The Stooges, also known as Iggy and The Stooges, is an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan, first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003. Although they sold few records in their original incarnation, and often performed for indifferent or hostile audiences, the Stooges are widely regarded as instrumental in the rise of punk rock, as well as influential to alternative rock, heavy metal and rock music at large. The Stooges were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked them 78th on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.
Acting
Iggy's entire body becomes a performance instrument.
Direction
Tim Pope captures the bruise without softening it.
Sound
Ron Asheton's guitar still sounds like broken machinery.
Director
Tim Pope
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2003 reunion happened nearly thirty years after the Stooges' original collapse, with the Asheton brothers returning after decades of estrangement from Iggy.
Shot in their Ann Arbor homecoming, this performance preceded their 2010 Rock Hall induction by seven years—the industry finally catching up to what this crowd already knew.
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