| Now Find a show to go to! Apr 7 (Sat) - The Stooges - Orpheum Theatre (Boston, MA) Show: The Stooges[views:16162][posts:26][show listing] __________________________________ [Mar 15,2007 7:16pm - succubus ""] The Stooges PLAY BOSTON APRIL 7, 2007 @ ORPHEUM THEATRE ONE HAMILTON PL. BOSTON, MA 02108 The Stooges hit the road in support of their first album in 33 years THE WEIRDNESS In Stores Now! The Weirdness features three of the four original band members –singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton and drummer Scott Asheton along with ex-Minutemen & fIREHOSE bassist Mike Watt and original sax player, Steve Mackay ~~~ THE STOOGES TO RELEASE THE WEIRDNESS FIRST ALBUM IN 33 YEARS ON MARCH 6, 2007. Reunion albums are one thing. A Stooges reunion album is something else entirely. On March 6, 2007, the band that predated punk and helped make rock and roll dangerous will release their first studio album since 1973’s seminal Raw Power. The Weirdness will feature three of the four original bandmembers – singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton and drummer Scott Asheton -- along with ex-Minutemen and FIREHOSE bassist Mike Watt and original Stooges sax player, Steve Mackay. The Stooges wrote over 30 songs for the record at a cottage in Florida early this year, then rehearsed in Ann Arbor, Michigan before they entered the Chicago studio of esteemed producer Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies) in early October. The album is being mastered in the UK at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Tracks on the album include: "Trollin'," "Greedy Awful People," "Claustrophobia," "Mexican Guy," "I'm Fried," "ATM," "O Solo Mio," "She Took My Money" and "End Of Christianity." Iggy decided to reform The Stooges in 2003 while he was working on his solo album Skull Ring. He called the Ashetons, who still had the same phone number he had last called them on 25 years ago. The brothers agreed to contribute to four songs on the disc and the reunion seeds were planted. Then on April 27, the full band (with Watt on bass) played its first show together in 30 years to a spellbound audience at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Coachella, California. A triumphant reunion tour followed, and in 2005 The Stooges were nominated to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They didn’t win, but were recently nominated again for induction at the upcoming ceremony to be held in early 2007. If any rock band deserved Hall of Fame kudos it’s The Stooges, one of the most influential, powerful and explosive outfits ever to plug in a guitar. Formed in Ann Arbor in 1967, the Stooges were a forceful poke in the eye of commercial rock. Volatile and incendiary, the band wrote grimy psychedelic blues songs that grooved, droned and stomped in equal measure. Onstage, Iggy was commanding and menacing, cutting himself with glass, smearing his body with peanut butter and baiting the crowd out of its complacency. The group’s volcanic energy earned it a record deal in 1968 and a year later, the Stooges released their self-titled debut, which featured the proto-punk classics “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” “No Fun” and “1969.” In 1970, they followed with the heavier, more confrontational Fun House, which many consider the band’s finest hour. Three years would pass between Fun House and Raw Power, a primal, powerful slab of gyrating clamor from a band on the verge of physical and psychological collapse. By the end of 1973, the Stooges had broken up. In the decades that followed, Iggy established himself as a successful solo artist, releasing 15 studio albums between 1977 and 2003. Meanwhile, Scott Asheton played in Scot’s Pirates, Sonny Vincent’s Rat Race Choir and Rock Action and Ron Asheton rocked with Destroy All Monsters, the New Race, the Empty Set and Dark Carnival. In 1998, Ron joined forces with Watt and members of Mudhoney and Sonic Youth in the one-off supergroup Wylde Ratttz, an experience that paved the way for Watt to join The Stooges. One of the most eagerly anticipated albums of 2007, The Weirdness is destined to be as inspiring, unpredictable and undeniable as the three records that preceded it over three decades ago. The release of the album will be followed by a full world tour that will clearly display the energy, vitality and freshness of one of rock and roll’s greatest success stories. In other words, the legacy continues… ~~~ i will be there anyone else? |
