The Stooges (also known as Iggy and The Stooges) is an American rock band from Ann Arbor  Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974  and later reformed in 2003 Although they sold few records in their original incarnation and often performed for indifferent or hostile audiences  the Stooges are widely regarded as instrumental in the rise of punk rock  as well as influential to alternative rock  heavy metal and rock music at large