1/29/2024 0 Comments Iggy pop search and destroyWe had gone to New York a couple of months before that just to check out the scene, and we had never been to a place like New York… we went down around Eighth Street there where all the young tourists hang out, and we met these girls from New Jersey, from Princeton, they had a band called the Untouchable, and we’re like, “Oh, you’ve got a band, sure, ha ha ha,” and they said “Well, come to our house and see us play.” And we didn’t have anywhere to crash, and they played for us, and they completely rocked, and we were really ashamed.” And the other thing was we went to New York. ![]() There were two things that made us do it one was seeing that show (the Doors), we saw that show and I just thought, well, this is so brazen, there is no excuse for us not to do it anymore. And we did not have the balls to get out and do it. ![]() Iggy cites two musical experiences as truly inspiring the band – seeing the Doors perform live at the University of Michigan and seeing the Untouchables (an all-girls band from New Jersey) – telling Bust magazine in 1995: The Stooges initially formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1967. While neither the song nor the album sold particularly well at their release, their sound became one of the most important influences for the punk movement, which would emerge later in the decade. ![]() Recording in England, they released their highly influential third album, Raw Power (1973), which included the single “Search and Destroy”. Much to everyone’s surprise, the band reformed in 1972, orchestrated by none other than David Bowie.
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