Somebody stole the Stooges’ gear from a truck parked outside their Montreal hotel this morning. What gives, man? Full list of stolen property at the link, in case you want to be on the lookout. [Hootpage.com; HT Jon Solomon]
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Did they steal any of Iggy’s shirts?
Musical equipment must be super easy to fence, because it seems to get stolen on a very regular basis, from acts both large and small. At least the Stooges are probably insured, although that will hardly make up for the loss of favorite instruments.
I hope they catch the fuckers who did this or at very least recover the gear. Not safe even in Canada. Wow.
@loudersoft: Actually, it seems that more often than not these things happen up here in Canada. Strange…
Oh man, you gotta feel for Watt - I believe this is his first bass - used for minutemen and probably ought to be in a museum some day:
Red roadcase containing:
Red Gibson 1963 EB-3 bass (this is mike watt’s bass!)
@2ironic4u: But Iggy almost never wears a…. oooohhhhh, I get it now! Hey, that’s funny!
No fun.
Yeah. Already saw the reports. Win Butler did it.
Arcade Fire Stole My Concert Gear (Iggy Pop’s personal blog)
In the Stooges’ case, I think the person was doing a heroic deed to save the public from these embarassing old geezers.