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==Legacy== Music journalist Lester Bangs was one of the first writers to champion the Stooges in a national publication. His piece "Of Pop and Pies and Fun" for ''[[Creem|Creem Magazine]]'' was published about the time of the Stooges' second album, ''[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]''. Another music journalist, [[Legs McNeil]], was especially fond of Iggy and the Stooges and championed them in many of his writings. Former [[T.Rex (band)|Tyrannosaurus Rex]] percussionist [[Steve Peregrin Took]], interviewed by [[Charles Shaar Murray]] for the [[NME]] in 1972, cited Pop's stage act as an inspiration for his own chaotic onstage behavior during the band's late 1969 US tour (after which he was replaced by [[Mickey Finn (drummer)|Mickey Finn]]).<ref name="csm2">"I took my shirt off in the Sunset Strip where we were playing and whipped myself till everybody shut up. With a belt, y'know, a bit of blood and the whole of Los Angeles shuts up. 'What's going on, man, there's some nutter attacking himself on stage.' I mean, Iggy Stooge had the same basic approach." {{cite web |title=New Musical Express (NME) Interview, October 14 1972 |url=http://stevetook.mercurymoon.co.uk/nme-murray-1972.html |access-date=5 December 2018 |website=stevetook.mercurymoon.co.uk}}</ref> The Stooges' brand of rabid proto-punk laid the foundation for countless punk rock bands over the decades. The [[Sex Pistols]] recorded the first high-profile Stooges cover, "No Fun", in 1976. [[Sid Vicious]] also regularly performed "I Wanna Be Your Dog", "Search and Destroy" and "Shake Appeal (Tight Pants)" in his post-Pistols solo shows, and included both on his ''[[Sid Sings]]'' album. According to [[Dee Dee Ramone]], the members of the [[Ramones]] felt alienated from their community growing up and started hanging out with each other due to a common love of Stooges, a band everyone else they knew greatly disliked. A typical social experience was listening to the Stooges together while miming/imitating a performance by Iggy Pop.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=[[End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones|End of the Century]] |date=2003 |medium=Motion Picture |publisher=Magnolia Pictures |trans-title=The Story of the Ramones |location=United States |people=Fields, Jim and Gramaglia, Michael}}</ref> [[Joey Ramone]]'s cover of the song "1969" appeared on his posthumous debut solo album, ''[[Don't Worry About Me]]''. The Stooges were also a key early influence on [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] frontwoman [[Siouxsie Sioux]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |date=July 22, 2015 |title=Unholy icon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jul/22/siouxsieandthebanshees.popandrock |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615113221/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jul/22/siouxsieandthebanshees.popandrock |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Several punk bands took their names from Stooges songs or lyrics, including [[Radio Birdman]], [[Penetration (band)|Penetration]], [[Raw Power (band)|Raw Power]], [[Shake Appeal]] and The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs. Australian band Radio Birdman which included fellow [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]] native [[Deniz Tek]], named an early venue "The Oxford Funhouse", while on their 1977 album ''[[Radios Appear]]'', they covered the Stooges song "TV Eye" and name-checked the Stooges in the Deniz Tek song "Do the Pop". The band's name was itself taken, although incorrectly, from the lyrics of the Stooges song "1970".<ref>{{cite web |last=Thomas |first=Bryan |date=November 12, 2018 |title=Lost in the Aussie Funhouse: "Descent Into the Maelstrom: The Radio Birdman Story" |url=http://nightflight.com/lost-in-the-aussie-funhouse-descent-into-the-maelstrom-the-radio-birdman-story/ |access-date=2019-04-04 |publisher=[[Night Flight (TV series)|Night Flight]]}}</ref> Numerous other bands and artists spanning multiple genres have cited the Stooges as an influence, including [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2017 |title=40 Years of The Misfits: An Interview with Jerry Only |url=https://www.rockhall.com/misfits-40th-anniversary-interview |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503085633/https://www.rockhall.com/misfits-40th-anniversary-interview |archive-date=May 3, 2017 |access-date=December 7, 2024 |website=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |quote=The influence on our sound was DNA from the original Rock & Roll of the 1950’s, and I would say we were also influenced by Iggy and the Stooges; who were really the predecessor to punk rock. Aggressive, atomic, hard rock 'n' roll.}}</ref> [[Sonic Youth]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Volohov |first=Dan |date=November 17, 2021 |title=INTERVIEW: LEE RANALDO ON NEW RELEASE "IN VIRUS TIMES", SONIC YOUTH, SOUND EXPERIMENTS AND VISUAL ART |url=https://joyzine.org/2021/11/17/interview-lee-ranaldo-on-new-release-in-virus-times-sonic-youth-sound-experiments-and-visual-art/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605011707/https://joyzine.org/2021/11/17/interview-lee-ranaldo-on-new-release-in-virus-times-sonic-youth-sound-experiments-and-visual-art/ |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |access-date=June 13, 2024 |website=joyzine.org |quote=Even when Sonic Youth started, we all were inspired by all kinds of things we were listening to. Early influences would have to include [[Velvet Underground|The Velvets]] and The Stooges and all this quite aggressive music.