This book is a comprehensive look at the lives of the Three Stooges, Moe, Larry, and Curly. It covers their beginnings as vaudeville performers, their rise to fame in the 1930s and 1940s, and their lasting legacy in
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The Stooges were an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1967 by singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton, and bassist Dave Alexander. Initially playing a raw, primitive style of rock and roll, the band sold few records in their original incarnation and gained a reputation for their confrontational performances, which sometimes involved acts of self-mutilation by Iggy Pop.