High-Energy Blast

(photos by Robert Matheu (left), Sue Rynski (right))

"It was my first experience of total pandemonium.  It was like a dog pile of people, just trying to grab pieces of [Pete] Townshend's guitar, and people were scrambling to dive up onstage and he'd swing the guitar at their heads.  The audience weren't cheering; it was more like animal noises, howling.  The whole room turned really primitive - like a pack of starving animals that hadn't eaten in a week and some boy throws out a piece of meat.  I was afraid.  For me it wasn't fun, but it was mesmerizing.  It was like, "The plane's burning, the ship's sinking, so let's crush each other."  Never had I seen people driven so nuts - that music could drive people to such dangerous extremes.  That's when I realized, This is definitely what I wanna do."

"...After high school, I played with the band Iggy was the drummer for, the Prime Movers.  But I got fired.  Then I went back and roadied for them."  - from Please Kill Me

R.I.P., Ron Asheton, guitarist (The Stooges/New Order (not that one)/Destroy All Monsters/Dark Carnival).(via)

This does not seem like a good chance to get a message in:

The Stooges, "TV Eye"/"1970," Cincinnati Pop Festival, 1970.

"I've seen some of the footage; I think I'm in one of the pieces for like one second. All I remember from that was the big video camera guy didn't care about anyone onstage. I had to follow him...his wires were hooked up on my lead cords; he's dragging my fuzztone and wah all across the stage. "Stop it!" as he tried to follow The Antics of Iggy. For me that was a pain in the ass, pulling my stuff all over the stage. Luckily the roadies were smart enough to always tape the cords into the...lotta duct tape, electrician's tape, so there's no way the plugs can be pulled out. He's just pullin' my shit all over the stage."

Iggy and the Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog (Live at the 9:30 Club, Washington DC, 4-5-07)(mp3)

Iggy and the Stooges - Real Good Time/No Fun (Live at the 9:30 Club, Washington DC, 4-5-07)(mp3)

Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments - RnR Hall of Fame (mp3)(buy)

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