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{{Short description|American punk rock band}}
{{Distinguish|Stooges Brass Band|The Three Stooges}}
{{For|The Stooges' self-titled debut album|The Stooges (album)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = The Stooges
| image             = Iggy and The Stooges - 4572393187.jpg
| caption           = The Stooges at the [[Hammersmith Apollo]] (2010)<br /> L-R: Iggy Pop, Mike Watt, Scott Asheton, James Williamson
| image_size        = 220px
| landscape         = Yes
| background        = group_or_band
| alias             = Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, the Psychedelic Stooges
| origin            = [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], U.S.
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Proto-punk]]
* [[garage rock]]<ref>N. E. Tawa, Supremely American: Popular Song in the 20th Century: Styles and Singers and what They Said about America (Scarecrow Press, 2005), p. 179.</ref>
* [[hard rock]]<ref name="G. Thompson; 2007; 134">G. Thompson, ''American Culture in the 1980s'' (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007), {{ISBN|0-7486-1910-0}}, p. 134.</ref>
* [[punk rock]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/scott-asheton-drummer-for-pioneering-punk-band-the-stooges-dies-at-64/2014/03/18/6aecae80-aeb3-11e3-9627-c65021d6d572_story.html | title=Scott Asheton, drummer for pioneering punk band the Stooges, dies at 64 | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=March 18, 2014 | access-date=2015-07-15 | author=Fekadu, Meskin}}</ref>
}}
| years_active      = {{flatlist|
* 1967–1971
* 1972–1974
* 2003–2016<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://teamrock.com/news/2016-06-20/the-stooges-is-over-says-guitarist-james-williamson | title=The Stooges 'is over' says guitarist James Williamson | magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] | date=June 20, 2016 | access-date=June 22, 2016 | last=Lach, Stef}}</ref>
}}
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
* [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
}}
| website           = {{url|iggyandthestoogesmusic.com}}
| current_members   = 
| past_members      = * [[Iggy Pop]]
* [[Scott Asheton]]
* [[Ron Asheton]]
* [[Dave Alexander (musician)|Dave Alexander]]
* [[Bill Cheatham]]
* [[Steve Mackay]]
* [[James Williamson (musician)|James Williamson]]
* [[Zeke Zettner]]
* [[Jimmy Recca]]
* [[Gene Tyranny|Bob Sheff]]
* [[Scott Thurston]]
* [[Warren Klein|Tornado Turner]]
* [[Mike Watt]]
* [[Larry Mullins (musician)|Toby Dammit]]
}}

'''The Stooges''' (also known as '''Iggy and the Stooges''')  were an American [[Rock music|rock]] band formed in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], in 1967 by singer [[Iggy Pop]], guitarist [[Ron Asheton]], drummer [[Scott Asheton]], and bassist [[Dave Alexander (musician)|Dave Alexander]]. Initially playing a raw, primitive style of [[rock and roll]], the band sold few records in their original incarnation and gained a reputation for their confrontational performances, which sometimes involved acts of [[Self-harm|self-mutilation]] by Iggy Pop.<ref name=all/>

After releasing two albums – ''[[The Stooges (album)|The Stooges]]'' (1969) and ''[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]'' (1970) – the group disbanded briefly, and reformed with an altered lineup (with Ron Asheton replacing Dave Alexander on bass and [[James Williamson (musician)|James Williamson]] taking up guitar) to release a third album, ''[[Raw Power]]'' (1973), before breaking up again in 1974. The band reunited in 2003 with Ron Asheton moving back to guitar and [[Mike Watt]] on bass, and the addition of saxophonist [[Steve Mackay]], who had played saxophone on [[Fun House (The Stooges album)|''Fun House'']]. Ron Asheton died in 2009 and was replaced by James Williamson, and the band continued to play shows until 2013, when they also released their last album, ''[[Ready to Die (The Stooges album)|Ready to Die]]''. The Stooges formally announced their breakup in 2016 due to the deaths of Scott Asheton and saxophonist Steve Mackay.

The Stooges are widely regarded as a seminal [[proto-punk]] act.<ref name=all>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-stooges-mn0000562304/biography | title=The Stooges biography | website=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=July 15, 2015 | last=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas | author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine }}</ref><ref name="ult">{{cite web|last=Galluci|first=Michael|title=The Story of the Stooges' Pre-Punk Milestone 'Fun House' |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/stooges-fun-house/|website=Ultimate Guitar|date=7 July 2015 |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref><ref name=SIR>{{cite web|title=Anacronistic: The Stooges (Punk Rock)|url=http://www.stillinrock.com/2014/12/anachronique-stooges-punk-rock.html|website=Still in Rock (Brooklyn, NY)|access-date=2015-03-31|language=fr|date=1 December 2014}}</ref> The band was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2009/12/abba_jimmy_cliff_genesis_the_h.html |title=ABBA, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, the Hollies and the Stooges are headed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |publisher=cleveland.com |access-date=July 1, 2011}}</ref> In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked them 78th on their [[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|list of the 100 greatest artists of all time]]. In 2007, they were awarded the Mojo Lifetime Achievement Award at the [[Mojo Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2008-12-08 |url=http://blog.mojo4music.com/honours2008/history2007.shtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709023047/http://blog.mojo4music.com/honours2008/history2007.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-09 |title=The Mojo Honours List 2007 |publisher=Mojo }}</ref>

==History==
===Formation (1967–1968)===
[[Iggy Pop]] (born James Newell Osterberg) played drums in several Ann Arbor–area bands as a teenager, including the Iguanas and, later, [[The Prime Movers (Michigan band)|the Prime Movers]]. The Prime Movers nicknamed Osterberg "Iggy" in reference to his earlier band.<ref name=Mojo29>[[Cliff Jones (musician)|Cliff Jones]] & [[Paul Trynka]] ''Whatever Turns You On'' Mojo No.&nbsp;29, April 1996</ref>

Osterberg was first inspired to form the Stooges after meeting [[blues music|blues]] drummer [[Sam Lay]] during a visit to Chicago. Upon returning to [[Detroit]], Osterberg sought to create a new form of blues music that was not derivative of historical precedents, with influence from garage rock bands [[The Sonics]] and [[The Kinks]]. [[Ron Asheton]] (guitar) and [[Scott Asheton]] (drums), and [[Dave Alexander (musician)|Dave Alexander]] (bass guitar) comprised the rest of the band, with Osterberg as the main singer. Osterberg became interested in Ron Asheton after seeing him perform in a cover band called the Chosen Few, believing, "I've never met a convincing musician that didn't look kind of ill and kind of dirty, and Ron had those two things covered!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/the-stooges-iggy-pop-interview |title=The Stooges: Iggy Pop Interview &#124; Clash Music Exclusive Interview |publisher=Clashmusic.com |date=2010-03-30 |access-date=2011-07-01}}</ref> The three nicknamed Osterberg "Pop" after a local character whom he resembled.<ref name=Mojo161a>Paul Trynka''Meet Ze Monster'' Mojo No.&nbsp;161, April 2007</ref> Shortly after witnessing an [[MC5]] concert in Ann Arbor, Osterberg began using the stage name Iggy Pop, a name that he has used ever since.

