The Stooges Au Revoir?! James Williamson Says So!!

IGGY AND THE STOOGES ARE FINISHED!


James Williamson of "Iggy And The Stooges", recently came out saying "The Stooges is over. Basically, everybody’s dead except Iggy and I. So it would be sort-of ludicrous to try and tour as Iggy And The Stooges when there’s only one Stooge in the band and then you have side guys. That doesn’t make any sense to me", telling Joel Gausten.

 That isn't exactly the truth, but it's pretty damn close to it! Jimmy Recca who played bass for The Stooges for a brief period in 1971 is alive, that short lived line-up is considered by those who saw them live one of the best lineups in bands history. Bob Sheff and Scott Thurston who played keyboards in '73-'74 are each alive and then you have a extremely short lived Stooge Warren Klein. You have Mike Watt who has been in The Stooges for over 10 years and 2 studio albums and is just as much a Stooge as any original member, and then you have Toby Dammit who replaced Scott Asheton on drums, and for my money was the better drummer. 

 The Stooges have took some losses though, original guitarist Ron Asheton died in 2009. His brother and original drummer Scott Asheton died in 2014. Original bassist Dave Alexander died in 1975. Short lived guitarist Bill Cheatham died in the late 1990's. Zeke Zettner who replaced Dave on bass, died in '73. Steve Mackay who played on Funhouse and that tour then rejoined in '03 passed away in 2015. 

 So we have Iggy, James, Jimmy, Toby, Mike, Bob, Scott and Warren. I mean as a fan i'd love to see one last go at it! Have a few key city dates and call it a farewell. 

 They have put out 6 studio albums, influenced just about every rock n roll band that came after them, toured the world a dozen times over and still to this day are as popular as ever. They were inducted in to The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 2010 after years of being declined. Iggy Pop has released a new album, out playing live but recently talked of walking away from music possibly soon. James Williamson released an album in 2014 and it gained a pretty good following. I mean as the typical greedy fan I want more, but The Stooges has given us fans more than we could of ever hoped for and for that, I thank them.