Death Trip: Iggy and the Stooges 1972-74 (Reaktion Books), the second volume of Michael S. Begnal’s study of the band, is now available (in the UK, at least. North American in July where it is distributed by Chicago University Press) .

If you want to know why the Stooges mattered, and still matter, then this is your tour guide of choice. Outstanding scholarship, meticulously researched, sublime choice of illustrations – dig the cover photograph by Byron Newman. “Death Trip” sits comfortably alongside the best chronicles of rock n’ roll’s third-generation – Mark Paytress on Marc Bolan, Paul Trynka on Iggy and Bowie, Michael Bracewell on Roxy Music. The Stooges deserve no less.

Comes with top ranking endorsements to boot