Though the Stooges had formed, Iggy Pop attributes two key motivating influences to move the band forward. The first was seeing [[the Doors]] perform at a homecoming dance for the University of Michigan. The second was seeing an all-girls rock band from Princeton, New Jersey, called the Untouchable perform in the summer of 1967.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theuntouchableallgirlband.com/influence-on-iggy-pop/ | title=Influence on Iggy Pop &#124; the Untouchable All Girl Band }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/250986139|title=The Untouchable All-Girl Band|date=13 January 2018}}</ref> In a 1995 interview with ''Bust Magazine'', he relates:

{{blockquote|I had the Stooges. And we did not have the balls to get out and do it. There were two things that made us do it; one was seeing that show (the Doors), we saw that show and I just thought, well, this is so brazen, there is no excuse for us not to do it anymore. And the other thing was we went to New York. We had gone to New York a couple of months before that just to check out the scene, and we had never been to a place like New York… we went down around Eighth Street there where all the young tourists hang out, and we met these girls from New Jersey, from Princeton, they had a band called the Untouchable, and we're like, "Oh, you've got a band, sure, ha ha ha," and they said "Well, come to our house and see us play." And we didn't have anywhere to crash, and they played for us, and they completely rocked, and we were really ashamed.}}

The band's 1967 debut was at their communal State Street house on [[Halloween]] night, followed by their next live gig in January 1968.<ref name="Trynka, Paul 2007"/> During this early period, the Stooges were originally billed as the "Psychedelic Stooges" at the [[Grande Ballroom]] in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], and other venues, where they played with the band [[MC5]] and others. At one of their early Grande Ballroom performances, Asheton's guitar neck separated from the body forcing the band to stop playing during the opening song, "[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]". The first major commercial show for the Psychedelic Stooges was on March 3, 1968, at the [[Grande Ballroom]] in Detroit, opening for [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]]. According to [[John Sinclair (poet)|John Sinclair]], who booked the show, the Psychedelic Stooges were substitutes for the [[MC5]], who had a formidable Detroit reputation that made Blood, Sweat & Tears reluctant to follow them. A fan who saw several of their performances at that time said, "What they achieved was an almost orchestral drone or trance-like sound which was totally unique, valid and impressive."<ref>{{cite book | last = Ambrose| first = Joe| author-link = | title =Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop | publisher =Music Sales | series = | volume = | edition = | date =2009 | location = | pages = | language = | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=RwpJFOSyEmEC&q=Psychedelic+Stooges&pg=PT57 | doi = | id = | isbn =9780857120311 | quote=}}</ref>

The group's early sound differed from their later music, wrote critic Edwin Pouncey:

{{blockquote|The Stooges' early musical experiments were more avant garde than punk rock, with Pop incorporating such household objects as a [[vacuum cleaner]] and a [[blender]] into an intense wall of feedback that one observer described as sounding like "an airplane was landing in the room." Homemade instruments were also incorporated to flesh out the overall sound. The 'Jim-a-phone' involved pushing feedback through a funnel device which was raised and lowered to achieve the best effect. There was also a cheap [[Lap steel guitar|Hawaiian guitar]] which Pop and guitarist Ron Asheton would take turns in plucking to produce a simulated [[sitar]] drone, while drummer Scott Asheton pounded away at a set of oil drums with a ball hammer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/125/|last=Pouncey|first=Edwin|title=Motown City Burning: MC5 meets Sun Ra|newspaper=The Wire|issue=136|date=June 1995|access-date=2007-02-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207180711/http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/125/|archive-date=2008-02-07}}</ref>}}

In 1968, [[Elektra Records]] sent DJ/publicist [[Danny Fields]] to scout the MC5, resulting in contracts for both that band and the Stooges. The contracts were at different pay rates: MC5 $20,000, the Stooges $5,000, as revealed in the 2016 [[Jim Jarmusch]] film, ''[[Gimme Danger]]''.

===''The Stooges'', ''Fun House'', and first breakup (1969–1971)===
[[File:The Stooges - Cashbox ad 1969.jpg|thumb|''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' advertisement, August 30, 1969]] 
In 1969, the band released their [[The Stooges (album)|self-titled debut album]]; sales were low and it was not well received by critics at the time. The Stooges soon gained a reputation for their wild, primitive live performances. Pop, especially, became known for his outrageous onstage behavior: smearing his bare chest with hamburger meat and peanut butter, cutting himself with shards of glass, and flashing his genitalia to the audience. Pop is sometimes credited with the invention or popularization of [[stage diving]].{{fact|date=March 2025}}

In 1970, their second album, ''[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]'', was released, featuring the addition of saxophonist [[Steve Mackay]]. On June 13 of that year, television recorded the band at the [[Cincinnati]] Pop Festival. While performing the songs "T.V. Eye" and "1970", Pop leaped into the crowd, where he was hoisted up on people's hands, and proceeded to smear peanut butter all over his chest. In a broadcast interview at [[WNUR]] [[Northwestern University]] radio station in Evanston, Illinois, in 1984, [[Stiv Bators]] of [[the Lords of the New Church]] and [[the Dead Boys]] confirmed the long-standing rumor that it was he who had provided the peanut butter, having carried a large tub from his home in Youngstown, Ohio, and handing it up to Iggy from the audience.

''Fun House'' was also poorly received by critics and the general public. Alexander was dismissed in August 1970 after arriving at the [[Goose Lake International Music Festival]] too drunk to play.<ref name=Mojo161b>Keith Cameron ''Return To The Fun House'' Mojo No.&nbsp;161, April 2007</ref> He was replaced by a succession of new bass players, including former roadie [[Zeke Zettner]]<ref name=mojo119>[[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]] interview with Iggy Pop Mojo No.&nbsp;199 October 2003</ref> and [[Jimmy Recca|James Recca]]. Around this time, the band expanded their lineup by adding a second guitar player, roadie [[Bill Cheatham]],<ref name=Mojo29/> who was eventually replaced by [[James Williamson (musician)|James Williamson]], a childhood friend of the Ashetons and Alexander.

