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The muddied production may add to the primitivism, but it is the band that truly conjures the magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Stooges\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eplays like unleashed banshees here:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRon Ashton's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erazory guitar riffs and swirling squall create clouds of noise while the brutal rhythms of bassist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDave Alexander\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand drummer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott Ashton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecrash all over the place.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIggy Pop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003escreams and howls like a man possessed, giving voice to a spirit that would find its final expression in the punk movement seven years later. 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