Iggy & The Stooges
The plain fact is this: all that is currently in thrash vogue is a direct descendent of one album: Raw Power.
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The plain fact is this: all that is currently in thrash vogue is a direct descendent of one album: Raw Power by Ann Arbor/ Detroit’s own Iggy & The Stooges.
Their third album (it was released in 1973), Raw Power’s searing energy (on such charming titles as “Search And Destroy,” “Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell” and "Death Trip”) is so great that even an incredibly bad mix by David Bowie couldn’t mess it up. (Some, in fact, insist that Bowie actually improved the tracks by playing boy producer.. .such is the magnificencelof the disc!)
The Stooges were, of course, fronted by Iggy Pop (nee Stooge)—originally James Osterburg. In their formative days—as the Psychedelic Stooges—they were kid brothers, of sorts, to Detroit’s equallylegendary MC5. Their first two albums (The Stooges and Funhouse) were garage muck of the highest order; Raw Power, though, with guitarist James Williamson joining the bunch, kicked the group into a seminal speedmetal mode that few have approached since. All three of their albums are mandatory listening for anyone even vaguely interested in modern thrash and where it came from.