By this time, the Stooges, with the notable exception of Ron Asheton,<ref name=Mojo29/><ref name=Mojo78>Paul Trynka ''Night Of The Iguana'' Mojo No.&nbsp;78, May 2000</ref> had all become serious [[heroin]] users. The drug was introduced to the band by new manager John Adams.<ref name=Mojo29/> Their performances became even more unpredictable, and Pop often had trouble standing up on stage due to his extreme drug abuse. Elektra soon eliminated the Stooges from its roster, and the band had a hiatus for several months. The final lineup was Pop, the Asheton brothers, Recca and Williamson.<ref name=Mojo29/>

The breakup of the Stooges was formally announced on July 9, 1971.<ref name="Iggy Pop Librio">Nicolas Ungemuth, ''Iggy Pop'', Librio Musique / [[Groupe Flammarion|Flammarion]], September 2002</ref> With the band having broken up, Pop met [[David Bowie]] on September 7, 1971, at [[Max's Kansas City]],<ref name=Mojo78/><ref name="Iggy Pop Librio"/> and the pair quickly became good friends. The next day, on the advice of Bowie, Pop signed a recording contract with pop music manager [[Tony DeFries]]' company, MainMan. A few months later, Tony DeFries and Pop met [[Clive Davis]] from CBS/[[Columbia Records]] and got a two-album recording deal.<ref name="Iggy Pop Librio"/>

===''Raw Power'' and second breakup (1972–1974)===
In March 1972, DeFries brought Pop and Williamson to the UK,<ref name="Iggy Pop Librio"/> and the pair attempted to reconstitute the Stooges with British musicians, but after finding no suitable additions, they brought the Asheton brothers back into the band. (This "second choice" decision rankled Ron Asheton, as did his change from guitar to bass.) This lineup, billed as Iggy & the Stooges, recorded their third album, the influential ''[[Raw Power]]'', which was released in 1973.

At the time, the album faced the criticism that Bowie had mixed it poorly.<ref name="berman">{{cite web|last=Berman|first=Stuart|title= Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power [Legacy Edition]|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14125-raw-power-legacy-edition-raw-power-deluxe-edition/|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=April 14, 2010|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> (In subsequent years, various unofficial fan recordings were assembled and released as the album ''[[Rough Power]];''<ref name="berman"/> in 1997, the album was re-mixed by Iggy Pop and re-released.<ref name="berman"/>) Although the album sold rather poorly and was regarded as a commercial failure at the time of its release, ''Raw Power'' would go on to gain recognition from early [[punk rock]]ers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iggy and the Stooges|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/stooges|publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>

With the addition of a piano player (briefly [[Gene Tyranny|Bob Sheff]] and then [[Scott Thurston]]<ref name=Mojo29/>), the Stooges toured for several months, starting in February 1973. Around this time they also made a number of recordings that became known as the ''Detroit Rehearsal Tapes'', including a number of new songs that might have been included on a fourth studio album, had the band not been dropped by Columbia soon after the release of ''Raw Power''. In 1973, James Williamson was briefly dismissed due to criticism from the band's management company (likely pertaining to his tempestuous relationship with [[Cyrinda Foxe]], a close friend of road manager [[Leee Black Childers]]); guitarist [[Warren Klein|Tornado Turner]] replaced him for a single gig (on June 15, 1973, at the Aragon Ballroom in [[Chicago]]<ref name="rockprosopography102 Stooges">{{cite web |url=http://rockprosopography102.blogspot.fr/2010/03/stooges-performance-list-1967-1974.html |title=THE STOOGES FAMILY TREE - SHOWS LIST 1967-1974 |date= 5 March 2010 |website=Blog "Rock Prosopography 102" |access-date= 2015-04-25}}</ref>), but Williamson soon returned to the group.<ref name="Trynka, Paul 2007">Trynka, Paul (2007), "Open Up and Bleed", pg. 152</ref>

The Stooges disbanded in February 1974 as a result of dwindling professional opportunities; this factor was compounded by Pop's ever-present heroin addiction and erratic off-stage behavior.<ref name="Trynka, Paul 2007"/> The last half of the band's last performance of this era on February 9, 1974, in Detroit, Michigan, was captured and was released in 1976 as the live album ''[[Metallic K.O.]]'', along with the first half of an earlier show on October 6, 1973, at the same venue. A 1988 expanded release of the album with the title ''Metallic 2X K.O.'' included the two halves of each show. In 1998, the album was re-released under the original title with the order of the shows reversed, (mostly) expanded tracks and more complete set lists.

===Post-breakup and reunion (1975–2003)===
[[File:Iggy-Pop 1977.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Iggy Pop on October 25, 1977, at the State Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
After his first attempt at drug rehabilitation, Pop began a volatile yet ultimately successful solo career in 1977, commencing with the Bowie-produced albums ''[[The Idiot (album)|The Idiot]]'' (1977) and ''[[Lust for Life (Iggy Pop album)|Lust for Life]]'' (1977). Relocated to [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], Ron Asheton formed the short-lived band [[The New Order (band)|the New Order]] (not to be confused with the UK band [[New Order (band)|New Order]]) with Stooges alumni Recca and Thurston before performing with the Ann Arbor–based "anti-rock" group [[Destroy All Monsters (band)|Destroy All Monsters]] from 1977 to 1985. Until the Stooges' reformation, he supported himself as a working musician in various ensembles, including [[New Race]], Dark Carnival and the Empty Set. Williamson worked with Pop as a producer and engineer during his early solo career – the ''[[Kill City]]'' and ''[[New Values]]'' albums are a product of this collaboration – but began a long break from the music industry in favor of a career in [[electronics engineering]] beginning in 1980. He received his degree from [[California State Polytechnic University, Pomona]] in 1982 and retired from [[Sony]] as vice president of technical standards in 2009. Scott Asheton performed with [[Sonic's Rendezvous Band]] and the Scott Morgan Group while pursuing various day jobs. Dave Alexander died of [[pulmonary edema]] related to his alcohol-induced [[pancreatitis]] in 1975.

