There were two things that made us do it one was seeing that show (the Doors), we saw that show and I just thought, well, this is so brazen, there is no excuse for us not to do it anymore. And we did not have the balls to get out and do it. Iggy cites two musical experiences as truly inspiring the band – seeing the Doors perform live at the University of Michigan and seeing the Untouchables (an all-girls band from New Jersey) – telling Bust magazine in 1995: The Stooges initially formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1967. While neither the song nor the album sold particularly well at their release, their sound became one of the most important influences for the punk movement, which would emerge later in the decade. Recording in England, they released their highly influential third album, Raw Power (1973), which included the single “Search and Destroy”.
Much to everyone’s surprise, the band reformed in 1972, orchestrated by none other than David Bowie. You might not like it, but you can’t escape it.” In December 1970, David Marsh similarly wrote in ZigZag that Iggy Pop should prepare for “the adulation and acclaim I and a number of others find inevitably in store for him.” And yet by 1971, after the disappointing reception of Fun House (1970) and with most of the band addicted to heroin, Elektra dropped the Stooges, and the band broke up. Lenny Kaye prophesied in Fusion: “If 1967 was the year of the Beatles and ‘Get Together’, if 1968 was the year of the Band and Beggar’s Banquet, then 1969 may well be the year of the Stooges. In 1969, The Stooges seemed to be ready to take on the world. How Iggy Pop and the Stooges Created an Iconic, Protopunk Anthem with “Search and Destroy”
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