# The Best Stooges Guitar Solos

> The 16 best Stooges guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Search and Destroy (1973), then 1970 and Raw Power. Every video starts at the solo.

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The Stooges' guitarists shaped punk before it had a name: Ron Asheton with primal, wah-soaked riffs and feedback, and James Williamson with the violent, high-gain attack of Raw Power. Their raw, unpolished solos became a model for punk, grunge and noise rock.

Informed by: [Guitar.com - The guitar gear used on The Stooges' Raw Power album](https://guitar.com/features/artist-rigs/the-guitar-gear-used-on-the-stooges-raw-power-album/), [Premier Guitar - Forgotten Heroes: Ron Asheton](https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/forgotten-heroes-ron-asheton), [Search and Destroy - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_and_Destroy_(The_Stooges_song))

1. [Search and Destroy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/iggy-and-the-stooges-search-and-destroy/) — Iggy and the Stooges · solo by James Williamson · 1973
2. [1970](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-stooges-1970/) — The Stooges · solo by Ron Asheton · 1970
3. [Raw Power](https://greatestsolos.com/song/iggy-and-the-stooges-raw-power/) — Iggy and the Stooges · solo by James Williamson · 1973
4. [Loose](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-stooges-loose/) — The Stooges · solo by Ron Asheton · 1970
5. [Down on the Street](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-stooges-down-on-the-street/) — The Stooges · solo by Ron Asheton · 1970
6. [TV Eye](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-stooges-tv-eye/) — The Stooges · solo by Ron Asheton · 1970
7. [I Wanna Be Your Dog](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-stooges-i-wanna-be-your-dog/) — The Stooges · solo by Ron Asheton · 1969
8. [Gimme Danger](https://greatestsolos.com/song/iggy-and-the-stooges-gimme-danger/) — Iggy and the Stooges · solo by James Williamson · 1973
9. [1969](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-stooges-1969/) — The Stooges · solo by Ron Asheton · 1969
10. [No Fun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-stooges-no-fun/) — The Stooges · solo by Ron Asheton · 1969
11. [Dirt](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-stooges-dirt/) — The Stooges · solo by Ron Asheton · 1970
12. [Penetration](https://greatestsolos.com/song/iggy-and-the-stooges-penetration/) — Iggy and the Stooges · solo by James Williamson · 1973
13. [Shake Appeal](https://greatestsolos.com/song/iggy-and-the-stooges-shake-appeal/) — Iggy and the Stooges · solo by James Williamson · 1973
14. [Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell](https://greatestsolos.com/song/iggy-and-the-stooges-your-pretty-face-is-going-to-hell/) — Iggy and the Stooges · solo by James Williamson · 1973
15. [Fun House](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-stooges-fun-house/) — The Stooges · solo by Ron Asheton · 1970
16. [Death Trip](https://greatestsolos.com/song/iggy-and-the-stooges-death-trip/) — Iggy and the Stooges · solo by James Williamson · 1973

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