The godfather of punk at his most ragged & raw. Recorded live at Boston's Channel in 1988. This CD features the tracks 1969, Search and Destroy, Kill City, I Wanna Be Your Dog and more. 1997 release King Biscuit Flower Hour Records. Album Description
 |  | Great Live Album W/ Andy McCoy Of Hanoi Rocks On Guitar |  |
I saw 2 live shows from the "Instinct" tour back in 1988. This cd is a great live document from that tour. The KBFH show has a great set list and an extremely spirited performance from Iggy. While the instrumental mix is not great, Iggy wails though the set with a wild abandon. The lead guitarist for this tour was Andy McCoy from Hanoi Rocks. Andy's playing here rocks hard & slays anything done he's done with own band. Although the guitar is a bit low in the mix, the lead fills are as good as any of Iggy's previous guitarists. If you need to add on live Iggy cd to your collection, you can not go wrong by starting here.
April 27, 2006| | | I hate you baby, `cause you're the one I love! | |
I had only heard about Iggy Pop before I bought this album. I think the only song I knew was 'Lust for Life' at the time, and that's not even on this disk. There are a bunch of good tunes on this CD... Instinct, Search & Destroy, Penetration, etc. And my favorite, Johanna.
The energy of the show translates well on this album. If you like listening to music to psych you up while exercising/working out, there aren't to many better choices than this. It is constantly in my changer while I'm 'sweatin' to the oldies'.
This disk may have the best quote in Rock & Roll history... "This song is about a girlfriend I used to have. She spent all my money on heroin. I loved her for it." Now, I don't condone heroin use, but ROCK ON IGGY!!!!!!!!!!!
November 1, 2005 | | Iggy Pop - 'King Biscuit Flower Hour' (King Biscuit) | |
I still have the home tape that I recorded off the radio when this show played on a Sunday night,on a very worn down BASF brand cassette.Now thanks to King Biscuit releasing the entire gig on CD,I can happily put the cassette out of it's misery.This seventeen track/70 minute disc is a must-have for all Iggy/Stooges fans.Needless to even have to mention it,but the sound quality is top notch.The gig took place at The Channel in Boston sometime in 1988.Best tunes would be "Kill City","1969","Five Foot One",the timeless ass-kicker "Search And Destroy",the '80's punk-metal gem "Cold Metal" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog".Just an all around great sounding high-energy show of pure classic punk.
October 12, 2004| | | Great Driving Music ! -Just Don't Get A Speeding Ticket ! | |
I discovered the music of Iggy Pop about 6 years ago when I first listened to the Stooges' album Fun House. After listening to the first three songs on that album, I was hooked. After buying Fun House, I soon followed by purchasing The Stooges, and then, Raw Power. Later, I moved on to Iggy's solo stuff, The Idiot, Lust for Life, etc. All of these albums were great! While listening to all of this great music, I couldn't believe that I hadn't known about it before. Iggy was and still is all about singing hard-charging, powerful, in-your-face music that completely rocks. But aside from all of this, Iggy's reputation as a live performer is legendary. I am a huge fan of energetic frontmen in music and Iggy definitely fits the bill. He's actually LIVED the decadence he sings about and he does it with the energy of a wild animal. Unfortunately, I never had the good fortune to hear Iggy perform live, until I bought this album.
I am always careful when buying live recordings, but given it was Iggy, I thought I would take a shot. This album, as it turns out, is great. It is Iggy's concert recorded by King Biscuit Flower Hour on July 19, 1988 at The Channel in Boston. The sound quality is excellent, the setlist is solid and Iggy and his band are in top form. As he says in one of his between-song dialogues, "We're just gonna rock it straight tonight!" and that's exactly what he does! The songs really move right from the opening track, "Instinct", and continue all the way to the closing track, a great version of "I Wanna Be Your Dog". As the title of this article suggests, this CD makes for great driving music. In fact, I liked this album so much, I bought King Biscuit's other Iggy Pop concert, Live in NYC, a 1986 show from the Ritz in NYC. If you like this album, check out Live in NYC, which is equally great and contains a great version of "Real Wild Child". Thank you for the music and honesty Iggy! October 28, 2003
This is a great record! I first heard this on the King Biscuit Flower Hour in 1997 while going through HARD times. I hadn't listened to anything in about a year and had sold off my record collection and pawned my stereo. I couldn't believe how good it sounded. I finally bought it after it was released officially and it continues to blow my mind every time I hear it. There is no holding back on this album. The musicians are in fine form, and the guitarist, Andy McCoy, is otherworldly, perhaps in more ways than one! A great follow up to this album is the book written about this tour by bassist Alvin Gibbs entitled "Neighborhood Threat: On Tour With Iggy Pop." According to Gibbs, this isn't even one of the better shows from the tour. This is hard rock at it's finest, and Iggy proves that there was life in '80s, and rock before grunge!
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