US: The Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead at 60
07 Jan 2009 4:41 AM
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan 6 AP - Guitarist Ron Asheton of The Stooges has been found dead in his Ann Arbor home. He was 60.
City police Sergeant Brad Hill said there were no signs of foul play, and the death appeared to be of natural causes.
Hill said officers discovered Asheton early Tuesday after they were called to his home about midnight by an associate who hadn't heard from him in several days.
Asheton was an original member of The Stooges, the influential protopunk band founded in Ann Arbor in 1967. Asheton's brother, Scott, was the band's drummer.
Asheton's distorted guitar was a hallmark of the Iggy Pop-led group's late-1960s and early-1970s sound.
