful feature of the theatre was the fire curtain which had a wonderful painting on it, donated by the Hull Motor Company, showing one of their models of a Hull car, pictured against a backdrop of Half Dome Mountain in Yosemite Park."
1972coronet Posted July 14, 2019 Author Posted July 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Deuces said: Yeah, I think the ol' man disowned him last I heard.... I wasn't that much of a Stooge fan in those days.... How about the other fledgling bands from that time ; MC5 , Up , Rationals , Death , etc. ?
Deuces Posted July 15, 2019 Posted July 15, 2019 MC5, Frampton, Led Zeppelin, Wings, The Who, The Guess Who, Rush, Edger Winter, Rick Deringer, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi, The Doors,..... I'm running out of ink here... ? You get the idea.... ??
SfanGoch Posted July 15, 2019 Posted July 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Mike999 said: I bet! I'm so old, I saw X once at the Raymond Theater in Pasadena, a/k/a Perkins Palace. The older guys in the neighborhood turned us on to The Stooges, Nugent, MC5, New York Dolls, Roky Erickson, etc. I saw Iggy and The Stooges at Max's Kansas City in July 1973 with my friends. This was Scott Thurston's first gig with the group. Nobody ever got carded back then.
gtx6970 Posted July 15, 2019 Posted July 15, 2019 On 7/13/2019 at 11:05 AM, peter31a said: Am I the only one who entered this topic expecting Curly, Larry and Moe or Shemp? Don't know these other guys. Ya got me. Ive read thru the thread and Im still lost.
1972coronet Posted July 16, 2019 Author Posted July 16, 2019 20 hours ago, gtx6970 said: Ya got me. Ive read thru the thread and Im still lost. They were an early hard rock band ; they were extremely influential on acts whom followed in their tracks ( Ramones , New York Dolls , Television , etc. , etc. ) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stooges
1972coronet Posted July 16, 2019 Author Posted July 16, 2019 9 hours ago, SfanGoch said: I'm old. I saw all those groups. I'm 49 ; I missed out on seeing many of my favourite bands from that era . Iggy was such a self-destructive madman that I'm surprised he's survived and is still performing .
SfanGoch Posted July 16, 2019 Posted July 16, 2019 Iggy was no worse than a large number of musicians past and present. Keith Richards should have been dead 40+ years ago.
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