Music
Scott Asheton
1949–2014 · drummer
The Stooges' drummer, raised in Ann Arbor from age 14, whose primal beat drove the band from its Grande Ballroom debut to its 21st-century reunion.
- Born
Washington, D.C.- Died
Ann Arbor, Michigan
aged 64- Birth name
- Scott Randolph Asheton
- Also known as
- Rock Action
- Detroit years
- 1963–2014
- Field
- Music
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Scott Asheton was born in Washington, D.C., and moved to Ann Arbor with his family at 14. With his older brother Ron on guitar, bassist Dave Alexander and singer Iggy Pop, he formed the Stooges in 1967; they played their first show at their communal house on State Street on Halloween night and were soon billed as the Psychedelic Stooges at Detroit's Grande Ballroom, opening for Blood, Sweat & Tears on March 3, 1968. Asheton's simple, pounding drumming anchored The Stooges (1969), Fun House (1970) and Raw Power (1973), records that shaped punk rock. After the band collapsed he stayed in Michigan, drumming for Fred “Sonic” Smith's Sonic's Rendezvous Band in the late 1970s. The Stooges reunited in 2003 and toured the world, and they entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. He died of a heart attack in Ann Arbor in 2014.
Highlights
- Founding drummer of the Stooges (1967)
- Played on The Stooges, Fun House and Raw Power
- Drummer of Sonic's Rendezvous Band
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Stooges (2010)
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 2
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Performed here · 1968–1970
Grande Ballroom
Closed · 1928–1972
The Stooges' first major show was here on March 3, 1968, billed as the Psychedelic Stooges. The building stands vacant and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lived here · 1963–2014
Ann Arbor
Status being checked
The college town where he grew up, formed the Stooges and died. Private homes, no address given.