In 1997, a reissue of ''[[Raw Power]]'' remixed by Pop was released. In 1999, reissue label [[Rhino Handmade]] released the seven-disc box set ''[[1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions]]'', composed of the entire recording sessions associated with the ''Fun House'' album. 3,000 copies were pressed, selling out in less than a year.

In 2000, indie rock music veterans [[J Mascis]] (of [[Dinosaur Jr]]) and [[Mike Watt]] (of the [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]] and [[Firehose (band)|Firehose]]) teamed up with Ron Asheton and drummer George Berz to perform Stooges covers (and other material) live. Billed as [[J Mascis + The Fog|J. Mascis and the Fog]], the band performed sporadically before Pop became aware of them in 2003. Pop and the Ashetons also first reunited that year, sharing four songs on the ''[[Skull Ring]]'' album with Pop on vocals, Scott Asheton on drums, and Ron Asheton on both guitar and bass. Soon afterward, the Stooges reunited officially, performing a series of live shows in the United States and Europe, with Watt on bass at Ron Asheton's request,<ref name="Mike Watt Interview">[https://crasierfrane.blogspot.com/2009/12/mike-watt-interview.html Mike Watt Interview] Clark, Alistair. "Mike Watt Interview", ''Crasier Frane''. Retrieved 2009-12-16.</ref> and ''Fun House–''era saxophonist Steve Mackay. Their Detroit homecoming show, postponed by the [[2003 North America blackout]], was released as the DVD ''[[Live in Detroit (The Stooges album)|Live in Detroit]]''.

===''The Weirdness'', Ron Asheton's death, and James Williamson's return (2004–2009)===

On August 16, 2005, [[Elektra Records]] and [[Rhino Records]] issued newly remastered two-CD editions of the first two Stooges albums, featuring the original album on disc one and outtakes (including alternate mixes, single versions, etc.) on disc two. Unlike the 1997 ''Raw Power'' reissue, which was a total remix from the original multitracks, these remasters are faithful to the original mixes.
[[File:Iggy and the Stooges - Sziget Fesztivál, 2006.08.15 (27).jpg|thumb|Iggy and the Stooges – Sziget Fesztivál, 2006.]]
[[File:Iggy and the Stooges - Sziget Fesztivál, 2006.08.15 (6).jpg|thumb|Iggy and the Stooges – Sziget Fesztivál, 2006.]]
In 2007, the band released an album of all-new material, ''[[The Weirdness]]'', with [[Steve Albini]] recording, and mastering done at [[Abbey Road Studios]] in [[London]], England.<ref name="albini">[http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,17937566-39917,00.html News.com.au interview with Iggy Pop, accessed January 2006].</ref> The album received mixed reviews from the press. The band also contributed a cover of [[Junior Kimbrough]]'s "You Better Run" to a tribute album for the late blues artist.

The Stooges were voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/mrrl-hall-of-fame/99-stooges |title=Stooges |publisher=Michigan Rock and Roll Legends |access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref>

The Stooges spent the years between 2003 and 2008 touring extensively, playing shows on five different continents. Highlights included performances at several events involved with the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] concert series, Pop's 60th birthday on the stage of [[San Francisco]]'s Warfield Theater,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/04/23/the-iguana-at-60/ |title=The Iguana at 60 |publisher=Stuck Between Stations |date=2007-04-23 |access-date=2015-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107054014/http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/04/23/the-iguana-at-60/ |archive-date=2015-11-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> touring with the [[Lollapalooza]] festival, and a performance of two [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] covers at the Michigan-born singer's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in protest of the Stooges' failure to receive an induction into said institution despite six nominations. (Two years later, the band was successfully inducted.) A low of this touring era occurred in August 2008 when the band's equipment was stolen in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]].<ref name="stoogesgeartheft">{{cite web|author=Mike Watt |url=http://www.hootpage.com/stoogesstolenstuff/stoogesstolenstuff.html |title=Stooges stuff stolen on August 4, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec |publisher=Hootpage.com |date=2008-08-04 |access-date=2013-05-04}}</ref> Initially, the reunited band's sets consisted solely of material from ''The Stooges'', ''Fun House'', ''Skull Ring'' and ''The Weirdness''. By 2008, they had added "[[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search and Destroy]]", "I Got a Right" and "Raw Power" to its set lists. The band's final show with Ron Asheton was on September 29, 2008, in [[Ljubljana]], Slovenia.

On January 6, 2009, Ron Asheton was found dead in his home, having reportedly suffered a heart attack several days earlier.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Daniel Kreps |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/06/the-stooges-guitarist-ron-asheton-found-dead-at-60/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107091557/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/06/the-stooges-guitarist-ron-asheton-found-dead-at-60/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |title=The Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Found Dead At 60 &#124; Rolling Stone Music |magazine=Rollingstone.com |date=2009-01-06 |access-date=2011-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/01/rip_ron_asheton_19482009.html |title=Kerrang! RIP Ron Asheton (1948-2009) |publisher=.kerrang.com |date=2009-01-06 |access-date=2011-07-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214023729/http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/01/rip_ron_asheton_19482009.html |archive-date=2009-02-14 }}</ref> He was 60 years old. In their official statement, the group called Asheton "irreplaceable".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/06/stooges-guitarist-ron-asheton-dies | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton dies | first=Tim | last=Jonze | date=January 6, 2009 | access-date=2010-05-25}}</ref>

On October 1, 2009, ''The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story'' by Robert Matheu and [[Jeffrey Morgan (writer)|Jeffrey Morgan]] (authorized biographer of [[Alice Cooper]]) was published in hardcover by [[Abrams Books|Abrams]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Matheu, Jeffrey Morgan|title=The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story|publisher=Abrams|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8109-8289-5}}</ref>

In a May 2009 interview, Pop announced the band's plans to continue performing with James Williamson returning as guitarist.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25511689-601,00.html | title=Latest News|publisher=Theaustralian.news.com|access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Andy Greene |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/09/03/stooges-reunite-with-raw-power-guitarist-prep-atp-gig-and-tour/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906010219/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/09/03/stooges-reunite-with-raw-power-guitarist-prep-atp-gig-and-tour/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2009 |title=Stooges Reunite With Raw Power Guitarist, Prep ATP Gig and Tour &#124; Rolling Stone Music |magazine=Rollingstone.com |date=2009-09-03 |access-date=2011-07-01}}</ref> Pop stated that "although 'the Stooges' died with Ron Asheton, there was still 'Iggy and the Stooges'".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=104735787&m=104735785 |title=NPR Media Player |publisher=NPR |access-date=2011-07-01}}</ref> Their first concert occurred on November 7, 2009, in [[São Paulo]], Brazil. The band added material from ''Raw Power'' and several of Pop's early solo albums to its repertoire.