}}</ref> [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Volohov |first=Danil |date=October 22, 2018 |title=DAVID J – Interview with David J |url=http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/interviews/david-j-2018/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124231525/http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/interviews/david-j-2018/ |archive-date=January 24, 2025 |access-date=April 2, 2025 |website=peek-a-boo Magazine |quote=But we were also influenced by a lot of other kinds of music. Like [[Dub music | dub reggae]], for instance. It was very influential on us. And of course [[Glam Rock | glam-rock]]. [[T. Rex (band) | T-Rex]], [[David Bowie | Bowie]], early-[[Roxy Music]]. Then there were the things like The Stooges, [[MC5]], [[The Velvet Underground]] was huge influence. So all of that went into the mix.}}</ref> [[Dinosaur Jr.]] frontman [[J Mascis]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 17, 2011 |title=J Mascis On His 13 Favourite Records – 4. Iggy and the Stooges – Fun House |url=https://thequietus.com/interviews/bakers-dozen/j-mascis-interview-favourite-records/5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601081032/https://thequietus.com/interviews/bakers-dozen/j-mascis-interview-favourite-records/5/ |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |access-date=February 1, 2025 |website=[[The Quietus]] |quote=I actually think that ''Fun House'' is the best Stooges album. (...) It’s just that the guitar sounded worse. I don’t know why – maybe it was the recording, but it seemed further away, almost. It just didn’t have the impact of the first record. But they’re still one of the most important bands to me, and were definitely one of the biggest influences.}}</ref> [[the Sisters of Mercy]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pearis |first=Bill |date=February 8, 2023 |title=BV interview: The Sisters of Mercy's Andrew Eldritch talks US tour, System of a Down, new music & more |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/bv-interview-the-sisters-of-mercys-andrew-eldritch-talks-us-tour-system-of-a-down-new-music-more/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324051157/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/bv-interview-the-sisters-of-mercys-andrew-eldritch-talks-us-tour-system-of-a-down-new-music-more/ |archive-date=March 24, 2025 |access-date=April 25, 2025 |website=[[Brooklyn Vegan]] |quote=I think you understand that we’re not informed by other contemporary music. We’re informed by [[Hawkwind]] and the Stooges and [[Suicide (band) | Suicide]] and strange Japanese films. And we also write some killer riffs, and we deliver them with intelligence, wit, and energy. That’s about it.}}</ref> [[the Jesus and Mary Chain]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Interview with Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain |url=https://onyourmarkus.au/interview/interview-with-jim-reid-of-the-jesus-and-mary-chain/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209203706/https://onyourmarkus.au/interview/interview-with-jim-reid-of-the-jesus-and-mary-chain/ |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |website=On Your Marks}}</ref> [[Mudhoney]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Cam |date=September 6, 2018 |title=Mudhoney’s Steve Turner Ranks the Band’s Ten Albums |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/rank-your-records-mudhoney-steve-turner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205215039/https://www.vice.com/en/article/rank-your-records-mudhoney-steve-turner/ |archive-date=December 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=[[Vice (magazine) | Vice]] |quote=It still has all of the usual influences, like 60s garage, [[proto-punk]], the Stooges, obviously, '77 punk, [[hardcore punk | hardcore]], and then that weird 80s [[post-hardcore]] scene with [[SST Records | SST]], [[Homestead Records | Homestead]], and [[Touch and Go Records | Touch & Go]].}}</ref> [[Ride (band)|Ride]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trunick |first=Austin |date=18 November 2013 |title=Ride on "Nowhere": Mark Gardener and Andy Bell on 1990's Shoegaze Classic |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/ride_on_nowhere_mark_gardener_and_andy_bell |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623212403/https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/ride_on_nowhere_mark_gardener_and_andy_bell |archive-date=23 June 2023 |access-date=24 October 2023 |website=Under the Radar Magazine |quote=Early on in Ride, it was [[Spacemen 3]], [[House of Love (band) | House of Love]], [[My Bloody Valentine (band) | My Bloody Valentine]], [[Loop (band) | Loop]], [[Sonic Youth]], [[Dinosaur Jr.]], [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]], [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], and [[Stone Roses]],” says Bell. “As well as older stuff like [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones | Stones]], [[The Velvet Underground | the Velvets]], and the Stooges.”}}</ref> [[Pere Ubu]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Craig |date=March 1, 2005 |title=David Thomas: Pere Ubu : I Never Volunteer Information |url=https://spikemagazine.com/0305davidthomas_pereubu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424095359/https://spikemagazine.com/0305davidthomas_pereubu/ |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |website=Spike Magazine |quote=You have to remember we grew up listening to all that stuff on the radio. That was what was on the radio. All that stuff was hits. Very big influence on Pere Ubu along with [[Velvet Underground | Velvets]], Stooges and [[MC5]].}}</ref> and [[Crime (band)|Crime]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Aaron |date=May 2007 |title=Crime |url=https://www.furious.com/perfect/crime.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521164738/https://www.furious.com/perfect/crime.html |archive-date=May 21, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=Perfect Sound Forever |quote=There was no scene as far as we were concerned. Influences were: rock'n roll like [[Eddie Cochran]], [[blues]] like [[Howlin' Wolf|Howling Wolf]], country like [[Hank Williams]], garage like [[The Misunderstood]], beat groups like [[The Rolling Stones | the Stones]], [[Glam rock | Glam]], like [[Roxy Music]], and trashy rock 'n roll like the Stooges.