![]() ![]() performances will be announced in the coming weeks. Iggy and the Stooges recently confirmed a South By Southwest gig on March 13, in addition to several shows in Australia and Europe. Ready to Die drops on April 30 via Fat Possum. ![]() Instead, it floats above Williamson’s hellish guitar mess. Ron Asheton having died in 2009, James Williamson resumes recording duties as lead guitarist with The Stooges for first time since their seminal proto-punk album Raw Power 40 years ago, once more co-writing the songs with Pop. At 65 years old, Iggy Pop’s scrappy growl no longer punches in its delivery. Ready To Die is a lean and mean animal, straining its leash to the limit under some impressively tight musicianship. Now there is “Burn,” Ready to Die‘s teeth-gnashing opening track that immediately recalls Raw Power‘s opener, “Search & Destory.” The difference, though, lies in the vocals. The albums are also the only two in the Detroit proto-punks’ catalog to bear the “Iggy and the Stooges” moniker three more studio efforts - 2007’s The Weirdness, 1970’s Fun House, and 1969’s self-titled debut - file under the Stooges. Engineer Ed Cherney has already dubbed the new record a return to “old time Stooges,” a sentiment reflected in the return of ax man James Williamson, last heard of on Raw Power. A trail of fire connects Iggy and the Stooges’ upcoming fifth LP, Ready to Die, to their bar-setting 1973 LP Raw Power.
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