Editing The Stooges (section)

===''Raw Power'' and second breakup (1972–1974)===
With the band having broken up, Pop met [[David Bowie]] on September 7, 1971, at [[Max's Kansas City]],<ref name=Mojo78/><ref name="Iggy Pop Librio"/> and the pair quickly became good friends. The next day, on the advice of Bowie, Pop signed a recording contract with pop music manager [[Tony DeFries]]' company, MainMan. A few months later, Tony DeFries and Pop met [[Clive Davis]] from CBS/[[Columbia Records]] and got a two-album recording deal.<ref name="Iggy Pop Librio"/> In March 1972, DeFries brought Pop and Williamson to the UK,<ref name="Iggy Pop Librio"/> and the pair attempted to reconstitute the Stooges with British musicians, but after finding no suitable additions, they brought the Asheton brothers back into the band. (This "second choice" decision rankled Ron Asheton, as did his change from guitar to bass.) This lineup, billed as Iggy & the Stooges, recorded their third album, the influential ''[[Raw Power]]'', which was released in 1973.

At the time, the album faced the criticism that Bowie had mixed it poorly.<ref name="berman">{{cite web|last=Berman|first=Stuart|title= Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power [Legacy Edition]|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14125-raw-power-legacy-edition-raw-power-deluxe-edition/|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=April 14, 2010|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> (In subsequent years, various unofficial fan recordings were assembled and released as the album ''[[Rough Power]];''<ref name="berman"/> in 1997, the album was re-mixed by Iggy Pop and re-released.<ref name="berman"/>) Although the album sold rather poorly and was regarded as a commercial failure at the time of its release, ''Raw Power'' would go on to gain recognition from early [[punk rock]]ers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iggy and the Stooges|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/stooges|publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>

With the addition of a piano player (briefly [[Gene Tyranny|Bob Sheff]] and then [[Scott Thurston]]<ref name=Mojo29/>), the Stooges toured for several months, starting in February 1973. Around this time they also made a number of recordings that became known as the ''Detroit Rehearsal Tapes'', including a number of new songs that might have been included on a fourth studio album, had the band not been dropped by Columbia soon after the release of ''Raw Power''. In 1973, James Williamson was briefly dismissed due to criticism from the band's management company (likely pertaining to his tempestuous relationship with [[Cyrinda Foxe]], a close friend of road manager [[Leee Black Childers]]); guitarist [[Warren Klein|Tornado Turner]] replaced him for a single gig (on June 15, 1973, at the Aragon Ballroom in [[Chicago]]<ref name="rockprosopography102 Stooges">{{cite web |url=http://rockprosopography102.blogspot.fr/2010/03/stooges-performance-list-1967-1974.html |title=THE STOOGES FAMILY TREE - SHOWS LIST 1967-1974 |date= 5 March 2010 |website=Blog "Rock Prosopography 102" |access-date= 2015-04-25}}</ref>), but Williamson soon returned to the group.<ref name="Trynka, Paul 2007">Trynka, Paul (2007), "Open Up and Bleed", pg. 152</ref>

The Stooges disbanded in February 1974 as a result of dwindling professional opportunities; this factor was compounded by Pop's ever-present heroin addiction and erratic off-stage behavior.<ref name="Trynka, Paul 2007"/> The last half of the band's last performance of this era on February 9, 1974, in Detroit, Michigan, was captured and was released in 1976 as the live album ''[[Metallic K.O.]]'', along with the first half of an earlier show on October 6, 1973, at the same venue. A 1988 expanded release of the album with the title ''Metallic 2X K.O.'' included the two halves of each show. In 1998, the album was re-released under the original title with the order of the shows reversed, (mostly) expanded tracks and more complete set lists.