===''Ready to Die'' and final breakup (2010–2016)===
[[File:The Stooges & Iggy Pop, Poland, Katowice Off Festval 2012-08-04.JPG|thumb|220px|right|The Stooges, Katowice Off Festival, Poland, on August 4, 2012]]

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted the band in its Class of 2010, with Williamson, Pop, Alexander, Scott Asheton, and Ron Asheton as the inducted members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/37395-the-stooges-abba-inducted-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/ |title=The Stooges, ABBA Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |website=Pitchfork |date=15 December 2009 |access-date=2011-07-01}}</ref> The band had previously been nominated for election seven times, each unsuccessful. Their performance for the event included a guest appearance by former keyboardist Scott Thurston. Performances with Williamson continued, including the 2010 All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Monticello, New York, where they performed ''Raw Power'' in its entirety. A re-release of ''Raw Power'' was released on April 10, 2010, including the first remastering of the David Bowie mix and a live 1973 performance. The following year, Detroit author [[Brett Callwood]] published ''The Stooges – Head On: A Journey Through The Michigan Underground'', a book that focuses heavily on the Asheton brothers' activities after the initial decline of the Stooges.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/BrettCallwoodOnOutsightRadioHours | title=Interview on Outsight Radio Hours | date=2011-11-13 | publisher=Outsight Radio Hours| access-date=2012-01-08}}</ref>

On February 25, 2013, the band released what would become their last album, ''[[Ready to Die (The Stooges album)|Ready to Die]]''. The album was released on April 30 on [[Fat Possum]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Jenn|first=Pelly|title=Iggy and the Stooges Announce New Album Ready to Die, Diss the Smashing Pumpkins in the Process|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/49683-iggy-and-the-stooges-announce-new-album-ready-to-die-diss-the-smashing-pumpkins-in-the-process/|work=PitchforkMedia|date=25 February 2013|access-date=2013-02-25}}</ref> Iggy and the Stooges played the final date of their 25-city 2013 world tour with a performance at the C2SV Festival in San Jose on September 28, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title= Iggy and The Stooges Guitarist to Deliver Keynote at C2SV Technology Conference|url= http://activate.metroactive.com/2013/08/iggy-and-the-stooges-guitarist-keynote-at-c2sv-technology-conference/|work=Metroactive Activate|date= 9 August 2013|access-date=2013-09-07}}</ref>

On March 15, 2014, [[Scott Asheton]] died of a heart attack, aged 64.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Greene |first=Andy |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/stooges-drummer-scott-asheton-dead-at-64-20140316 |title=Iggy and the Stooges Drummer Scott Asheton Dead at 64 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2014-03-16 |access-date=2015-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Greene |first=Andy |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/iggy-pop-remembers-scott-asheton-he-played-with-a-boxers-authority-20140319?page=2 |title=Page 2 of Iggy Pop Remembers Stooges Drummer Scott Asheton: 'He Played With A Boxer's Authority' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2014-03-19 |access-date=2015-10-11}}</ref> Saxophonist [[Steve Mackay]] died in October 2015 at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/61586-the-stooges-steve-mackay-has-died/ |title=The Stooges' Steve Mackay Has Died |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=October 11, 2015 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=October 11, 2015}}</ref>

In 2016, [[Jim Jarmusch]] directed ''[[Gimme Danger]]'', a documentary film about the band.<ref name="VarCannes">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-film-festival-official-selection-lineup-2016-1201753269/ |title=Cannes 2016: Film Festival Unveils Official Selection Lineup |access-date=April 15, 2016 |website=Variety|date=14 April 2016 }}</ref>

On June 22, 2016, guitarist Williamson made an official statement for the band saying that the Stooges are no more: "The Stooges is over. Basically, everybody's dead except Iggy and I. So it would be sort of ludicrous to try and tour as Iggy and the Stooges when there's only one Stooge in the band and then you have side guys. That doesn't make any sense to me." Williamson also expressed a desire to stop touring.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicnews/james-williamson-stooges-959261.html|title=James Williamson: The Stooges are no more|date=June 23, 2016|website=The List|access-date=June 23, 2016}}</ref>

==Musical style==
The Stooges are widely regarded as a seminal [[proto-punk]] act<ref name=all/><ref name="ult"/><ref name=SIR/> and as instrumental in the development of [[punk rock]], [[alternative rock]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], and [[rock music]] in general.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080405232521/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thestooges/biography "The Stooges"], ''Rolling Stone Magazine'' (archived 2008)</ref><ref>Ratliff, Ben, [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/arts/08asheton.html "Ron Asheton, Guitarist in the Stooges, Dies at 60"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 8, 2009</ref> In the years before [[noise rock]] was named as a musical genre, the Stooges were combining noise with punk rock in the same vein.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hold On To Your Genre : Noise Rock|url=http://www.treblezine.com/hold-on-to-your-genre-noise-rock/|website=treblezine|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en|date=1 December 2014}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Music journalist Lester Bangs was one of the first writers to champion the Stooges in a national publication. His piece "Of Pop and Pies and Fun" for ''[[Creem|Creem Magazine]]'' was published about the time of the Stooges' second album, ''[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]''. Another music journalist, [[Legs McNeil]], was especially fond of Iggy and the Stooges and championed them in many of his writings.

Former [[T.Rex (band)|Tyrannosaurus Rex]] percussionist [[Steve Peregrin Took]], interviewed by [[Charles Shaar Murray]] for the [[NME]] in 1972, cited Pop's stage act as an inspiration for his own chaotic onstage behavior during the band's late 1969 US tour (after which he was replaced by [[Mickey Finn (drummer)|Mickey Finn]]).<ref name="csm2">"I took my shirt off in the Sunset Strip where we were playing and whipped myself till everybody shut up. With a belt, y'know, a bit of blood and the whole of Los Angeles shuts up. 'What's going on, man, there's some nutter attacking himself on stage.' I mean, Iggy Stooge had the same basic approach."

