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Ron Asheton

Ronald Frank Asheton (July 17, 1948 – c. January 6, 2009)[2] was an American guitarist and co-songwriter with Iggy Pop for the rock band The Stooges.

Biography

Asheton was born in Washington D.C.[3] He already had five years of practice on the accordion behind him when he began playing bass guitar at age 10. Asheton was lead guitarist on the Stooges first two albums, and later appeared as bassist for their third, Raw Power, when he was replaced in both instrument and songwriting prominence by The Stooges' new guitar player, James Williamson. When the Stooges reformed, however, he once again appeared as the band's guitarist.

Apart from The Stooges, Asheton also played in the bands The New Order (not the UK band New Order), Destroy All Monsters, Dark Carnival, New Race, and recently with Mike Watt of the Minutemen, J. Mascis (of Dinosaur Jr.), Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and Mark Arm of Mudhoney among others (as The Wylde Ratttz), on the soundtrack for the Todd Haynes film Velvet Goldmine, which starred Ewan McGregor and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Asheton also acted, appearing with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre star Gunnar Hansen in Mosquito which came out in 1995 as well as in two other films, Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo and Legion of the Night.

Asheton is ranked as number 29 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.[4]

Asheton was found dead in his bed by police at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan on the night of January 5, 2009, apparently having died of a heart attack a couple of days earlier. Police were summoned to Asheton's house by his personal assistant, who had been unable to reach him for several days.[5]Sonic Youth's album The Eternal is dedicated to him.

Discography

With the Stooges
With The New Order
  • New Order (1977)
  • Victim Of Circumstance (1989)
  • Declaration of War (1990)
With Destroy All Monsters
With New Race
With Dark Carnival
With The Powertrane
Other contributions

Asheton is credited for helping to write the song "Hit Them Again" on the album Radios Appear (1977) by Radio Birdman, as well as one track that can be heard at the end of the movie Mosquito. Some other tracks Asheton wrote had been recorded by the group "Wylde Rattz", for the original score of the movie Velvet Goldmine, but only one song was featured on the soundtrack (1998), as well as another on Beyond Cyberpunk a Wayne Kramer (MC5) assembled CD compilation(2001).

References

  1. ^ http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/01/stooges_guitarist_ron_asheton.html
  2. ^ http://www.nme.com/news/the-stooges/41900
  3. ^ http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/01/stooges_guitarist_ron_asheton.html
  4. ^ 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
  5. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/06/the-stooges-guitarist-ron-asheton-found-dead-at-60/&cid=1287493994&usg=AFQjCNEOtyovODI9Ikioskg4ursVNXhTPQ

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