Iggy Pop turns 76 at this time, however you wouldn’t realize it based mostly on the ferocity of his stay exhibits. Last night time at his Regent Theater gig in Los Angeles, Pop lined his punk peer Lou Reed’s 1972 classic “Walk on the Wild Side.”
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The punk hit, which seems on Reed’s second studio album, Transformer, and was produced by David Bowie, marked a primary for Pop, who’s by no means lined the track earlier than (in accordance with setlist.fm). He performed it as a part of his encore, the place he additionally ran by the 1969 Stooges hit “I Wanna Be Your Dog.” He additionally pulled out another Stooges classics like “Gimme Danger,” “Search and Destroy,” and “Raw Power” throughout his set. Even cooler, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, who play on Pop’s newest album, Every Loser, served as two of his backing musicians all through the efficiency, which in all probability felt like seeing one in every of rock’s greatest supergroups.
Listen to his cowl beneath.
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