{{cite web |title=New Musical Express (NME) Interview, October 14 1972 |url=http://stevetook.mercurymoon.co.uk/nme-murray-1972.html |access-date=5 December 2018 |website=stevetook.mercurymoon.co.uk}}</ref>

The Stooges' brand of rabid proto-punk laid the foundation for countless punk rock bands over the decades. The [[Sex Pistols]] recorded the first high-profile Stooges cover, "No Fun", in 1976. [[Sid Vicious]] also regularly performed "I Wanna Be Your Dog", "Search and Destroy" and "Shake Appeal (Tight Pants)" in his post-Pistols solo shows, and included both on his ''[[Sid Sings]]'' album. According to [[Dee Dee Ramone]], the members of the [[Ramones]] felt alienated from their community growing up and started hanging out with each other due to a common love of Stooges, a band everyone else they knew greatly disliked. A typical social experience was listening to the Stooges together while miming/imitating a performance by Iggy Pop.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=[[End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones|End of the Century]] |date=2003 |medium=Motion Picture |publisher=Magnolia Pictures |trans-title=The Story of the Ramones |location=United States |people=Fields, Jim and Gramaglia, Michael}}</ref> [[Joey Ramone]]'s cover of the song "1969" appeared on his posthumous debut solo album, ''[[Don't Worry About Me]]''. The Stooges were also a key early influence on [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] frontwoman [[Siouxsie Sioux]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |date=July 22, 2015 |title=Unholy icon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jul/22/siouxsieandthebanshees.popandrock |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615113221/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jul/22/siouxsieandthebanshees.popandrock |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

Several punk bands took their names from Stooges songs or lyrics, including [[Radio Birdman]], [[Penetration (band)|Penetration]], [[Raw Power (band)|Raw Power]], [[Shake Appeal]] and The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs. Australian band Radio Birdman which included fellow [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]] native [[Deniz Tek]], named an early venue "The Oxford Funhouse", while on their 1977 album ''[[Radios Appear]]'', they covered the Stooges song "TV Eye" and name-checked the Stooges in the Deniz Tek song "Do the Pop". The band's name was itself taken, although incorrectly, from the lyrics of the Stooges song "1970".<ref>{{cite web |last=Thomas |first=Bryan |date=November 12, 2018 |title=Lost in the Aussie Funhouse: "Descent Into the Maelstrom: The Radio Birdman Story" |url=http://nightflight.com/lost-in-the-aussie-funhouse-descent-into-the-maelstrom-the-radio-birdman-story/ |access-date=2019-04-04 |publisher=[[Night Flight (TV series)|Night Flight]]}}</ref>

Numerous other bands and artists spanning multiple genres have cited the Stooges as an influence, including [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2017 |title=40 Years of The Misfits: An Interview with Jerry Only |url=https://www.rockhall.com/misfits-40th-anniversary-interview |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503085633/https://www.rockhall.com/misfits-40th-anniversary-interview |archive-date=May 3, 2017 |access-date=December 7, 2024 |website=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |quote=The influence on our sound was DNA from the original Rock & Roll of the 1950’s, and I would say we were also influenced by Iggy and the Stooges; who were really the predecessor to punk rock. Aggressive, atomic, hard rock 'n' roll.}}</ref> [[Sonic Youth]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Volohov |first=Dan |date=November 17, 2021 |title=INTERVIEW: LEE RANALDO ON NEW RELEASE "IN VIRUS TIMES", SONIC YOUTH, SOUND EXPERIMENTS AND VISUAL ART |url=https://joyzine.org/2021/11/17/interview-lee-ranaldo-on-new-release-in-virus-times-sonic-youth-sound-experiments-and-visual-art/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605011707/https://joyzine.org/2021/11/17/interview-lee-ranaldo-on-new-release-in-virus-times-sonic-youth-sound-experiments-and-visual-art/ |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |access-date=June 13, 2024 |website=joyzine.org |quote=Even when Sonic Youth started, we all were inspired by all kinds of things we were listening to. Early influences would have to include [[Velvet Underground|The Velvets]] and The Stooges and all this quite aggressive music.}}</ref> [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Volohov |first=Danil |date=October 22, 2018 |title=DAVID J – Interview with David J |url=http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/interviews/david-j-2018/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124231525/http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/interviews/david-j-2018/ |archive-date=January 24, 2025 |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=peek-a-boo Magazine |quote=But we were also influenced by a lot of other kinds of music. Like [[Dub music | dub reggae]], for instance. It was very influential on us. And of course [[Glam Rock | glam-rock]]. [[T. Rex (band) | T-Rex]], [[David Bowie | Bowie]], early-[[Roxy Music]]. Then there were the things like The Stooges, [[MC5]], [[The Velvet Underground]] was huge influence. So all of that went into the mix.}}</ref> [[Dinosaur Jr.]] frontman [[J Mascis]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 17, 2011 |title=J Mascis On His 13 Favourite Records – 4. Iggy and the Stooges – Fun House |url=https://thequietus.com/interviews/bakers-dozen/j-mascis-interview-favourite-records/5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601081032/https://thequietus.com/interviews/bakers-dozen/j-mascis-interview-favourite-records/5/ |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |access-date=February 1, 2025 |website=[[The Quietus]] |quote=I actually think that ''Fun House'' is the best Stooges album. (...) It’s just that the guitar sounded worse. I don’t know why – maybe it was the recording, but it seemed further away, almost. It just didn’t have the impact of the first record. But they’re still one of the most important bands to me, and were definitely one of the biggest influences.}}</ref> [[the Sisters of Mercy]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pearis |first=Bill |date=February 8, 2023 |title=BV interview: The Sisters of Mercy's Andrew Eldritch talks US tour, System of a Down, new music & more |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/bv-interview-the-sisters-of-mercys-andrew-eldritch-talks-us-tour-system-of-a-down-new-music-more/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324051157/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/bv-interview-the-sisters-of-mercys-andrew-eldritch-talks-us-tour-system-of-a-down-new-music-more/ |archive-date=March 24, 2025 |access-date=April 25, 2025 |website=[[Brooklyn Vegan]] |quote=I think you understand that we’re not informed by other contemporary music. We’re informed by [[Hawkwind]] and the Stooges and [[Suicide (band) | Suicide]] and strange Japanese films. And we also write some killer riffs, and we deliver them with intelligence, wit, and energy. That’s about it.}}</ref> [[the Jesus and Mary Chain]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Interview with Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain |url=https://onyourmarkus.au/interview/interview-with-jim-reid-of-the-jesus-and-mary-chain/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209203706/https://onyourmarkus.au/interview/interview-with-jim-reid-of-the-jesus-and-mary-chain/ |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |website=On Your Marks}}</ref> [[Mudhoney]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Cam |date=September 6, 2018 |title=Mudhoney’s Steve Turner Ranks the Band’s Ten Albums |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/rank-your-records-mudhoney-steve-turner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205215039/https://www.vice.com/en/article/rank-your-records-mudhoney-steve-turner/ |archive-date=December 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=[[Vice (magazine) | Vice]] |quote=It still has all of the usual influences, like 60s garage, [[proto-punk]], the Stooges, obviously, '77 punk, [[hardcore punk | hardcore]], and then that weird 80s [[post-hardcore]] scene with [[SST Records | SST]], [[Homestead Records | Homestead]], and [[Touch and Go Records | Touch & Go]].}}</ref> [[Ride (band)|Ride]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trunick |first=Austin |date=18 November 2013 |title=Ride on "Nowhere": Mark Gardener and Andy Bell on 1990's Shoegaze Classic |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/ride_on_nowhere_mark_gardener_and_andy_bell |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623212403/https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/ride_on_nowhere_mark_gardener_and_andy_bell |archive-date=23 June 2023 |access-date=24 October 2023 |website=Under the Radar Magazine |quote=Early on in Ride, it was [[Spacemen 3]], [[House of Love (band) | House of Love]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band) | My Bloody Valentine]], [[Loop (band) | Loop]], [[Sonic Youth]], [[Dinosaur Jr.]], [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]], [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], and [[Stone Roses]],” says Bell. “As well as older stuff like [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones | Stones]], [[The Velvet Underground | the Velvets]], and the Stooges.”}}</ref> [[Pere Ubu]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Craig |date=March 1, 2005 |title=David Thomas: Pere Ubu : I Never Volunteer Information |url=https://spikemagazine.com/0305davidthomas_pereubu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424095359/https://spikemagazine.com/0305davidthomas_pereubu/ |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |website=Spike Magazine |quote=You have to remember we grew up listening to all that stuff on the radio. That was what was on the radio. All that stuff was hits. Very big influence on Pere Ubu along with [[Velvet Underground | Velvets]], Stooges and [[MC5]].}}</ref> and [[Crime (band)|Crime]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Aaron |date=May 2007 |title=Crime |url=https://www.furious.com/perfect/crime.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521164738/https://www.furious.com/perfect/crime.html |archive-date=May 21, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=Perfect Sound Forever |quote=There was no scene as far as we were concerned. Influences were: rock'n roll like [[Eddie Cochran]], [[blues]] like [[Howlin' Wolf|Howling Wolf]], country like [[Hank Williams]], garage like [[The Misunderstood]], beat groups like [[The Rolling Stones | the Stones]], [[Glam rock | Glam]], like [[Roxy Music]], and trashy rock 'n roll like the Stooges.}}</ref>

