Ron made me want to pick up a guitar when I was 15. He was a complete tone beast

I love his passion for music and his almost casual talent with guitar

Damn! Was everyone influenced by Ravi Shankar in the 60's? Dude was a true legend. Rest in Peace to Ravi and Ron Asheton.

Imagine being Ron Ashton writer of some of the greatest guitar riffs ever, top 5 guitar players ever. Sleep easy Ron.

damn these guys really did something special. I will be forever a fan

His whole manner, way of talking and what he says, is classic mid-20th century american

It should never be forgotten what an amazing guitar player was Mr Ron Asheton!

Just about any guitar player can play this music, but it takes that special human element to make it really rock- that's what he's showing in this video. I listen to all kinds of guitar music, and I think this guy is every bit as bad ass a Van Halen, Malmsteen , Vai or Satriani . This is RAW and REAL . I hear his influence in so many bands , it'd take me over an hour to list em all , and it'd be so long most people would stop reading it. R.I.P., Ron Asheton.

My favorite guitar player. Just the coolest

The Father of Punk

dude definitely had some of the best ever guitar tones put to tape

this segment is absolute gold. to hear them so open and into talking about it. great interviewing.

Watching Iggy getting into “No Fun”…that’s special! Whatta buzz…knowing you’re jointly responsible for such a majestic noise!

Like Lou Reed said one Cord your Rockin, two Cords your pushing it, three Cords your gettin into Jazz.❤

It always seems easy…when you know what you’re doing, and you have the spirit!

Everyone debates Ron vs James, and I think both of them were great, the 1971 bootlegs with both of them in the band can be hard to tell who is playing what. James Williamson is a phenomenal guitar player with a well-honed technique, but his songwriting skills are what stick out to me. Ron, however, just had that magic spark. Listen to what comes out of his mouth, talking about influences from free jazz to classical Indian music. The entire Stooges vibe most likely came from this man's brain, the super hip influences weren't a coincidence. When you look at it this way, you can see why everytime he took a solo, it was out-of-left-field and over the top. In a perfect world, Ron would've been given the respect he deserved, and we would have a two-guitar lineup on Raw Power (and maybe it would be a lot noisier and unique).

Priceless - Glad the interviewer caught it all on tape - Iggy 'explaining his creative process' - JEEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The 2004 Stooges Reunion in Clarkston (Detroit) Michigan still stands as one of the best shows I've ever been to. Jack White was there too, he'll tell you ;)

He was such a great person and vital to the history of rock n roll/ punk/ metal/ whatever the fuck. Ron was and is the godfather of those styles of aggressive free form music .

Has anyone ever heard his work with Dark Carnival? If not do yourself a favor. His brother Scott played drum for them. Detroit bar band.

Never saw the Stooges, but I saw Ron playing with Niagra and Destroy all Monsters about 3 times in Chicago in the early 80s.

My guitar hero!! 🎸 💕

Ron when young looks just like my husband

Who knew Dutch TV was the coolest thing happening in 1986? Not me.

🤩🤩🤩

This is two years after Spinal Tap hit and it was still hitting...And Ron is saying stuff like, 'It was so loud you couldn't escape'..lol, you can imagine Nigel from 'Spinal Tap' saying, 'Our power is our volume'...I suppose 1968 was the beginning of ridiculous power and PAs etc., and it was all new...I wonder what Ron and Iggy and the rest of them would have done if born 30 years later. Say they were 15-18 years old in the period 1992-1995. Would they be hard house techno ravers? Would they be DJs? Would they be retro-rockers?

so proud that I've seen this real monster playing alive in 2005 in SP, monster

No knocks on James Williamson, but Ron Asheton made The Stooges.

The Stooges 1969-70 were astounding live.

FANTASTIC

Sweet. Going to go Master my Stooges Riffs now. Thank you Ron. RIP...

What a great rare video

this is a great man.

Ron will forever be a rock God. If you’ve never heard his work with Destroy All Monsters, or Dark Carnival, do yourself a favor and check ‘em out.

Oh yeahh, the good stuff.

Brilliant video, cheers. How good are Ron Asheton's riffs? Very direct and effective and lets not forget the Iggy element and charisma. Enjoyed listening to Iggy's songwriting process...kept it simple...hard to do....

so practical n so good!

This is so cool

Really interesting hearing this in their terms about that time (well shortly after). I remember it at the same time in the UK. Iggy mentions his influences as the Stones and the Velvets and they in turn talked about UK bands like the Kinks and the Who. So you are seeing here the proto punk roots as they reflected back into the UK, with punk bands and the early alternative bands talking about the Stooges and then Iggy's solo work. And Bowie is woven into this with production around Iggy.

GREAT STUFF LOVE IT

the first thing i thought when they walked into that auditorium was "man imagine a cranked amp in there"

wow!!!! thanks

RONNIE was big brother to Steve Jones!

Good heroin music.

Saw him at the Coconut Teaser in West Hollywood late 80's. Cost $10.00 and one of the best shows I have ever seen.

Interesting old footage

The Asheton brothers exemplified what real rock n roll should be. They werent good technically, but they had that sauce that made what they did timeless and real.

Right guys I think the Ravi Shankar he played is kinda similar to not right off their first album

world as I kno it

What is the scale Ron plays when he mentions Ravi Shankar and what riff does be play

Song on 1:51 ??

song at 1:50?

Not loud enough : the things over the fridge should fall off .

song at 0:37?

His best riff is shake appeal.

There’s simple.. then there’s really simple. That’s what this is. I guess it had its place in music.. counter to other things. But uhhh I still don’t get the appeal but on the other hand they influenced plenty of great artists so ok