Ron Asheton Dies at Home
Fun House
Tempis fugit and all that. Ironically, the day after I saw Iggy Pop doing an advert on telly for car insurance, Ron dies at home with no suspicious circumstances. Amazing.
The first time I heard “Down on the Street” knocked me over. I was just stunned.
Iggy Painting by Alistair
I heard “Search and Destroy”. Stunned. It inspired Alistair to paint this picture for me.
Today Ron was found dead. I’m not stunned, but I’m a bit sad that he’s been dead on his sofa for several days and no-one noticed.
Over the last few years, the concerts the reformed Stooges have been doing had provided them all with some dosh for their old age. Ironic, huh? In the early years of the Stooges, Ron had a penchant for Nazi regalia. Latterly he’d taken to wearing a little shiny medal on a ribbon. Someone called him quirky, not bad, and he believed good was in everyone even if they didn’t show it. Some recent biopics on telly (Melvyn Bragg etc) about the Stooges confirm that one’s perception of a person via the skewed media of their art and publicity can be somewhat at variance with the reality.
For Ron, that’s about right. He was 60. Here are some news links from today:
Links:
Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead – NME
Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead in Ann Arbor – Reuters
Ron Asheton, guitarist for The Stooges, dies at age 60 - CBC
Ron Asheton put the menace in the Stooges – Guardian
Stooges guitarist found dead – CNN
The Stooges guitarist found dead – BBC
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Ron has now had his funeral. Local radio station WCSX has an interview with a pretty cracked-up Iggy Pop here: http://dd.wcsx.com/?p=256
A nice piece is from the local Ann Arbor News here: http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/01/private_memorial_held_for_stoo.html
Donations are to Ron’s favourite charity, the Humane Society of Huron Valley, a link is here: http://www.hshv.org/
and here: https://secure2.convio.net/hshv/site/Donation2?idb=1145731938&1222.donation=form1&df_id=1222
Nam MyoHo Renge Kyo
RIP. He will definitely be missed. Strange Iggy was on a car insurance ad? Did he plaster himself with Peanut Butter?