Artist: Iggy & The Stooges
Title: Live In Detroit
Format: DVD
Genre: Punk Rock
Label: Music Video Distributors-Music Video Distributors
Website: Website
Iggy Pop (AKA James Newell Osterberg)...the name itself denotes a bit of irony. The fact that his music has never been any where near pop is what makes it so funny, and I am sure that is why he chose the name to start with. He is widely known as the Godfather of punk rock. I have pointed to Lou Reed more than once when referring to the one who holds that crown, although let me say they both were just as important, and to say either one was more prolific than the other would be unfair in my estimation.
When Iggy was pumping out Detroit City punk rock with the Stooges, he produced a prototypical musical style that every band was looking for, that gritty loud tough garage/punk rock sound. Iggy cannot be denied his place in rock history. To this day, he makes some of the most vital and important rock music recorded.
Boy Howdy! is back, yes, Creem Magazine is ready to find its place back on the newsstands after a long vacation. The good news is, there is more than just the magazine coming out, they have decided to put out DVD's of many artists from the classic rock period.
Live In Detroit is a Stooges reunion in their hometown of Detroit. With the exception of Mike Watt (bass), the original band members Iggy, Ron (guitar) and Scott Asheton (drums), perform the songs from first two Stooges albums (1969 & 1970). The band sounds great, Iggy is his energetic bouncing self, jumping around the stage, and hollering out to the crowd "I Fucking Love You!" frequently. He loves them so much in fact; he invites them on stage with him to dance. It is a wild scene, out of control, just the way Iggy would have it. During the course of the concert, there are always people from backstage and guards on hand to throw exuberant fans off the stage. Of course, Iggy never bats an eyelash and keeps right on performing as if it was a normal event.
Many times during the course of the concert, Iggy steps into a spot on stage without any light and all you see is his shadow, its kind of weird and I don't think it was planned that way, but who knows? I think the camera work could have been better, but what the hell, this was an Iggy Pop concert and everyone gets crazy, even the camera crew.
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Article comments
1 - Mike Kole
Thanks for linking this review to the current Mike Watt post. I had no idea this DVD was out there. The timing of this is a neat coincidence in that Watt is playing here in Indy tonight, and I have been listening to "Funhouse" and "Raw Power" a lot lately after not spinning them for at least two years. Of course, now the DVD is a must-have.
2 - Eric Olsen
my pleasure Mike, and thanks Keith, not sure why this didn't get more attention at the time - great job.