30 OCTOBER 2002: HOLY
SHIT.

FROM NME.COM
–

IGGY POP was by joined by
HIVES frontman HOWLIN’ PELLE ALMQVIST and bassist MIKE

VIGILANTE as well as PETE
YORN in a STOOGES-covering tribute outfit last night

(October 29) at the HENRY
FONDA THEATRE in HOLLYWOOD at the concert for the

second annual SHORTLIST
PRIZE.

    With
Pop on vocals, Almqvist and Vigilante on guitars, MIKE WATT (Minutemen)
on

bass and Pete Yorn on drums,
the quintet’s surprise performance rounded off the

nearly four-hour concert
and awards ceremony.

    A curtain
lifted to unveil the group as they started straight in on The Stooges

track ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’.
The enthusiastic ensemble, who offered no in

between song banter, also
played the classics ‘No Fun’ and ‘TV Eye’.

FROM WATT:

it was a mindblow. ig went
off. he was also very nice to me.

what an honor. this cat
robin called me friday and asked me to it

right out of the blue -
mucha suerte. I still can’t believe it even

happened. even more amazing,
I didn’t really clam that much even

though I was shaking like
a leaf and ready to shit a pecan log. we

did “I wanna be your dog,”
“no fun” and “tv eye.” pete yorn was great

too as were the two cats
from the hives, pelle and mike – all

righteous peeps and we did
our best, nervous as hell to wail w/mister

iggy. right before, at the
baked potato in the val, I did “looking at

you” w/brother wayne kramer
and that was a blast too. lucky fucking

watt…

                               
on both wheels

p.s. tonight I get to do
more stooges w/nels and kevin. I’m gonna

trade my head in for a pumpkin,
like I did w/j in cambridge a couple

of years ago