"My earliest memory is of the Stooges playing at the Grande Ballroom and their manager, Jimmy Silver, playing oil drums. The band wase completely designed to blow people's minds -- give them something that they've never heard before. The Stooges were breaking boundaries and people have been trying to imitate them ever since, but they can't quite get it right. Detroit, Michigan and America were ... The world didn't always give Ron Asheton his proper dues. But the Stooges guitarist, who died at age 60, certainly paid his dues to the world. The world didn't always give Ron Asheton his proper dues. But the Stooges guitarist certainly paid his dues to the world, helping transform the sound of rock music.
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