[[Kurt Cobain]] consistently listed ''[[Raw Power]]'' as his favorite album of all time in the "Favorite Albums" lists that featured in his ''[[Journals (Cobain)|Journals]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 15, 2012 |title=Kurt Cobain's 50 favorite albums |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/kurt-cobains-50/ |access-date=2019-04-04 |publisher=[[Brooklyn Vegan]]}}</ref>

[[Joan Jett]] covered "I Wanna Be Your Dog" for her platinum 1988 album, [[Up Your Alley (album)|Up Your Alley]]. The first album by British punk band [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]], ''[[Damned Damned Damned]]'', concluded with "I Feel Alright", a cover of the Stooges' "1970" under its accepted alternate title. In 1982, [[The Birthday Party (band)|the Birthday Party]] released ''Drunk on the Pope's Blood'', a live EP with a version of "Loose". On multiple occasions, the Birthday Party performed entire sets of Stooges covers. Their live version of "Fun House" can be found on their live album, ''Live 1981–82.'' [[Sonic Youth]] covered "I Wanna Be Your Dog" on 1983's ''[[Confusion Is Sex]]''. English space rock group [[Spacemen 3]] covered "Little Doll" on their 1986 album ''[[Sound of Confusion]]''. [[Uncle Tupelo]] covered "I Wanna Be Your Dog", although they did not release it while they were active.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} In 1993, [[Guns N' Roses]] covered the song "Raw Power" on their album ''[[The Spaghetti Incident?]]'' The [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] recorded a cover of "[[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search and Destroy]]" during the sessions for ''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]''; the song appeared on the B-side of the "[[Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)|Give It Away]]" single, and later on the Iggy Pop tribute album ''We Will Fall'', the compilation albums ''[[Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers|Under the Covers]]'' and ''[[The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience]]'', and the compilation EP ''[[Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP]]''. They also played "[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]" live. [[Soundgarden]] covered "Search and Destroy" on their live album ''[[Live on I-5]]''. [[Thrash metal]] band [[Slayer]] cover "[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]" on their 1996 cover album ''[[Undisputed Attitude]]'' (naming it "I'm Gonna Be Your God"). [[Rage Against the Machine]] covered the song "Down on the Street" on their 2000 album, ''[[Renegades (Rage Against the Machine album)|Renegades]].'' In 2007, [[R.E.M.]] performed "[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]" with [[Patti Smith]] in their induction to the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Paul |first=Aubin |date=13 March 2007 |title=Watch the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame induction with Patti Smith, Zach de la Rocha, Eddie Vedder |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/22707/watch-the-rocknroll-hall-of-fame-induction-with-patti-smith-zach-de-la-rocha-eddie-vedder |access-date=2019-04-04 |publisher=Punknews.org}}</ref>

In August 1995, all three Stooges albums were included in British music magazine ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'s'' influential "100 Greatest Albums of All Time" feature.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=August 1995 |title=The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/616204922/Mojo-100-Greatest-Albums-Ever-Made-1995-08 |journal=[[Mojo_(magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=21}}</ref> ''[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]'' was placed the highest, at 16.

The Stooges' "[[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search and Destroy]]" was featured in [[Harmonix]]'s ''[[Guitar Hero II]]'' for the PlayStation 2.

