Asheton, Asheton, Mascis & Watt

Subject: Asheton, Asheton, Mascis & Watt Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:30 am

I haven't seen any talk here about the pre-reunion Stooges tribute shows done by the Ashtons, J. Mascis and Watt. I'm quite fond of what I've heard. I've been a fan of Watt's since the early 1980s and The Minutemen. Likewise with J. Mascis and Dinosaur Jr.

An almost full concert from Pukkelpop (Belgium) Aug 24, 2002 can be downloaded from Corndogs.org.

Some other details of show can be found here

Some good pics from All Tomorrow's Party Mar 15, 2002 with additional guests Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon and a mowhawked Eddie Vedder can be found here (along with many other Stooges reunion pics).

More pics Dec 6, 2002 The Netherlands.

Here's some pics I have from Pukkelpop...

If you watch the video, I don't know who the hell this joker is who sings (or tries to) on "No Fun".

Immaterial Girl Joined : 17 Dec 2007 Posts : 1124

wow ... a lot of pics ...

yeah, it's true the likes of Watt don't get much mention on here!

Subject: Re: Asheton, Asheton, Mascis & Watt Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:01 am

Subject: Re: Asheton, Asheton, Mascis & Watt Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:29 am

hey chazz, very cool !!

do you have an pics of the stooges maybe from even around 1970 ? that you got off the web and stuff... ? 70-71 area ?

cheers !
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Subject: Re: Asheton, Asheton, Mascis & Watt Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:30 am

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Subject: Re: Asheton, Asheton, Mascis & Watt Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:04 am

Mike is definitely a Stooge now. He fits the band like a glove. That, and as pointed out earlier, he's played bass with them longer than any of his predecessors.
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Subject: Re: Asheton, Asheton, Mascis & Watt Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:43 am

Watt should be part of the group interviews by now.
He has, after all, recorded a studio album with The Stooges.

Either that, or the band should be called "Iggy and The Stooges and Mike Watt". j/k.

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why can't they just be called The Stooges, I wonder? like at the very beginning? but I guess that WAS a long time ago, and there's been a lot of water under the bridge since then (or whatever the phrase is)
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Subject: Re: Asheton, Asheton, Mascis & Watt Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:36 am

cos iggy is bigger, he had a huge solo career as we know, plus theyre called the stooges on the weirdness, if im not mistaken, i think ppl just bill them as iggy & the stooges cos iggys been goin the longest etc

also i dunno how much of a say they have in interviews, i assume ppl just ask the original three to talk, dunno, not in the business so i cudnt say lol
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I saw AAM&W in London once and really enjoyed them. At the time I thought it was the only time I was going to see Fun House played by some of the guys that wrote it. Not a patch on the real thing though.

I suspect they aren't always billed as the Stooges because the promoter feels that people won't realise that Iggy is in the band. One of my friends was worried about seeing the Stooges and I had to reassure him that Iggy would be there so it isn't unreasonable.

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Subject: Re: Asheton, Asheton, Mascis & Watt Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:31 pm

Subject: Re: Asheton, Asheton, Mascis & Watt Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:27 am

he's a stooge in my eyes as well! i think that nudge iggy gave him last year, knockin him to the floor, was like an initiation lol and he kept playing

but i think, sheddy, that donald probly hit the nail on the head in saying that ppl are gonna know the name 'iggy' before they know 'stooges'. which is just marketing, and sure 'the weirdness' has the stooges on it, i think iggy needs this band to work so much that he has almost, well, forgotten's the wrong word but 'left' his solo career and has it as the stooges in his head, cos he's just in that place at the moment, u'no

HJW
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