Pictures.

TED wrote:

Scott, I'm presuming the Gerard Malanga pics are from the same session as the naked pics he took of Iggy .

Yes, that was the same shoot.

Scott do you have more pics from that shoot ?

TED wrote:

Scott do you have more pics from that shoot ?

TED, I have only been able to come up with those three so far (besides the cover for Lid #3 which has been posted before I believe). I'm not quite sure how many shots were actually circulated from that particular shoot. I'm hoping that there are some more Malanga/Iggy shots out there somewhere.

heres some stuff from Biopic

jihaaaaa! Have the book.. but always nice to see these pics on this site again. The smiling pic is also smashin..
Great post HJW !

First post here, and first off I wanna thank everybody for uploading all the great pics, haven't seen most of them before! Gotta be one of the best threads ever.

Image by Chester Simpson

(TED, you picked a fantastic image for your avatar!)

Very cool indeed! Was that created in Illustrator?

Scott, it's a silk screen print on paper made by my friend Ann Pethers.
That's the first time I've seen the original photo by Chester Simpson.

scott wrote:

Images by Fabrice Demessence

Thanks for that one Scott! The Ashetons look so cool here. I was also wondering what kinda hotel Stooges stayed in haha. The room rates ranged from 500 up to almost 6200 euros!! That's hell of a price lol ( of course I know they didnt pay for the stay themselves )

scott wrote:

Images by Fabrice Demessence

Never seen this pic before! Thanks for posting!

yeh, never saw that one of the Ashetons before either, thanks!!

You know, there's cool, and then there is something that far surpasses cool - and that is the Asheton Brothers. When I saw this image (me for the first time as well), it was like - 'man, there will never be anyone that even comes close to these guys'. Truly a great image, and testament to the Stooges legacy!

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there will never be anyone that even comes close to these guys

how true is that

least we had that rhythm section for a little while, and thank god we still have Scott

they really were such a 'cool' band, like you say, they were beyond cool

The Ashetons were the best bros in music. Damn I miss Ron. But at least we DO have Scott.
I've heard it thru the grapevine that Scott may be selling merch sometime soon. Can't say any more than that yet. But if I hear more I'll spill it right here.

scott wrote:

You know, there's cool, and then there is something that far surpasses cool - and that is the Asheton Brothers.

true! altho I don't really know how to describe some of Ron's early photos, in particular, other than as being the coolest I've ever seen. And, of course, to my mind (and I don't care how often I say it) some of Dave's are the sexiest Like the one to the left here!

The Asheton's gave The Stooges an almost street credibility something that Iggy, although iconic, never had and neither did Dave.

They were genuine problem kids playing music not some idiot with a musical degree or a bunch of popular high school stars.

You can hear the anger and isolation in the music, it's what makes it so powerful.

'an almost street credibility'? strange phrase...

Talking just about Ron,I hear far more than anger and isolation in his playing. If it were only that (like a million subsequent 'punk' kids) the interest would wear off. He got something infinitely more out of that guitar, which no other player, no matter how gifted, seems to get. Chopin was hailed as the natural poet of the piano; I think Ron more than anyone else was the natural poet of the electric guitar. Probably I'm in a minority in thinking this, but Iggy, at least, has talked of the lyricism in Ron's playing, and he was absolutely right to do so. If anyone else has given due weight to this very vital aspect of Ron's playing I would love to know.

Oh yes, and I've just realized that this is the pictures thread. Sorry.

hmm...'an almost street credibility', don't really know what that means either. and if y're bringing up street credibility at all, in what sense did Iggy and Dave not have it?? Iggy I assume you mean because he was the college-going type to begin with, or something like that, but Dave??

also dorianmode I'm totally with you on Ron being the natural poet of the electric guitar!

Nadja wrote:

hmm...'an almost street credibility', don't really know what that means either. and if y're bringing up street credibility at all, in what sense did Iggy and Dave not have it?? Iggy I assume you mean because he was the college-going type to begin with, or something like that, but Dave??

also dorianmode I'm totally with you on Ron being the natural poet of the electric guitar!

Of course I believe Ron has all sorts of emotions in his playing but there's a unique anger and isolation in all his work from love songs like "Ann" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog" to songs about boredom and depression like "No Fun", "1969" and "Dirt". It's a genuine anger and isolation not some fake whiny pop-punk moaning.

"Street credibility" like they were real people you would not want to mess with. Dave came from a pretty well-off family and Iggy like you said was a "college-going type" for a long time. The Ashetons never changed they were always 100% real and never pretented to be anything different. They were real outsiders.

I have got the same impression as G, F#, E. Although many articles i've read describe Dave Alexander as a far gone hoodlum along with Scott.
In the Raw Power book Iggy says that he feels Scott gave the group a 'street credibility', whatever that actually means further than as an image.

Anyway people this is meant to be a picture thread.