Iggy & The Stooges Rider...

[Welsh Rich]

From The Smoking Gun...

 

OCTOBER 4-- As if you need another reason to love Iggy Pop, the veteran rocker (and his band The Stooges) have the single most entertaining concert rider TSG has ever obtained. The document--all 18 pages of which you'll find below--describes Iggy's requirements in terms of amplifiers, security, lighting, stage set up, and dressing rooms. But unlike most similar documents, Iggy's rider is written in a rollicking, stream-of-consciousness fashion that delivers multiple laughs per page. Apparently written by roadie Jos Grain, the Iggy rider is peppered with witty gems, tasteless asides, and typos. For example, in describing how Iggy's dressing room should be made to "look less like a typical rock & roll dressing room," the rider suggests that promoters "just let someone loose with a little bit of artistic flair...Er, do you know any homosexuals?" Explaining the need for two heavy duty fans, Grain notes, "So that I can wear a scarf and pretend to be in a Bon Jovi video." Also, don't miss the backstage requirement of a Bob Hope impersonator for Mr. Pop. (18 pages)

 

Link: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1004061iggypop1.html

[Guest Jules]

From The Smoking Gun...

Link: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1004061iggypop1.html

 

you beat me to it. classic stuff.

[Somnambulist]

Great line in there:

 

"Broccoli and Cauliflower cut into florets and thrown immediately into the garbage. I fucking hate that."

[Albert Tatlock]

[Saint Genevieve]

I like it when he throws in his idea for a reality show at the end.