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Iggy Pop in 1977
Iggy Pop's resolve to kick drugs in 1975 wasn't helped by David Bowie showing up to his hospital bedside with a bag of cocaine

By Paul Brannigan Published

Iggy Pop's attempts to kick his drug addictions in the 1970s weren't always helped by his famous friends

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Iggy Pop LiveIggy Pop of the Stooges rides the crowd during a performance at the Cincinnati Pop Festival at Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, 13th June 1970
The Stooges mark the post-Altamont death throes of the hippy zeitgeist on Fun House

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

The Stooges' second album Fun House is a beautiful seven-track study in the feral and unhinged

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Iggy Pop onstage, 1973
The story of Iggy & The Stooges' ferocious classic Search And Destroy

By Ian Fortnam Published

The Stooges' Search And Destroy began with James Williamson "goofing around making machine-gun sounds" but countless others adopted its combination of pounding rhythm and aggressive guitar

Tracks & Singles
Iggy Pop as pictured on the front cover of Iggy and The Stooges' album Raw Power
Stooges guitarist James Williamson on Raw Power, the proto-punk ass kicker Bowie didn't understand

By Greg Prato Published

Stooges guitarist James Williamson looks back at this proto-punk ass kicker that opened many a show circa ’73

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Punk albums
Debate: what's the greatest punk album ever?

By Louder Published

Ramones? Fun House? The Crack? Dookie? The Shape Of Punk To Come? Randy the Band? We want to know your pick for punk's finest hour

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Iggy Pop of the Stooges rides the crowd during a performance at the Cincinnati Pop Festival at Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, 13th June 1970.
"There was a point where people would come to see us because they hated us": The chaotic beginnings of The Stooges, America's first punk band

By Jaan Uhelszki Published

Iggy Pop and others tell the gonzoid story of The Stooges' early years

Interviews
Belinda Carlisle
"It was horrifying and beautiful at the same time." Belinda Carlisle on the punk rock album that changed her life

By Paul Brannigan Published

"Time stopped as I lifted the album from the bin and stared at the cover. I thought, What is this?" Album artwork matters: ask Belinda Carlisle

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The Smiths and The Stooges
They might sound worlds apart, but The Smiths wouldn't have existed without The Stooges

By Paul Brannigan Published

In 1976, Manchester schoolboy Johnny Marr purchased a punk rock album that would change his life forever

Interviews
Sections of cover art from 10 albums decades in the making
The laziest bands in the history of rock: 10 follow-up albums that took decades to appear

By Howard Johnson Published

Think waiting 53 years for a new MC5 album is a chore? They're merely the latest in a long line of slow-working, deadline-averse dawdlers

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The Stooges onstage
The Stooges' songs that provided a perfect blueprint for rock’s future

By Ian Fortnam Published

In 1969 the Stooges shaped the future of rock'n'roll and brilliantly captured a young, fiery generation in turmoil. Punk? Grunge? Glam? So much of it started here

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