Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Ron Asheton Has Died
Sad news. One of the greatest guitarists of all time, Ron Asheton, of The Stooges, has died. Anyone who has heard his work on those early recordings, of the late 60s and early 70s, will be struck by the raw power, and premature-punkness of it all.
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