Ypsilanti’s own Iggy Pop and the Stooges are lined up to play a live gig at the Fox in downtown Detroit on April 13th.

Their self titled 1969 debut album is absolutely fantastic and worth investigating.  It was very influencial to modern punk and metal.   There is also a big blues influence that is very common amongst Detroit rock n roll.  I hung out one time with the founder of Big City Blues magazine, Robert Jr. Whitall and he said all the old Detroit rock groups like the Stooges, MC5, the Rationals, SRC, the Frost, ect, were all listening to the blues.  He said, “Back then, the MC5 and all those guys, we were all listening to the blues!  People don’t realize that punk music came from the blues.”  Well, the Stooges led the way and this show should be fantastic.

In another related story, Richard used to tell me stories about hanging out and partying out of his mind with Iggy and the boys in the late 60s. We have this poster print for sale in our store.  Pretty sweet, is for a show at Farmington High School back when they were just another local band.  Richard said that at this show Iggy ended up puking in the girls bathroom at some point in the night.