That The Stooges are now finally getting the recognition they so longed for 40 years ago means that Iggy and Ron are finally ready for their close-ups. A recent request by Madonna – who had The Stooges as support on the opening night of her Reinvention World Tour at Slane Castle in 2004 – to have Iggy and the boys perform two of her songs at her induction to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in March had the band once again questioning their purpose here on this earth. ‘We had about a month of grumbling about this one,’ smiles Iggy. ‘You know, the whole identity crisis thing, and lines like, -We’re not a disco band!’. In the end, I argued that, if you give The Stooges the national anthem, or a Madonna song, or the phone book, or anything else, it’s all going to pretty much sound like The Stooges by the time we practise our reductive arts.’ ‘Yeah,’ nods Asheton, joining in on the laugh. ‘That’s what I love about this band the most’¦’