The Stooges, originally billed as the Psychedelic Stooges, also known as Iggy and the Stooges, were an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1967 by singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton, and bassist Dave Alexander.

The Stoogesis the self-titled debut studio album by American rock band The Stooges. It was first released on August 5, 1969 by Elektra Records.

Two songs, “I Wanna Be Your Dog” and “1969” were released as singles and the album peaked at number 106 on the Billboard album chart.

It is considered a landmark proto-punk album. With Ron Asheton’s walls of distortion, and distorted wah wah solos, textures and power chord riffs, it is also considered to have influenced hard rock.

TRACKLIST1. 1969
2. I Wanna Be Your Dog
3. We Will Fall
4. No Fun”
5. Real Cool Time
6. Ann
7. Not Right
8. Little Doll