Guitarist Ron Asheton of legendary band The Stooges has been found dead in his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was 60.
Michigan City police sergeant Brad Hill said officers discovered Asheton early today after they were called to his home around midnight by an associate who had not heard from him in several days.
Sgt Hill says there were no signs of foul play, and the death appeared to be of natural causes.
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. He was named the 29th greatest guitarist of all time in 2003 by
Rolling Stonemagazine.
Agencies