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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 07 > Ron Asheton played guitar in protopunk band The Stooges

Ron Asheton played guitar in protopunk band The Stooges

By Ben Leubsdorf / The Bulletin
January 7, 2009

DETROIT — Ron Asheton, the guitarist for The Stooges whose raw sound helped inspire the first generation of punk musicians, has died. He was 60.

Asheton was found at his Ann Arbor home early Tuesday morning by police officers after they were called by an associate who had not heard....

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