Endnu et dødsfald: Trommeslageren Scott Asheton – The Stooges – er død, 64 år
17. marts 2014
Scott Asheton (nr. 1 fra venstre på billedet ovenfor) var med fra starten, da han sammen med Iggy Pop dannede The Stooges i 1967. Med i bandet var også Scotts broder Ron (guitar) og Dave Alexander, der tog sig af bassen. Tre album fik Stooges udgivet inden de gik hver til sit i 1974. Og The Stooges (1969), Fun House (1970) og Raw Power (1973) er alle proto-punk-klassikere. Efter tiden med Stooges spillede Scott i andre sammenænge, bl.a. sammen med Fred “Sonic” Smith i dennes badn Sonic’s Rendevouz. I forbindelse med dødsfaldet udtaler Iggy Pop:
My dear friend Scott Asheton passed away last night. Scott was a great artist, I have never heard anyone play the drums with more meaning than Scott Asheton. He was like my brother. He and Ron have left a huge legacy to the world. The Ashetons have always been and continue to be a second family to me.
My thoughts are with his sister Kathy, his wife Liz and his daughter Leanna, who was the light of his life.
Iggy Pop
