The Stooges

With the meters topped and feedback shimmering off of everything like it was recorded in a tin can set on fire, Raw Power is simply one of the most influential records of all time. This is the hurtling, incredibly flawed death wish that forecasted punk's failure to do anything but destruct its own stars.

The Ig. Nobody does it better, nobody does it worse, nobody does it, period. Others tiptoe
around the edges, make little running starts and half-hearted passes; but when you're
talking about the O mind, the very central eye of the universe that opens up like a huge,
gaping, suckling maw, step aside for the Stooges. They haven't appeared on record since
the Funhouse of two plus years ago. For awhile, it didn't look as if they were ev... More >

In which David Bowie remembers "the world's forgotten boy" long enough to sponsor an album--and mixes it down till it's thin as an epicure's wrist. The side-openers, "Search and Destroy" and "Raw Power," voice the Iggy Pop ethos more insanely (and aggressively) than "I Wanna Be Your Dog." But despite James Williamson's guitar, the rest disperses in their wake. (Grade - B+)