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Tue 11 November 2025 8:00, UK <\/p>\n
Some trips are too important to say no to. Finances be damned, you simply have to make it work when a golden opportunity arises. It happened in 1965 for two brothers and their friend from the states. At 18 years old, Ron Asheton sold his motorbike and changed his life, leading to the birth of The Stooges.<\/a><\/p>\n It starts in a very familiar scene. Ron Asheton, his brother Scott and their friend Dave Alexander were sat around, and the three were dreaming. Suddenly though, Scott made it all real when he announced that he was leaving and going to London for a pilgrimage of sorts. <\/p>\n Scott wanted to go worship at the altar of their heroes \u2013 The Beatles.<\/a> He seems to truly believe that if he just went to the UK, he\u2019d surely meet them as if the Fab Four were the welcoming committee. Then and there, with his brother\u2019s announcement, that feeling hit young Ron. Some trips are too important, he must go too. <\/p>\n He sold his beloved motorbike to make it happen. \u201cWhere\u2019s Ringo?\u201d Ron Asheton asked when he landed in London, not even Liverpool, still convinced he\u2019s get to meet the boys.\u00a0After the first time he was laughed at, the realisation set in that he would not, in fact, get to meet The Beatles. He grieved, he mourned, he got over it in the bustling crowd of a different gig.\u00a0<\/p>\n Their solution to their broken hearts was simply to go seek out new heroes, hitting up iconic venues to watch up-and-coming local bands play. \u201cWe figured if we went to these historic places, we\u2019d learn something,\u201d Asheton told Louder Sound about the trip, and he was right. He did learn something \u2013 exactly what he wanted to be doing with his life.<\/p>\n He paid exactly one pound to change his life, watching The Who play. \u201cMy Generation had just come out and Townshend was really feeling great,\u201d the future guitarist recalled, \u201cHe broke his Rickenbacker on stage that night, and my friend ran up and got me a little piece of it.\u201d<\/p>\n It was wild. For these teenage boys looking for direction, the animal playing of The Who struck a match in them and started a fire. They wanted to do that and behave like that.<\/p>\n Several other gigs would fan the flames. Later, Iggy Pop and his friends would see The Doors play<\/a>, or head into New York and catch new acts on the thriving scene there, each as wild as the other. More and more, the passion formed in them and Iggy Pop was starting to form into the chaotic frontman he\u2019d become.<\/p>\n