MC5 by Brett Callwood5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() “We didn’t have songs,” Scott Asheton told Callwood. Under the leadership of Iggy Pop, The Stooges, along with the MC5, became one of the most popular acts around Ann Arbor and Detroit, eventually signing a deal with Elektra and releasing their groundbreaking self-titled LP in 1969. ![]() It wasn’t until…Iggy, got involved that it actually became a real band.” “We liked the idea of being in a band, we looked like we were in a band and we’d all hang out together. “We didn’t get very far,” Scott told writer Brett Callwood in his book The Stooges: Head On. He began playing music with his older brother Ron and their friend Dave Alexander soon after. My thoughts are with his sister Kathy, his wife Liz and his daughter Leanna, who was the light of his life.”Īsheton was born in Washington, D.C., but moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan when he was 14. The Ashetons have always been and continue to be a second family to me. He and Ron have left a huge legacy to the world. “I have never heard anyone play the drums with more meaning than Scott Asheton. “Scott was a great artist,” Iggy Pop said in a statement. Iggy and the Stooges Face Uncertain Future ![]() Iggy & The Stooges drummer Scott Asheton, who played with the pioneering proto-punk band from their earliest days in 1967 through their 2013 LP Ready to Die, died Saturday due to an unspecified illness. ![]()
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