Iggy & The Stooges

The plain fact is this: all that is currently in thrash vogue is a direct descendent of one album: Raw Power by Ann Arbor/ Detroit’s own Iggy & The Stooges.

Their third album (it was released in 1973), Raw Power’s searing energy (on such charming titles as “Search And Destroy,” “Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell” and "Death Trip”) is so great that even an incredibly bad mix by David Bowie couldn’t mess it up. (Some, in fact, insist that Bowie actually improved the tracks by playing boy producer.. .such is the magnificencelof the disc!)