Bass Nation

Ron Asheton, founding member of The Stooges, was found dead yesterday in his Michigan home. The Stooges were incredibly influential to me. They were playing punk rock before there was such a thing as punk rock. While Iggy Pop went on to have a successful solo career, his old bandmates never reached the same level of fame. Ron played some ripping sludgy grungy dirty guitar and his brother Scott pounded the skins. Thier original bassist, Dave Alexander, died in 1975 and was replaced by Mike Watt in their reunited incarnation.

Here’s a really old video from some TV broadcast with a very unhip announcer guy trying to understand this crazy new music. While their most known and covered song is I Wanna Be Your Dog, my favorite has always been TV Eye which is the first song in this video, followed by 1970.

And here’s a more recent performance of TV Eye

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