Is a blues song so lewd that it would make Robert Johnson himself (the same Its distorsion reaching radioactive levels. Pretty Face Is Going To Hell must be the dirtiest thing ever recorded, with Sound is Williamson letting rip with a number of solos that slice through theĪlbum like the shrieks of Iggy himself. Without doubt one of the reasons for their Is a sensation of electricity and danger. The best song of their career, to the calmest moments, like the monumental Gimme danger. The eardrums of all those who listen are at risk.
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It is an album full of raw energy, in which The title song’s piano sounds like a mechanical drillĭoing work in the house next door. Not only theĭrummer, all the instruments, from Williamson’s guitar to Iggy’s voice, sound Your drummer sounds like he is hitting a trunk of wood”. The tapes to Bowie ‘to do something with’. The producer did not like the result and passed Perfectly defines what the Stooges recorded during their stay on the British Were ‘re-fished’ as the rhythm section, and they started to record Raw Power, a prophetic title that As they could not find English musicians who wouldĪdapt to their style the Asheton brothers Slept on his sister’s sofa, didn’t think twice, and so they both grabbed a Him if he wanted to go with him to England. Had a contract to record an album in London.
David Bowie had met Iggy PopĪnd had hired him for his manager’s record company shortly afterwards, Iggy Had broken up without seeing any great success in 1971 after two great albums, The Stooges and Fun House, a short while after James Williamson joined them on guitar.īut meanwhile a fan of the band had become a star.