SEARCH AND DESTROY: IGGY POP & THE STOOGES’ RAW POWER

SEARCH AND DESTROY:
IGGY POP & THE STOOGES’ RAW POWER
US 2010
DIRECTOR: MORGAN NEVILLE
Released on the eve of their breakup, “Raw Power,” a flop at the time, lives as one of the classics of the proto-punk era. Seen from today's perspective, the record has had a huge influence on many musicians, ranging from Johnny Marr (The Smiths, Modest Mouse) and Clem Burke (Blondie) to Henry Rollins (Black Flag) and Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders). The members of The Stooges look back on their magnum opus, with some surprising musical analyses of the songs and of the rise ("We were a working band without work") and fall of the band. In addition to the interviews is footage of the reunion concert The Stooges played in 2009 and of the glory days when, according to rock critic Lester Bangs, they were still "the sound and look of the future."
(45 mins.)