"Buried in the mix" is what made those records so great. No one's listening to "Now I Wanna Be Your Dog" for technical brilliance or subtlety, either of which would have ruined them.

Another Stooge gone, that makes two. I say oh my and a boo-hoo.

Thanks Dave for the info. I am sorry to hear that. The Stooges are my favorite American rock n' roll band. And, they might be just the best ever to come from this country. Critically, they were very gifted.

I was fortunate to see them back reunited in 2006 (?) at Bumpershoot with freres Ron & Scott, Iggy and Steve McKay on sax. The bassist was Mike Watt (original bassist, Dave Alexander passed away in the 70s?). So, you're correct. It's just Iggy that's left. Who'd thunk? BTW, I highly recommend a good bio of Iggy, "Open Up and Bleed". Some interesting history.

Scott Ashton, RIP.

@1 Yes, yes, of course. I just would prefer that Scott's drums had a bit more room to punch harder on those records.

"I mean they must have thought, 'these guys are maniacs, the singer attacks the audience, they're all loaded, they don't communicate with us, their songs won't go on the radio, their drummer won't even talk to us'. (Scott Asheton) would grunt, say 'Uhhh-uhhh', like a juvenile kid, 'Don't talk to me, grrrrrrrr'"

Iggy, talking about MainMan management (from Please Kill Me).