New Book – The Stooges: Head On

Author Brett Callwood was announced the his upcoming biography of punk rock legends The Stooges will be available coming this September.  The book, entitled The Stooges: Head On, looks to detail the influential band from their rise in the 1960’s to their dissolution in the 1970’s.  Callwood explains his intent:

“Writing a Stooges biography was a no-brainer for me… My first book is about the MC5 and in researching that while still living in London, I had traveled to Detroit / Ann Arbor and fallen in love with the whole area and its music. I had made many friends and established many contacts that were and are associated with both the MC5 and the Stooges, so that made the process easier to get started. Also, when I wrote this book there wasn’t a decent Stooges book on the shelves. There are a lot of Iggy books out there, but mine is the first full Stooges biography.”

The book’s research boasts an insider look composed of interviews with all of the central and sometimes Stooges members, including Iggy Pop, Ron and Scott Asheton, James Williamson, Mike Watt, Steve Mackay, and Scott Thurston, and features large unaltered quotations.

The release will actually serve as an expanded American reissue of account, and features an interview by Scott Asheton exclusive to the American edition.