Iggy Pop played Goldenvoice’s new punk festival No Values over the weekend, and it seems like he tailored his set to fit the theme of the fest: 10 of the 12 songs he played were Stooges songs, including a couple he hadn’t performed solo in a very long time. He played “I Got A Right” for the first time since the last Iggy and the Stooges tour in 2013 (and first time playing it a solo show since 2003), and he ended the set with “1970” for the first time since Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton’s 2009 death (and first time solo since 1989). The only non-Stooges songs he played were his solo career classics “The Passenger” and “Lust For Life,” and otherwise he loaded the set with rippers like “T.V. Eye,” “Raw Power,” “Death Trip,” “Loose,” “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” “Search and Destroy,” “Down on the Street,” and more.
As if seeing Iggy play an almost-full-set of Stooges songs wasn’t enough, the band he had with him was pretty spectacular too. One of his guitarists for the night was the Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ Nick Zinner, who later said, “Still can’t believe I got to play these songs that shaped my life.” He also had bassist Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Zwan, etc), guitarist Ale Campos (Las Nubes), drummer Urian Hackney (The Armed, Rough Francis), Joan Wasser (Joan As Police Woman) on keys/vocals, Leron Thomas (Pan Amsterdam) on on trumpet, and Corey D. King on trombone.
Uriah Hackney’s father Bobby Hackney Sr. of Detroit proto-punk legends Death wrote, “Fellow Detroit Rocker and Legend Iggy Pop has adopted my son. I may have to start calling him Urian (Stooge) Hackney. So poignant, David, Dannis, and I saw Iggy do the first crowd walk/surfing at the Cobo Arena in Detroit in 1970. Iggy, Death, Rough Francis show? Maybe coming soon. That’s Rock And Roll.”
We weren’t there, but a fan-shot, full-set video has since been posted and it looks pretty amazing. Check it out below, along with some videos of individual songs…
Setlist
T.V. Eye
Raw Power
I Got a Right
Gimme Danger
The Passenger
Lust for Life
Death Trip
Loose
I Wanna Be Your Dog
Search and Destroy
Down on the Street
1970