}}</ref> [[Kurt Cobain]] consistently listed ''[[Raw Power]]'' as his favorite album of all time in the "Favorite Albums" lists that featured in his ''[[Journals (Cobain)|Journals]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 15, 2012 |title=Kurt Cobain's 50 favorite albums |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/kurt-cobains-50/ |access-date=2019-04-04 |publisher=[[Brooklyn Vegan]]}}</ref> [[Joan Jett]] covered "I Wanna Be Your Dog" for her platinum 1988 album, [[Up Your Alley (album)|Up Your Alley]]. The first album by British punk band [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]], ''[[Damned Damned Damned]]'', concluded with "I Feel Alright", a cover of the Stooges' "1970" under its accepted alternate title. In 1982, [[The Birthday Party (band)|the Birthday Party]] released ''Drunk on the Pope's Blood'', a live EP with a version of "Loose". On multiple occasions, the Birthday Party performed entire sets of Stooges covers. Their live version of "Fun House" can be found on their live album, ''Live 1981–82.'' [[Sonic Youth]] covered "I Wanna Be Your Dog" on 1983's ''[[Confusion Is Sex]]''. English space rock group [[Spacemen 3]] covered "Little Doll" on their 1986 album ''[[Sound of Confusion]]''. [[Uncle Tupelo]] covered "I Wanna Be Your Dog", although they did not release it while they were active.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} In 1993, [[Guns N' Roses]] covered the song "Raw Power" on their album ''[[The Spaghetti Incident?]]'' The [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] recorded a cover of "[[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search and Destroy]]" during the sessions for ''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]''; the song appeared on the B-side of the "[[Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)|Give It Away]]" single, and later on the Iggy Pop tribute album ''We Will Fall'', the compilation albums ''[[Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers|Under the Covers]]'' and ''[[The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience]]'', and the compilation EP ''[[Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP]]''. They also played "[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]" live. [[Soundgarden]] covered "Search and Destroy" on their live album ''[[Live on I-5]]''. [[Thrash metal]] band [[Slayer]] cover "[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]" on their 1996 cover album ''[[Undisputed Attitude]]'' (naming it "I'm Gonna Be Your God"). [[Rage Against the Machine]] covered the song "Down on the Street" on their 2000 album, ''[[Renegades (Rage Against the Machine album)|Renegades]].'' In 2007, [[R.E.M.]] performed "[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]" with [[Patti Smith]] in their induction to the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Paul |first=Aubin |date=13 March 2007 |title=Watch the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame induction with Patti Smith, Zach de la Rocha, Eddie Vedder |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/22707/watch-the-rocknroll-hall-of-fame-induction-with-patti-smith-zach-de-la-rocha-eddie-vedder |access-date=2019-04-04 |publisher=Punknews.org}}</ref> In August 1995, all three Stooges albums were included in British music magazine ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'s'' influential "100 Greatest Albums of All Time" feature.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=August 1995 |title=The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/616204922/Mojo-100-Greatest-Albums-Ever-Made-1995-08 |journal=[[Mojo_(magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=21}}</ref> ''[[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]]'' was placed the highest, at 16. The Stooges' "[[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search and Destroy]]" was featured in [[Harmonix]]'s ''[[Guitar Hero II]]'' for the PlayStation 2. In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked the Stooges No. 78 on their list of 100 of the most influential artists of the past 50 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Immortals: The First Fifty |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316103016/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/ |archive-date=March 16, 2006 |work=Rolling Stone Issue 946 |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref> [[Layne Staley]], of [[Alice in Chains]], said that he was a big fan of The Stooges.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 February 2012 |title=Alice In Chains - 10-28-93 Layne Staley Guest Programming Rage |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Emt_WlEqlfU&feature=youtu.be |website=YouTube.com}}</ref> [[Emanuel (band)|Emanuel]] covered "[[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search and Destroy]]" on the [[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (soundtrack)|''Tony Hawk's American Wasteland'']] soundtrack. In 2009, [[Cage the Elephant]] gave away a free cover version of "[[I Wanna Be Your Dog]]" on their website if users registered with their mailing list service.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} [[Slash (musician)|Slash]], of [[Guns N' Roses]], included their self-titled debut amongst his favorite studio albums.<ref>{{cite web |title=Slash's Influences | Favorite bands, albums and songs |url=http://www.slashparadise.com/background/influences-slash.php |access-date=2020-04-26 |website=Slashparadise.com}}</ref> [[Peter Hook]] included their live album ''Metallic K.O.'' amongst his favorite albums.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 26, 2012 |title=Peter Hook : my top 10 favourite albums |url=https://louderthanwar.com/peter-hook-my-top-10-favourite-albums/ |access-date=2019-04-04 |publisher=[[Louder Than War]]}}</ref>
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