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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Actually BE at the concert!!, 29 April 2005
This gem of a bootleg, that has come to merit the approval of the artist, became a cult classic as the very last Stooges performance, staged in the city of Detroit on the 9th of February 1974. Despite the sound quality being a little substandard, I believe this may actually be the best introduction for the uninitiated to the one + only original punk rockers. Before your first listen, it is vital to know the story behind this infamous concert. A few days earlier, Iggy had been in a little fracas with a seven foot Hell's Angel. Unperturbed, the Stooges frontman decided to go on air at the local radio station challenging all the local bikers to come along to the band's next concert + to do their very worst.. No matter what they threw at them, he bragged, the Stooges would carry on with the show. Nick Kent, reporter for NME said in 1976: "Throughout [the recording] you can hear the sound of glasses splintering against amps, lightbulbs, eggs, shoes - even an expensive Nikon camera which just manages to miss Williamson's face" (the lead guitarist). + that is what makes this such a successful live album - we hear Iggy continually taunting the bikers amongst the crowd, actively encouraging them to lob as many heavy + varied objects at him as possible, turning this into the wildest, rawest + most daring rock n' roll record that - had the playlist encompassed some of the band's studio work + the sound been a little tidier - would most certainly have deserved that all-important extra star. Crack open a beer, marvel at the mayhem + wonder at the miracle that the bootlegger left the gig with his life. For more info: Read "I Need More" by Iggy Pop, Published by 2.13.61 Publications Inc.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Possibly the best ever document of a live Stooges concert..., 17 May 2001
By A Customer
This album is undoubtedly of high historical importance, and in all likelihood, any longtime Stooges fan will already own it. Despite the fact that this is an audience recording, and therefore inferior in sound quality to any of the studio albums, it should be of interest even to the more casual stooges fan. It presents not only a live show from '73 displaying the stooges on top form, but also, most excitingly, the band's last ever live appearance, from '74. This show is by now legendary, with Iggy allegedly 'begging the audience to crucify him'. The truth is not quite so extreme, but his vitriolic taunts to the hardcore biker audience who throw heavy objects at him throughout are undoubtedly confrontational. The songs themselves are certainly well worth having. Here is the most vicious ever version of the unreleased track 'Cock in my pocket' (which he credits as being co-written by his mother) and a scorchingly depraved and powerful version of the Richard Berry song 'louie louie', made famous by the kingsmen. The band, despite sounding beautifully close to self destruction, prove how well they can play together in extended jams attached to the end of songs such as 'rich bitch'. Throughout both sets, the band sound wonderfully powerful, although Ig's voice occasionally gets lost beneath the cacophony. Whilst this is not an ideal Stooges record to start with (I would recommend 'Raw Power' or 'Funhouse') It is definitely one of the first non studio albums any Stooges fan should consider buying, and it provides a fascinating snapshot of a band teetering brilliantly on the brink of collapse, determined to go out in a hellish blaze of glory.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
vinyl violence, 12 Jul 2006
well, lol.. this is it, seminal stooges who just didnt care at all anymore, iggy on the radio, invited loud mouth bikers to come down to the gig to fight, and they did...! the music is raw, bloody and totaly out of control..! some great songs here to keep you gasping to see what will happen next, full of abuse and violence, again its music yer mama and papa never wanted you to hear. stooges were great songwriters, and with iggy to portray them it was even better..!
its what rolling stone and nme never wanted to print, some of these songs go up and some go down, yes, lots of you wont like some of them.. but its a weird selection from a drug fuelled band, who didnt really care if you liked them..! the stooges didnt care if you liked their songs, but they cared that you listened to them! it was, and still is very important musical debaurchery!
great bootleg sounding,...!
a real must recommendation for rock n roll..
get it in yer!
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