It was the first time that he instituted the gloomy, unhinged raspy-voiced role. To be more precise to spit his lyrics, as the paying homage to early blues singer now have given its place to a mad persona, a crazy front man that was barking and howling whenever he wanted to give emphasis or being tired of the staccato tempo. At the same time Iggy changed the way he sang. The new aggressive guitars were louder and pushed forward in production accompanied with the low and heavy work of Asheton brothers that created the perfect rhythm section with solid as concrete sound, while Iggy’s lines were back in the mix giving more room for Williamson’s work to shine. The new direction was not so far away still more metallic, edgy and sharp giving us a first glance of punk and hardcore guitars than the fixed electric blues of their two first albums. The new album was also moving forward in terms of musicianship.
#Raw power iggy mix professional#
Their previous efforts were recorded in one week, their debut The Stooges in April 1969 and Fun House between 11-25 of May 1970- so things seem to be more professional and meticulous. For the first time the recordings lasted almost a month.
The only reasonable act was to recruit the Asheton brothers that were flown across Atlantic with Ron Asheton being moved to bass replacing original bass player Dave Alexander and the reborn of The Stooges was now a fact but now as Iggy and the Stooges. In London Iggy couldn’t find members that could stand equally beside him, any comparison was a total failure as Iggy’s shadow was bigger than anyone that tried to get in the new band. It was early supporter Bowie that met Iggy, helped him get a contract with Columbia and then challenged/invited him to fly over to England to record his first solo album, along with his late era Stooges guitarist, James Williamson (which was living on his sister’s couch in Detroit, recovering from hepatitis A at the time and at the end he co-wrote all eight songs). No future for them was in sight as they were dropped from Elektra, while drugs and alcohol addiction along with fighting with depression, despair and lack of money had destroyed everything they had made the years before. Probably neither was its creators….īy the year 1973, the Stooges had almost crumpled. Raw Power is fuzzy, swaggering and innovating ahead of its time as proto punk, that the world was not ready for. (Not bad for a commercial fail that took its revenge at its time hah?) The only question is which version do you prefer? Bowie’s or Iggy’s ? But this can be answered later. But damn people will never stop talking about it, buying it, listening to it, dancing to its hymns, singing its lyrics, falling in love, falling apart and getting drunk under its dark rhythms… Raw Power isn’t just the ultimate record or the best album of all time, many LPs can claim this title but Iggy and the Stooges can say proudly that Raw Power is the decline of western civilization printed in vinyl. Beyond genres, an album that I wish was my life’s soundtrack…There’s nothing that hasn’t been written about it. Have you ever thought why there are bands or artists that still can make sold out tours, travel around the world and make people fanatic about their music after 50 years of career? Personally speaking I fell that some works are timeless but besides the studio recordings the ultimate judgment comes upon stage …so it is no surprise for me why KISS have so many fans all these years as when I saw them live I felt for the first time what larger than life means with my own eyes, I met thetrical rock in Alice Cooper live show…and when I saw Iggy on stage what rebellious and dangerous rock’ n roll means… So as Iggy returns to Athens for another live performance I found the right excuse to write about one of my favorite albums of all time.
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