Funhouse

I believe it was Lester Bangs who described The Stooges as one fucked up kid leading the most fucked up band in the world.  Bangs meant that as a compliment.

If you're looking for barebones, vulgar, grimy, balls-to-the-wall Rock 'N Roll, you can't do better than The Stooges.  Citing influences that range from Ornette Coleman to Clarabel the Clown to the industrial sounds that dominated the factory town where Iggy, the Asheton brothers and Dave Alexander grew up, The Stooges music has been described as raw, primitive, instinctual, too weird and too dangerous.  Think Catcher In The Rye after Holden Caulfield discovers acid and heroin.  In the era of patchouli, love beads and flower power, The Stooges were too dark and too nihilistic to attract much of a following.  It wasn't until Punk came along that the band found an audience that could appreciate them, and by then The Stooges had ceased to exist.

In 1977, Iggy appeared on The Dinah Shore Show.  During the interview, Ms. Shore asked, "Do you think you influenced anybody?"

Iggy replied, "I think I helped wipe out the Sixties."

There's some truth in those words.  That's one of the many reasons why I give "Funhouse" the #2 spot on my list of 5 greatest Rock 'N Roll albums.