Fun House (The Stooges album)

Occupation

  • Vocals: Iggy Pop
  • Guitar: Ron Asheton
  • Bass: Dave Alexander
  • Drums: Scott Asheton
  • Tenor Sax: Steven Mackay

Fun House is the title of the second album by Detroit rock band The Stooges. It was released in 1970 by Elektra Records and is considered an important influence on the punk rock.

Genesis

The album was recorded in May of 1970. Every day you took a piece, and almost exactly in the order as they then appeared on the album. The Stooges actually chose Loose as the opener, but the record company sat down on the Street by since this title represented in their opinion, a stronger opening titles.

In June of the same year the album was released; The pictures on the album cover was photographed and edited by Ed Caraeff. The board had initially little commercial success and found only in the scene to observe. In the same month, Down on the Street was released as a single, which had a little more success than the album.

Only with the burgeoning punk movement, the album was more respected. It appeared cover versions of some pieces, and many of the punk group called the Stooges and Fun House as their major influence.

Versions

In 1999, the limited CD- Boxset In 1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions on the market. It was released by Rhino Records and contains all the recordings and takes of the album, of every single day, and additional single versions of Down On The Street, 1970. Published in 2005, Elektra and Rhino double CD, the first disc of the album contains. On the second disc excerpts and highlights of box sets from 1999 are included.

Music style

The album begins with the song Down on the Street, a hard song that matches the atmosphere of the album. The title was released as a single and is among the most famous of the Stooges.

The second title is Loose. Although this is also aggressive, but it contains gentler intermediate locations. The tempo is slightly scaled down; Loose is one of the more melodic tracks on the album.

With T.V. Eye is the album again harder. The song has been covered by several bands. The piece for Iggy Pop's manic cry ( "Lord" ), which introduces the piece is known.

The last track on the first side of the LP is Dirt. The song is of pace, text and character with a dirty blues, but soulful poetry, not dissimilar to the Doors. A between rough and clearly changing lead guitar and the emotional, sometimes breathy and slurred vocal Pops distinguish Dirt. With the title of the first side of the LP ends relatively quiet.

The second page begins with 1970, the text of Passage " I feel alright! " Is well known. It is by Dirt again a harder and more aggressive play and was released as a single.

It follows Fun House, with almost eight minutes, the longest track of the album. Striking here is Steven Mackay's saxophone playing. The title is based on the mood and atmosphere of a " Fun House ", an attraction at the fair.

The disc ends with the piece L.A. blues. The song is the most aggressive and hardest moment of the album. It basically consists of the wild cries Pops, dissonant guitar tones and the wild drumming Scott Ashetons.

Importance

In the now almost 40 years since the release of Fun House a number of bands of the album was influenced. The Stooges are considered as the most important influence of early punk rock. For many Fun House is considered the best album of the Stooges. Henry Rollins described it as his absolute favorite record. Also on the noise rock of the 80s, showed lasting impact, such as by Nick Cave, who described the board as producer Steve Albini as one of his favorite albums. Nor can Iggy Pop's high, sharp cries in Blixa Bargeld find from the German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten.

In 2003 it was chosen by the American Rolling Stone magazine ranked 191 of the " best five hundred albums of all time ". In the German edition of the magazine, the album reached number 152

Title list

Bonus CD ( 2005)

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