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The Stooges

THE STOOGES

YEAR

2010

INDUCTED BY

Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)

CATEGORY

Performers

The Stooges were punk before punk existed.

In a time when hippie idealism was popular, the Stooges threw down the gauntlet in the form of provocative, high-octane rock and roll.

James Williamson

James Williamson

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop

Dave Alexander

Dave Alexander

Scott Asheton

Scott Asheton

Ron Asheton

Ron Asheton

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Jaan Uhelski

Long before images of self-flagellation, peanut butter smearing, and bloodletting cemented a certain sensational, albeit one-dimensional, perception of them, the Stooges – Iggy Pop (ne James Osterberg), Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, and Dave Alexander – were just four kids oozing boredom and frustration in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the genteel university town forty miles west of Detroit.

They couldn’t have known it, but the musical relief they sought and found would spark a time-delayed revolution in sound, style, and performance, making the Stooges one of the most influential groups in modern-rock history

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They symbolize the destruction of flower power and they introduce us to raw power.
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