According to Rolling Stone, four of Seattle's most prominent music figures will create a one-night only supergroup to pay tribute to Iggy Pop And The Stooges. Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses), Mark Arm (Mudhoney) and Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees/Mad Season) will perform on the roof of Seattle's Pike Place Market on August 23.

The free concert celebrates the city's independent, non-profit radio station KEXP. The station will be raising funds for a new home in the Seattle Center by offering fans a chance to win a VIP experience to the show via fan donation. One winner will be chosen to attend a pre-show dinner with the musicians and attend the VIP after-party.

 

 

The Stooges’ drummer Scott Asheton passed away on March 15, 2014 at the age of 64. The Stooges frontman Iggy Pop issued the following statement:

"My dear friend Scott Asheton passed away last night. Scott was a great artist, I have never heard anyone play the drums with more meaning than Scott Asheton. He was like my brother. He and Ron have left a huge legacy to the world. The Asheton’s have always been and continue to be a second family to me. My thoughts are with his sister Kathy, his wife Liz and his daughter Leanna, who was the light of his life."

According to Wikipedia, Asheton co-formed the Stooges in 1967 along with his older brother Ron, Pop, and Dave Alexander. The original incarnation released two LPs on Elektra Records before moving through several lineup changes, releasing a third LP on Columbia Records in 1973 and disbanding the following year.