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Fun House is the second studio album by American rock band the Stooges. It was released on July 7, 1970, by Elektra Records . [ 4 ] Though initially commercially unsuccessful, Fun House has since developed a strong cult following .
1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions was one of the early releases from Rhino Records' limited-edition imprint Rhino Handmade. It was released in a one-time pressing of 3000 copies, sold out within a year of its release, and helped fully establish Rhino Handmade's reputation for collector's-interest releases.
On multiple occasions, the Birthday Party performed entire sets of Stooges covers. Their live version of "Fun House" can be found on their live album, Live 1981–82. Sonic Youth covered "I Wanna Be Your Dog" on 1983's Confusion Is Sex. English space rock group Spacemen 3 covered "Little Doll" on their 1986 album Sound of Confusion.
The discography of the Stooges—a Detroit, Michigan based rock band founded by "The Godfather of Punk Music" Iggy Pop as singer, Ron Asheton as guitarist, Dave Alexander as bass-guitarist and Scott Asheton as drummer—currently consists of five studio albums, twenty-four singles, four live albums, and three box sets.
The Stooges is the debut studio album by American rock band the Stooges, released on August 5, 1969 by Elektra Records. Considered a landmark proto-punk release, [ 2 ] the album peaked at number 106 on the US Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.
He played guitar on and wrote most of the music for their first two albums, debut album The Stooges (1969) and Fun House (1970). Shortly after recording Fun House, a second guitarist was added to the band, initially former roadie Bill Cheatham, who was shortly thereafter replaced by James Williamson. Infighting between Asheton and Williamson ...
You Want My Action is a live compilation album by rock band The Stooges. Released as a 4-CD box-set by British reissue label Easy Action, it documents the time period in between Fun House and Raw Power , when the group was a five-piece outfit including a young James Williamson .
In 1970, Mackay was familiar to the Stooges from his work with the Detroit avant-rock pioneers Carnal Kitchen. [3] After sitting in with the Stooges on several occasions, he formally joined the group at the behest of lead singer Iggy Pop [3] two days before they left Detroit for Los Angeles to record Fun House in May 1970.