Such a bummer to have two musicians from hugely influential bands pass away in less than a week of each other. Scott Asheton, drummer for The Stooges, died on March 15.
Asheton played drums on one of our favorite albums ever, The Stooges 1969 debut, self-titled album. An album that is eternally cool-tite.
Iggy Pop posted this message to his facebook:
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
Watch the Stooges perform 1970 in 1970: