LAWWWWWWWD! It's the FUNHOUSE by the Stooges Poll

Alexander, since that song needs its bass foundation as much as it does Iggy.

Yeah "Loose" is kinda of a mess but on basically the rest of the record he is killing it (esp "Dirt" and "Funhouse") which is what really leads me to believe that early on he can't hear or some technical issue rather than, solely, drugs & drink.

"1970" is so absolutely unhinged and snarling, it is exactly what you want a live Stooges song to sound like, until haha someone ends the song a hair early, I think maybe Scott A is the culprit there

Is the whole thing ratty & fucked up? Yeah, sure, but I can't imagine being a "Funhouse" nut and not loving it.

Ron's playing is so fucking good

craziest thing about this show is that the festival had a revolving stage to keep things going — so the band that went 'round the bend right before the Stooges appeared was ... The Flying Burrito Brothers, haha.

I found the first four titles a tad underwhelming – I think they benefit greatly from the proto-post-punk tightness studio conditions afford – but the final trinity, '1970', 'Fun House' and 'L.A. Blues', is worth the price of admission alone. Sure, Mackay steals the show here, but Ron is an absolute MVP throughout. It once again got me thinking about how much better Raw Power could have been with him instead of Williamson on guitar. And Alexander does audibly drop the ball – it'd be hilarious if the poor guy didn't die of pancreatitis five years later.

I am eternally glad I got to see one of the earliest Stooges reunion shows, in 2003 — with both Asheton brothers and Mackay — even if I did have to wait through an "unplugged" Godsmack set beforehand.

You have the patience of a saint. I can't imagine many worse opening acts to suffer through.

I wrote for Alternative Press for years, and my first break came when the editor called me one day in 1997 and asked, "Will you interview Godsmack so I don't have to?"

I've got a 7/8 class this afternoon in my board's all-Mennonite school. Doing my best to corrupt them--talked about Iggy (birthday today) and played "Down on the Street" for them. (One of them noticed a link to Bitches Brew on YouTube's sidebar..."Uh, that's a famous album too--time for science, everyone!").

Kids finally learning the Lord's good work.

JUst found out that this exists from Charging Rhinoceros of Soul the band that Steve Mackay had been in before joining the Stooges.THink he had already left before joining the Stooges though
but here's some early demoes by them
https://soundcloud.com/badley-1/charging-rhinoceros-of-soul-1968-1?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

there's a several page history of the band in the issue of Ugly THings prior to the current one