The Stooges

Year:
2010
Inducted by:
Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
Category:
Performers

James Williamson
Iggy Pop
Dave Alexander
Scott Asheton
Ron Asheton

Introduction

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.

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day Inducts The Stooges

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day Inducts The Stooges at the 2010 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day Inducts The Stooges

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The Stooges Acceptance Speech

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"I Wanna Be Your Dog"

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"Search and Destroy"

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"Ray of Light"

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"Burning Up"

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Hall of Fame Essay

2010

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