While each year an assortment of classic album contenders are released but as far as punk goes, none have ever held the timeless quality of Iggy & The Stooges’ ‘Raw Power’. Without it, punk may have never even happened.
Exploring lyrical themes of lust and addiction, elements that he explored further through 1977’s ‘The Idiot’.īut above all, the reason that ‘Raw Power’ should be regarded as, at least, one of the greatest punk albums of all time, is the influence it has provided. Years ago, when I first got into international hardcore, the early output of these Italian maniacs represented a gateway to a new sound and a new way of thinking for me. All the while, combining jazz rhythms played with distorted guitars, wrestling with the feral vocal performances from the man himself. Raw Power 1983 Demo LP RAW POWER is a life-changing band. Intertwining with the album’s hard-hitters such as the frenetic ‘Shake Appeal’, becoming a staple to Iggy Pop astonishing live shows inviting fans to invade the stage and dance alongside the awe-inspiring musician. Although they remain the album’s least energetic additions, they are most certainly the most gripping and audibly attractive. ‘Raw Power’ really does have it all, as far as rock is concerned from the soaring guitar solos of opener ‘Search and Destroy’ and ‘Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell’, to the slowed down blues inspired ‘I Need Somebody’ and masterpiece - ‘Gimme Danger’. And Williamson’s were completely out of the ordinary. There was no call for the commercial success of ferocious instrumentation and explosive guitar solos. But what is it about 'Raw Power' that makes it stand the test of time, as much as The Sex Pistols’ ‘Never Mind The Bollocks… Here’s The Sex Pistols’ or The Ramones eponymous debut? Put in context when The Stooges burst on to the music scene with their debut album, Slade were asking you to cum on, and feel their noize. Yet, over the years, the album in hand gained an astronomical cult appreciation. But after the truncated success rate of their two previous long player efforts, the band had actually already gone their separate ways by the time that ‘Raw Power’ was released.
Producing an album that still manages to sound fresh and current forty years after its release: fusing elements of Jazz and rock to form a style that would later take the world by storm, contained eight tracks written by Iggy Pop and James Williamson. A prime innovator of punk music and culture - four years prior to the scene’s explosion. The album favoured by acts ranging from Manchester’s moodiest Steven Patrick Morrissey, to Gnarls Barkley’s Ceelo Green, placed the unknown drummer from Michigan into the rankings of rock eminence. Raw Power did the band in, and its very sound forecasts the autodestruction. But James Newell Osterberg, (aka: Iggy Pop), put out arguably one of the world’s most influential albums back in 1973. You might consider him as 'the puppet from the Swift Cover advert.' Or 'the leather-skinned singer from the Trainspotting soundtrack'. Ron Asheton has switched over to bass, joining brother Scott in the rhythm section, while James Williamson has taken charge of lead the power trio that this brings off.
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