Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)

"Search and Destroy" is a song by American rock band the Stooges, recorded for the group's third album Raw Power (1973). Lead singer Iggy Pop said that the title was derived from a column heading in a Time article about the Vietnam War.[1] In 1997, "Search and Destroy" (along with the rest of the songs on Raw Power) was remixed and remastered by Pop and Bruce Dickinson. The result was far more aggressive and stripped down than the original release, which had been mixed by David Bowie.

"Search and Destroy"
Promo single label
Single by Iggy and the Stooges
from the album Raw Power
B-side"Penetration"
Released1973 (1973)
Genre
Length3:26
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "Search and Destroy" at No. 468 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 2009, it was named the 49th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[2] The song has also been characterized as garage rock,[3][4] glam rock[5] and proto-punk.[6]

Influence

In a song review for AllMusic, Bill Janovitz commented on the song's influence:

With "Search and Destroy," the Stooges lay down an archetype for punk rock: [Stooges' guitarist] James Williamson blistering through a bastardized and pumped-up Keith Richards guitar riff; Ron Asheton, having been relegated from guitar to bass, pounds the instrument with ferocity, while his brother, Scott Asheton, pummels the drum set like Keith Moon – all fills and cymbals ... One can hear the influence of the song in a myriad of bands that followed: the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, Motörhead, the Dead Boys (who covered it), and Nirvana.[7]

Janovitz also notes that the song has become a popular live punk performance piece for bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sid Vicious, the Dictators, and KMFDM.[7]

Covers

Former Chemlab vocalist Jared Louche covered the song with The Aliens for his 1999 solo debut Covergirl.[8] Canadian artist Peaches contributed a cover of the song to the 2009 charity album War Child Presents Heroes. Sex Slaves covered the song on their album "Bite Your Tongue"

Personnel

References
  1. Trynka, Paul (2011). Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed. Random House Digital. p. 136. ISBN 9780767927222.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2009-02-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Kane, Tyler (August 27, 2014). "The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time". Paste. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  4. Smith, Troy L. (May 24, 2016). "50 greatest album-opening songs". cleveland.com. Retrieved December 27, 2018. 'Search and Destroy' is a raw form of garage rock that would go onto influence a number of artists.
  5. Savage, Jon (February 1, 2013). "The 20 best glam-rock songs of all time". The Guardian. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  6. Terich, Jeff (November 5, 2015). "10 Essential Proto-punk tracks". Treblezine. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  7. Janovitz, Bill. "Iggy & the Stooges: 'Search and Destroy' – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 1, 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  8. Steininger, Alex (July 30, 2020). "Jared Louche and the Aliens: Covergirl". In Music We Trust (26). Retrieved July 30, 2020.


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