See you next album, and keep as cool as you can. Editing is by Rich Bunnell, and special thanks to our own Mike DeFabio, the Other Leading Brand, for production and original music. Follow Discord & Rhyme on Twitter for news, updates, and other random stuff. You can buy or stream Raw Power and other albums by Iggy and the Stooges at, your local record store, or the usual suspects such as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and Amazon. The Stooges - Penetration (this episode only) The Dukes of Stratosphear - What in the World?. For the first time, the Stooges have used the recording studio as more than a recapturing of their live show,and with David Bowie helping out in the mix, there. “Discord & Rhyme (theme),” composed by the Other Leading Brand, contains elements of: THE Bruce Dickinson – executive production on 1997 reissue Ron Asheton – bass guitar, backing vocals Iggy Pop – lead vocals, celesta (4), piano (2, 5), production and mixing for 1997 reissue The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heatĭavid Bowie - The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell The Three Stooges - I Want a Hippopotamus for ChristmasĮwan McGregor - Gimme Danger (from Velvet Goldmine) Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell (originally titled “Hard to Beat”)Ĭonsolation Prizes (with James Williamson) Iggy Pop’s “Butt Town” on Beavis and Butt-Head (YouTube)ĭiscord & Rhyme’s Raw Power playlist (Spotify) The first disc is the remastered original 1973 David Bowie mix while the second slab is the remastered 1997 Iggy Pop mix. It’s been transformed from Raw Power to Roar Power. (Iggy was referencing the Yardbirds’ 1965 hit ‘Heart Full of Soul in this line). That cheetah’s heart is still full of napalm. It thumps, roars and pounces like a wildcat. Jim Jarmusch’s Stooges documentary Gimme Danger (Amazon) Iggy’s violent 90’s mix doesn’t rattle and hiss like before. Rock Band's "Search and Destroy" isolated guitar track (YouTube) Songs That Changed Music on "Search and Destroy" (YouTube) co-creator Christopher McCulloch, though, not Iggy Pop himself. Rich mentioned the Adult Swim show Venture Bros, and Iggy Pop actually plays a role on the show as henchman to David Bowie, Sovereign of the Guild of Calamitous Intent. The closing cover of Madonna’s “Ray of Light” is from the Stooges’ performance at the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Mike consulted the liner notes in the booklet of the Iggy mix, as promised, and the swords in “Search and Destroy” were sabres they found in an antique shop. In our discussion, we detail the drug-fueled, messy production of the record that yielded two radically different mixes of the album that continue to divide fans to this day. Mostly ignored upon release, its primal, menacing energy would become a blueprint for countless punk and hard rock bands in the decades to come. Every addition adds insight to a band literally addicted to danger.This week, the street-walking cheetahs of Discord and Rhyme take a stroll down the dark, sketchy alley that is Iggy and the Stooges’ 1973 classic Raw Power. This new deluxe edition adds an equally unhinged 1973 Atlanta performance with confrontational banter and previously unreleased spasms like “Cock in My Pocket,” plus a third disc of outtakes, a “Making of Raw Power” documentary DVD and testimonials from acolytes such as Lou Reed, Joan Jett, Tom Morello, Henry Rollins and Chrissie Hynde. New band member Williamson, along with bassist Ron Asheton and drummer brother Scott Asheton, flail in a synchronized wallop that almost single-handedly invented punk. “I’m a runaway son of the nuclear A-bomb,” he rants in “Search and Destroy,” embodying glam rock’s theatricality while dumping its affectations. Iggy Pop delivers these desperate anthems as if he’s lived every self-mythologizing line. Finally, the third and most brutal album from these Detroit legends gets both the rawness and the power it deserves. A 1997 reissue of the album experimented with a thicker, less dynamic mix this new version reinstates Bowie’s trebly, off-kilter production while adding clarity and heft the original LP lacked. To even hear the rhythm section on co-producer David Bowie’s 1973 mix of Raw Power, you need to crank the volume until it feels like James Williamson’s reckless guitar leads are piercing your skull.
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