In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked the Stooges No.&nbsp;78 on their list of 100 of the most influential artists of the past 50 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Immortals: The First Fifty |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316103016/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/ |archive-date=March 16, 2006 |work=Rolling Stone Issue 946 |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref>

[[Layne Staley]], of [[Alice in Chains]], said that he was a big fan of The Stooges.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 February 2012 |title=Alice In Chains - 10-28-93 Layne Staley Guest Programming Rage |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Emt_WlEqlfU&feature=youtu.be |website=YouTube.com}}</ref>

[[Emanuel (band)|Emanuel]] covered "[[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search and Destroy]]" on the [[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (soundtrack)|''Tony Hawk's American Wasteland'']] soundtrack.

In 2009, [[Cage the Elephant]] gave away a free cover version of "[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]" on their website if users registered with their mailing list service.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

[[Slash (musician)|Slash]], of [[Guns N' Roses]], included their self-titled debut amongst his favorite studio albums.<ref>{{cite web |title=Slash's Influences &#124; Favorite bands, albums and songs |url=http://www.slashparadise.com/background/influences-slash.php |access-date=2020-04-26 |website=Slashparadise.com}}</ref>

[[Peter Hook]] included their live album ''Metallic K.O.'' amongst his favorite albums.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 26, 2012 |title=Peter Hook : my top 10 favourite albums |url=https://louderthanwar.com/peter-hook-my-top-10-favourite-albums/ |access-date=2019-04-04 |publisher=[[Louder Than War]]}}</ref>

==Band members==
===Final lineup===
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! width="170" |Instruments
!Release contributions
|-
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|[[Iggy Pop]]
|{{Hlist|1967–1971|1972–1974|2003–2016}}
|{{Hlist|lead vocals|keyboards {{small|(1972–1973)}}}}
|[[The Stooges discography|all releases]]
|-
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|[[James Williamson (musician)|James Williamson]]
|{{Hlist|1970–1971|1972–1974|2009–2016}}
|{{Hlist|lead and rhythm guitar|backing vocals {{small|(1972–1974)}}}}
|{{flatlist|
* ''[[Raw Power]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Metallic K.O.]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Live at the Whiskey A Go-Go (The Stooges album)|Live at the Whiskey a Go-Go]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Open Up and Bleed]]'' (1995)
* all releases from ''[[You Don't Want My Name... You Want My Action]]'' (2009) onwards, except ''[[Have Some Fun: Live at Unganos]]'' (2010), ''Live at Goose Lake, August 8th, 1970'' (2020)}}
|-
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|[[Mike Watt]]
|2003–2016
|bass guitar
|all releases from ''[[Live in Detroit (The Stooges album)|Live in Detroit]]'' (2003) onwards, except ''[[You Don't Want My Name... You Want My Action]]'' (2009), ''[[Have Some Fun: Live at Unganos]]'' (2010), ''Live at Goose Lake, August 8th, 1970'' (2020)
|-
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|[[Larry Mullins (musician)|Toby Dammit]] {{Small|(Larry Mullins)}}
|2011–2016
|{{Hlist|drums|percussion}}
|''[[Ready to Die (The Stooges album)|Ready to Die]]'' (2013)
|}

===Former members===
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! width="75" |Image
! width="150" |Name
! width="160" |Years active
! width="170" |Instruments
!Release contributions
|-
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|[[Scott Asheton]]
|{{Hlist|1967–1971|1972–1974|2003–2014 {{small|(until his death)}}}}
|drums
|all releases
|-
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|[[Ron Asheton]]
|{{Hlist|1967–1971|1972–1974|2003–2009 {{small|(until his death)}}}}
|{{Hlist|lead and rhythm guitar {{small|(1967–1971, 2003–2009)}}|bass guitar {{small|(1972–1974)}}|backing vocals {{small|(1967–1969, 1972–1974)}}}}
|all releases from ''[[The Stooges (album)|The Stooges]]'' (1969) to ''Have Some Fun: Live at Ungano's'' (2010)
|-
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|[[Dave Alexander (musician)|Dave Alexander]]
|1967–1970 {{small|(died 1975)}}
|{{Hlist|bass guitar|backing vocals {{small|(1969)}}}}
|{{flatlist|
*''The Stooges'' (1969)
* ''[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]'' (1970)}}
|-
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|[[Steve Mackay]]
|{{Hlist|1970|2003–2015 {{small|(until his death)}}}}
|saxophone
|{{flatlist|
*''Fun House'' (1970)
* all releases from ''[[Live in Detroit (The Stooges album)|Live in Detroit]]'' (2003) onwards, ''[[You Don't Want My Name... You Want My Action]]'' (2009), ''[[Have Some Fun: Live at Unganos]]'' (2010)}}
|-
|
|[[Bill Cheatham]]
|1970 {{Small|(died 1990s)}}
|rhythm guitar
| rowspan="2" |''[[Have Some Fun: Live at Unganos]]'' (2010)
|-
|
|[[Zeke Zettner]]
|1970 {{Small|(died 1973)}}
| rowspan="2" |bass guitar
|-
|
|[[Jimmy Recca]]
|1971
|''[[You Don't Want My Name... You Want My Action]]'' (2009) 
|-
|
|[[Gene Tyranny|Bob Sheff]]
|1973 {{small|(died 2020)}}
|keyboards
| rowspan="2" |none
|-
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|[[Warren Klein|Tornado Turner]]
|1973
|lead and rhythm guitar
|-
|{{CSS image crop|Image=Scott_Thurston,_2017-08-28.jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=25|oLeft=20}}
|[[Scott Thurston]]
|1973–1974 {{small|(2010, 2013 as guest)}}
|{{Hlist|keyboards|harmonica|backing vocals}}
|{{flatlist|
* ''[[Metallic K.O.]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Live at the Whiskey A Go-Go (The Stooges album)|Live at the Whiskey a Go-Go]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Open Up and Bleed]]'' (1995)
* ''California Bleeding'' (1997)
* ''Double Danger'' (2000)
* ''Michigan Palace'' (2000)
* ''[[Ready to Die (The Stooges album)|Ready to Die]]'' (2013)}}
|}

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==Discography==
{{main article|The Stooges discography}}
* ''[[The Stooges (album)|The Stooges]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Raw Power]]'' (1973)
* ''[[The Weirdness]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Ready to Die (The Stooges album)|Ready to Die]]'' (2013)

==Videography==
* ''Live in Detroit'' (2003)
* ''Iggy & the Stooges Reunion at Coachella!'' (2003)
* ''Escaped Maniacs'' (2007)
* ''[[Gimme Danger]]'' (2016)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|The Stooges}}
* {{Official website}}
* {{Discogs artist|39770}}
* [https://www.theuntouchableallgirlband.com/ The Untouchable]

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