The Stooges - The Stooges Album

Rife with angst and disaffection, The Stooges album represented the polar opposite of the peace and love movement of the 60s. While the early half of the sixties was soaked in nothing but happy, pop-oriented tunes, the latter half of the decade brought the nascent punk rock movement to the fore. Every moment of the 1969 LP surges with the rage of pent-up, unruly youngsters. Highlights include the ugly and great, “I Wanna Be Your Dog” and the anthem “Real Cool Time.” Indeed, before Nirvana and the Ramones came The Stooges, who turned out to be the Holy Grail for every distressed grunge rocker and disaffected metal head around.