the stooges

The Funko Pop! craze has officially reached epic proportions. It’s come to the point that loyal fans are even creating their own custom figures of their favorite artists not included in the knick-knack catalog. But how accurate are these square-headed likenesses to the original characters? The only way to find out is to test your […]

“People try to put us down,” protest punk artist YUNGBLUD snarls over two viciously downstroked guitar chords. “Just ’cause we get around/The things they do look awfully cold/Hope I die before I get old…” “My Generation,” he spits out further before the rest of his band kick in during a live video filmed in the […]

Iggy Pop's October performance in Basel, Switzerland, will soon be reaching a wider audience.  Rising Alternative will bring Iggy Pop: Live in Basel 2015 to the U.S. on June 16 and 18—and beyond. The film shows the legendary artist in all of his punk rock glory performing a concert shot last October in Basel, Switzerland, […]

Scott “Rock Action” Asheton (photo credit: Tom Getty), best known as drummer for the Stooges, passed away last night at the age of 64. Asheton had suffered a stroke in 2011 that caused the band to seek a fill-in live replacement. No cause of death has yet been announced.  Aside from frontman Iggy Pop, Asheton was […]

Iggy & The Stooges Ready To Die Anticipating a return to the Stooges' serpentine, napalm-hearted '70s sound? You'd be better served dusting off your copies of Raw Power or Fun House. Looking to rubberneck on another soulless effort just like the band's first reunion record, The Weirdness? Well, you're getting warmer. But here's the strange […]

Newly inducted Rock And Roll Hall Of Famers the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be releasing a digital covers EP on May 1 titled We Salute You. It'll feature the band's takes on songs from Ramones, the Beach Boys, Iggy and the Stooges, David Bowie and others. Check out the track listing below. “A Teenager […]