Iggy and the Stooges “Metallic ‘KO” 1976. Skydog Records, French release. Today, July 17th, is Ron Ashton’s (bass player for the Stooges) birthday (b. 1948 d. 2009). This LP is a live recording from two shows at the Michigan Palace in Detroit in 1973 and 1974 and the album’s back cover states “The noise you hear on this disc is from the original tape used to document the Stooges’ last stand. This is NOT a defect in mastering or pressing.” Yes, the sound quality is not stellar but gritty and grimy, much like the Stooges themselves; and lore states that there was a high “level of audience hostility, with the band being constantly pelted with pieces of ice, eggs, beer bottles and jelly beans, among other things, in response to Iggy Pop’s audience-baiting.” Their rendition of “Louie Louie” is particularly confrontational, with Iggy changing** the words to  to “Got a fine bitch, she’s waiting for me/Just a whore, across the way” and “I feel a rose [or possibly bone] down in her hair, her ass is black and her tits are bare.”

The LP was later remastered and released in 1988 as a double album.

**This article from The Guardian chronicles the mystery behind the lyrics to “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen and its subsequent FBI investigation, which of course turned the track into a rebellious statement for generations of rockers and punks.