Just about any guitar player can play this music, but it takes that special human element to make it really rock- that's what he's showing in this video. I listen to all kinds of guitar music, and I think this guy is every bit as bad ass a Van Halen, Malmsteen , Vai or Satriani . This is RAW and REAL . I hear his influence in so many bands , it'd take me over an hour to list em all , and it'd be so long most people would stop reading it. R.I.P., Ron Asheton.
also takes a certain kind of restraint and discernment to play ONLY those power chords when thats all thats needed. sometimes the more technical you play the farther you move from that primal feel on a sidenote tho you should listen to the song "DOA" by van halen. the main riff is as simple as a stooges song. eddie wasnt just a technical virtuoso, he truly knew how to rock
@@warshipsatin8764 I’ve listened to that song an untold amount of times - yes, I hear Ed’s nod to the raucous , untamable , early “Punk” expressions and Dave’s tongue in cheek lyrics “they found a dirty faced kid in a garbage can” :) VH2 is simply great
Everyone debates Ron vs James, and I think both of them were great, the 1971 bootlegs with both of them in the band can be hard to tell who is playing what. James Williamson is a phenomenal guitar player with a well-honed technique, but his songwriting skills are what stick out to me. Ron, however, just had that magic spark. Listen to what comes out of his mouth, talking about influences from free jazz to classical Indian music. The entire Stooges vibe most likely came from this man's brain, the super hip influences weren't a coincidence. When you look at it this way, you can see why everytime he took a solo, it was out-of-left-field and over the top. In a perfect world, Ron would've been given the respect he deserved, and we would have a two-guitar lineup on Raw Power (and maybe it would be a lot noisier and unique).
@@leahflower9924 couldn't tell you how many times I saw them live back then, Iggy was a role model and Ron was my guitar hero (I still play a bit like him)
@@leahflower9924 growing up in the 60's in the Detroit Metro area was one of the coolest places for music anywhere. The Grande Ballroom, East Town Theater, The Hideouts, Palladium. The massive number of bands. It was too cool music all weekend every week. The FM Underground stations and DJ's were the best.
Really interesting hearing this in their terms about that time (well shortly after). I remember it at the same time in the UK. Iggy mentions his influences as the Stones and the Velvets and they in turn talked about UK bands like the Kinks and the Who. So you are seeing here the proto punk roots as they reflected back into the UK, with punk bands and the early alternative bands talking about the Stooges and then Iggy's solo work. And Bowie is woven into this with production around Iggy.
This is two years after Spinal Tap hit and it was still hitting...And Ron is saying stuff like, 'It was so loud you couldn't escape'..lol, you can imagine Nigel from 'Spinal Tap' saying, 'Our power is our volume'...I suppose 1968 was the beginning of ridiculous power and PAs etc., and it was all new...I wonder what Ron and Iggy and the rest of them would have done if born 30 years later. Say they were 15-18 years old in the period 1992-1995. Would they be hard house techno ravers? Would they be DJs? Would they be retro-rockers?
Brilliant video, cheers. How good are Ron Asheton's riffs? Very direct and effective and lets not forget the Iggy element and charisma. Enjoyed listening to Iggy's songwriting process...kept it simple...hard to do....
He was such a great person and vital to the history of rock n roll/ punk/ metal/ whatever the fuck. Ron was and is the godfather of those styles of aggressive free form music .
The 2004 Stooges Reunion in Clarkston (Detroit) Michigan still stands as one of the best shows I've ever been to. Jack White was there too, he'll tell you ;)
The Asheton brothers exemplified what real rock n roll should be. They werent good technically, but they had that sauce that made what they did timeless and real.
There’s simple.. then there’s really simple. That’s what this is. I guess it had its place in music.. counter to other things. But uhhh I still don’t get the appeal but on the other hand they influenced plenty of great artists so ok
Rock n roll isnt about who can play the most notes the fastest or all the jerkoff virtuouso shit. Its about emotion, feel and raw power. I'll take Ron and his simplicity over Yngwie, Vai or any of the soulless shredmasters. Theres a place of technical playing but when thats the only thing, it leads to boring music. There's a reason why Funhouse is such an influential record that hundreds of bands worshipped.
