Authorized, Illustrated Stooges Book Hits Shelves

The music of The Stooges has long inspired fans to engage in many a destructive act: throw a fit, break things, crush beer cans, send your pretty face to hell. You know, general rock 'n' rollisms. But how about sitting down with a book? Iggy and company sure hope so—the band's most comprehensive biography, The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story, has just hit shelves.

The book is about as thorough any Stooge-ophile could hope for: with a foreword written by Alice Cooper, the coffee table book includes previously unreleased photos, transcribed stories from band members and articles by Jeffrey Morgan, Ben Blackwell, Brian J. Bowe and Dave DiMartino, as well as photos from Joel Brodsky, Lisa Gottlieb and Mick Rock.

Now we can only hope that a 2.3 pound copy of this giant lands in the lap of every Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voter, and the sooner the better.

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Feature: Heirs to the Throne
Review: The Stooges Reissues
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