Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Stooges: SXWS interview

Iggy with interviewer David Fricke

Blogger Music Night In Canada has a pretty good report on the Stooges being interviewed at SXSW in Austin. Iggy Pop on writing songs:

Writing a lot of OK or crappy songs is really easy and it’s really hard not to do. Even the best ones in the business write a lot of crap. But writing a great song only happens once in a while, at best. For instance, when Ron started jamming the chords in ‘No Fun,’ I knew instantly that we would be in the book, but going from those chords riffs to a great song still took a lot of work, jamming it, trying different things with it… As for the lyrics of that track, I always thought that ‘no’ is a great word. One of my favorite parts of the Rolling Stones’ Satisfaction is when Mick goes “No no no.” And then, on the other hand, you had the Beach Boys, another great band, who had this song where they kept repeating “Fun, fun, fun”, so I thought to myself, “Well, there you go.”

MP3: The Stooges - My Idea Of Fun

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Jimmy Page: testify against a bootlegger

Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page is a witness for the prosecution:

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has agreed to testify against a bootlegger in an upcoming trial in Scotland. Robert Langley was arrested in Glasgow two years ago with what police claimed was over $50,000 worth of pirated CDs. Among the items seized were live Zeppelin shows that have never been released, including one from Knebworth in England back in August 1979.

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Bang! Bang!: The Dirt That Makes You Drown

Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang! is a band from Chicago, who refuses to choose between punk, glam and new wave. Let's label them as a loud garage band that listened a lot to Blondie, The Ramones and The Shirts. Their new album The Dirt That Makes You Drown is highly enjoyable roller coaster ride. It doesn't go anywhere, nothing new, you heard it all before, but hey, nothing wrong with that.

Bang! Bang!:
Jack Flash: Vocals, Guitar
Gretta Fine: Vocals, Bass
Nick Kraska: Drums
Rachel Shindelman: Keyboards (part-time member)

The Dirt That Makes You Drown is released on Morphius Records, April 10. You can stream the entire album from their website.

The Dirt That Makes You Drown

MP3: Bang! Bang! - She Came From Outer Space
MP3: Bang! Bang! - What We Need

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