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A LOST, DEVASTATING STOOGES HISTORY: 1971 TO METALLIC KO

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A LOST, DEVASTATING STOOGES HISTORY: 1971 T0 1974's  METALLIC KO         JESUS HATES THE STOOGES:  A BAND'S LOST HISTORY           "Who hates The Stooges?  Well we don't hate you, we don't even care ," Iggy replied to no one in particular, defining rock and roll and shaming the pretentious "ethos of punk" as he defiled all of society around him with more authenticity than John Lydon's Cockney howl could ever produce.                       And in this defeated way, Iggy had been squaring off against the audience of hecklers all night in the early winter of 1974:  lowdown junkies breathing down his neck, heartless critics who couldn't wait to see the death of The Stooges licking their chops and a few actual (though disappointed) fans who stood listlessly aghast before him as he stood on the Michigan Palace stage, zoned out on the venue's favorite new drug, Quaalu des.             " I'm the greatest! " Iggy Pop (ak