| ___________________________________________ [Mar 15,2007 7:41pm - FuckisMySignature ""] whoa. i thought iggy pop was dead. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 15,2007 7:44pm - Dissector ""] Maybe. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 15,2007 7:46pm - Mike_Giallo ""] Dissector said:Maybe. That was me. Forgot to sign in under my new name on this computer. |
| ___________________________________________ [Mar 15,2007 7:46pm - FuckisMySignature ""] duely noted. |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 16,2007 12:52pm - reverend_cziska ""] Wow, now some 16 year old can brag about how old school he is because he saw the Stooges. |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 16,2007 1:09pm - inject-now ""] how is the new record? |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 16,2007 2:29pm - diamond_dave ""] holy shit |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 16,2007 2:39pm - KillerKadoogan ""] didn't this sell out before tickets ever went on sale? if not... |
| __________________________________ [Apr 5,2007 10:42am - succubus ""] Saturday! I'm supposed to be shooting. Anyone else going? |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 5,2007 10:42am - Granny_Monster ""] Ack! I'll be in NYC! Bummer : ( |
| _________________________________ [Apr 7,2007 3:04pm - succubus ""] tonight! |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 7,2007 5:31pm - brad weymouth ""] not a mention of Sonics Rendevous, fucking idiots should do there homework before writing a bio |
| __________________________________ [Apr 7,2007 10:16pm - succubus ""] Wow..iggy is a madman..I had an all access photo pass..very cool...we were told that there wasn't going to be any spotlights on iggy..only red light...argh...we were warned beforehand...so I took a lot of black and white. I stayed for 40 minutes (I didn't have a ticket and I didn't want to keep moving around with my big back pack. In the time I watched iggy was all over...and just jumped into the crowd...hah! I hope I got some good pics. I basically had a spot right in front of iggy but I couldn't move left or right...but I guess it's ok bcz iggy took I mic stand and threw it.. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 8,2007 2:16am - Mike_Giallo ""] Sounds like a fun time |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 8,2007 2:54am - the_reverend ""] carina stopped workin on her pictures and went to bed. |
| _________________________________ [Apr 8,2007 9:35am - succubus ""] the_reverend said:carina stopped workin on her pictures and went to bed. way to rat me out! haha i get up early every morning and stay up late all the time..i was tired! |
| _________________________________ [Apr 8,2007 9:36am - succubus ""] the hoodies were $75!!! |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 8,2007 10:29am - VoidExpression ""] inject-now said:how is the new record? We put it on at work a few weeks ago and it's one of the most embarrassing things I've ever heard. It's so bad it goes beyond being funny and just becomes uncomfortable. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 10:31pm - succubus ""] http://www.defyunlearn.com/photos.php?date...-07&band=Iggy%20and%20The%20Stooges |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 10:53pm - Mike_Giallo ""] VoidExpression said:inject-now said:how is the new record? We put it on at work a few weeks ago and it's one of the most embarrassing things I've ever heard. It's so bad it goes beyond being funny and just becomes uncomfortable. That's fucking lame. |
| __________________________________ [Apr 13,2007 5:51pm - succubus ""] succubus said:http://www.defyunlearn.com/photos.php?date=2007-04-07&band=Iggy%20and%20The%20Stooges |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 13,2007 9:39pm - the_reverend ""] bump |
| __________________________________ [Apr 14,2007 9:24am - succubus ""] thanks! |
| __________________________________ [Apr 15,2007 1:19pm - succubus ""] http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermo....aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=70509 just saw a bunch of hits and i thought it was from this site..but then i checked my stats and thanks blabbermouth! |
| _________________________________ [Apr 20,2007 11:17pm - hvhvi ""] Hello, you have a nice site, good LUCK! |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 20,2007 11:50pm - the_reverend ""] grr... how the fuck did that spam get through... |