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• I Wanna Be Your Dog is the sound of man, stopping dragging his knuckles and picking up a guitar. That primeval roar stirs something deep and dark inside me and is the sound of the renaissance of Rock and Roll. It's official! Punk is dead and Iggy's got the insurance policy. I hope they let you take your guitar Ron!

  Posted by Phil Bowman at 5:07 PM GMT 06/01/2009 Report Abuse

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• Completely flabbergasted. Where would we be without Ron, Iggy and The Stooges, I shudder to think.
  

  Posted by Alan Lord, Montreal at 7:27 PM GMT 06/01/2009 Report Abuse

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• Oh here - why don't I explain the Nazi memorabilia thing to all naïve "Unicorns n' Rainbows" Student Union people out there once and for all - that stuff is drooled-over out of respect for the sheer Plastic Arts genius that underpinned the Nazi phenomenon - sort of like admiring Leni Reifenstahl's genius as a powerful filmmaker, which had nothing to do with Dachau etc. - genius must be respected in all its forms. Why hell, even 9/11 was a stroke of pure genius, however evil. Stockhausen understood that immediately.

  Posted by Nim Portekoy at 7:37 PM GMT 06/01/2009 Report Abuse

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• I first saw the Psychedelic Stooges at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit in the summer of '68. I'd heard that the singer did strange effects to achieve his vocals, like bringing up a toilet bowl on stage and singing into it. This was well before their first album. They would jam along a steady riff for however long their set was. I didn't know they had "songs" until the first album came out. On this particular night, Iggy lured a cute girl to the front of the stage. Y'know everyone loves the lead singer. While she basked in his attention, he spat on her. Another show, one of the Stooges opened up a cut on his hand and smeared his blood on the white body of his Fender guitar. The thing I liked about the Stooges was they didn't go for any stage effect. The didn't have "rock n' roll clothes". They just came out in their blue jeans and t-shirts and laid out the most uncompromising sound they were capable of. Thanks Ron for making it all possible.

  Posted by dannyv at 7:57 PM GMT 06/01/2009 Report Abuse

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• Terrible news. Ron was a true original - no band stuck out like a sore thumb in the late sixties like The Stooges. They did their own thing and it's such a shame Ron went as they really gained the level of respect they deserved. Those first two albums are a perfect legacy which others spend a lifetime trying to match.

  Posted by Stoogesfan at 9:13 PM GMT 06/01/2009 Report Abuse

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• Maybe Iggy's insurance adverts will pay for his funeral.

  R.I.Px

  Posted by Nellus at 10:55 PM GMT 06/01/2009 Report Abuse

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• I was fifteen years old and a patient in a psychiatric hospital outside of Ann Arbor when I first heard the Stooges' Fun House album back in 1970. A fellow patient had the record and we were able to talk the staff into letting us listen to it. As I laid back in the recliner weaving in and out of consciousness because of medication the music was the aural equivalent of the album's cover, it sounded like molten lava coursing through subterranean caverns, hot, dark, sensual. And Ron Asheton's playing had a helluvalot to do with it. God bless him for playing such an important part in delivering this music to us. Really some of the greatest rock music of our time, and all time.

  Posted by Guy Budziak at 11:41 PM GMT 06/01/2009 Report Abuse

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• I'm devastated. I still can't believe it. The Stooges are nothing without Ron. When I first heard this I was in shock and disbelief but it really happened and I'm very sad. He will be missed! I feel bad for the band. What will they do without him? He's irreplaceable. One of the best guitarist of his time. R.I.P. Ron. You'll be missed man!

  Posted by Jessica at 3:24 AM GMT 07/01/2009 Report Abuse

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• what a shame; The Stooges were the cornerstone of MainMan alongside Bowie, what a great time; Lou Reed, Wayne County, Cherry Vanilla, the whole lot, with Iggy & the boys front and centre;
  RIP Ron Asheton

  Posted by jimi at 6:05 AM GMT 07/01/2009 Report Abuse

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• It is bitterly ironic Ron Asheton's passing came at a time where The Stooges' first album will have reached the 40th anniversary of its' initial release, and the group's (possible) indiction in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. For me, there is one abiding memory which remains the greatest tribute of all was the fact I was present at the greatest live performance I have ever seen, namely The Stooges at Hammersmith Apollo on Tuesday 30th August 2005 and I am not alone in thinking that. Even Ron himself said that was a special night,one that could not be repeated again. The fact remains Ron was responsible for three timeless albums, and his influence on modern rock and roll cannot be possibly measured. His spirit still remains in any youngster who decides to pick up a guitar after hearing "No Fun", "TV Eye","Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell" (he was also one hell of a bass player...), and even the vastly underrated "My Idea Of Fun" and "I'm Fried".
  I shall play "Fun House", and then watch the wonderful YouTube clip of The Stooges' memorable rending of "Real Cool Time" and "No Fun" at Glastonbury 2007 in his memory.

  Posted by Rob J at 10:22 AM GMT 10/01/2009 Report Abuse

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