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Metallic K.O. is a live recording by American hard rock band The Stooges. In its original form, the album was purported to contain the last half of a performance at the Michigan Palace in Detroit, on February 9, 1974—the band's final live performance until their reformation in 2003. The performance was notable for the 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. Subsequent investigation of the master tapes and the May 1988 release of the double album Metallic 2X K.O. reveals that the original album contained the last half of the February 9, 1974 show, but opened with the first half of an earlier show (from October 6, 1973) at the same venue. The 2X K.O. version features the full shows from both dates. The album was recorded on a reel-to-reel tape machine by Michael Tipton, later obtained by Stooges guitarist James Williamson. Williamson's involvement and Iggy's endorsement meant it was considered a "semi-official" bootleg, when released on the Skydog label in 1976. The album is mostly composed of previously unreleased material. Studio demo and rehearsal recordings of some of its songs later turned up on similarly semi-official posthumous Stooges compilations. The album proved popular, due to its release in the first era of punk rock and The Stooges' growing legend as protopunks. It outsold The Stooges' major label official releases, selling over 100,000 copies in America as an import in its first year alone.
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Raw power, Cock in my pocket, Louie Louie
Perhaps the truest document of punk’s raw power and ferocity I’ve ever heard put to tape. Still can’t figure out if the audience loved or hated Iggy enough here to be throwing all that on the stage, but I may return to this album just to hear that dialogue again.
Sound quality is pretty bad but still, it's Iggy and the Stooges live in Detroit, what could be better than that? 4 stars.
If there is a place for live albums (which I doubt) then this is certainly worthy of consideration. The crowd baiting must have sounded absolutely crazy at the time - who in their right mind would insult an audience like that - but was an influence (like the music was) on so many of the bands who followed. Very nearly 5; I'm still not a fan of live cuts on principle.
Louie Louie must be like crack to any band performing live. I feel like it’s a track on literally every live album I’ve heard on this list. As for the rest of the music on this one it felt like a standard live punk album except with a lot more interludes of eggs and bottles being thrown at iggy pop
Most of this sounds like those terrible live recordings people put on their Insta stories. If you've ever wondered what the Stooges sounded like on a night where the sound man was on ket, recorded on an iPhone... This is the album for you. There is a fun bit of Iggy trolling the crowd.
Music appreciation can't exist in a vacuum. The reason this semi-bootleg live album is held in such high regard is because it was originally released at the start of the punk explosion -- allowing a new audience to discover how pivotal, seminal and groundbreaking The Stooges' music had been for that whole punk scene a few years earlier. It's mind-boggling just to think that this record sold more than the band's original studio albums at the time. Yet every Stooges fan worth their salt (including the person who suggested this album in the list?) knows this recording just can't beat said original LPs. Of course, Iggy Pop being who he is, listening to a historical document about his live antics is always nice, even with the expected poor sound quality -- not so horrible for a live recording of that era, at least for the first of the two shows documented here, but still pretty thin-sounding here. You can easily sense that the power of the performance guitars-wise is not fully transcribed here. But as some sort of moody or hazy music playing in the background in your home, the first side is still quite enjoyable, because it harbours two iconic *Raw Power* cuts (the raucous title track and the always extraordinary "Gimme Danger", reeking with lust and motor oil fragrances), plus the pretty cool jam "Head On", never included in any Stooges' studio albums, very sadly (better live or rehearsal versions of the song exist out there, though, but this one is still good). So all in all, that first half is worth the price of admission, at least The second side, documenting another gig which was the disastrous last show performed by the band before separating for decades to come, is obviously a far less satisfying affair on a purely musical level (see the Wikipedia page and the other reviews about that terrible gig). "Rich Bitch" is just a self-indulgent jam sprinkled with provocative lyrics (probably invented on the spot?). It's just hilarious hearing Iggy trying to rein in the slightly out-of-pace band in that song... As for "Cock In My Pocket", its lyrics are even more provocative, but the music is also quite derivative and unexceptional. And then, concluding the proceedings, you have rock standard "Louie Louie" (which Iggy would later record in the studio, during the nineties, for a memorable version included in his solo album *American Caesar*). Meanwhile, bikers in the audience are throwing bottles, eggs and other stuff at the band, and voilà, a legendary performance -- which would be cherished a couple of years later by all the new punks -- was born. Pretty sure those historical footnotes are not enough to make me include that live album for a list such as this one, though. For the die-hard fans only. 2.5/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums, rounded up to 3. 7.5/10 for more general purposes (5 + 2.5) Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ---- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 11 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 16 Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 26 (including this one)
Metallic K.O. Is a live registration of Iggy & The Stooges with a hostile audience and Iggy is feeding the bad fibe. You can feel the tension which is interesting in a way. Musically the performance is not that good and the recording quality is poor.
Not gonna subject myself to this 1
I like Fun House. I like the importance the Stooges hold in the history of Michigan and global music. I like the story surrounding the show(s). I don’t like any of it enough for a bootleg live album
I have a policy of giving one star to live albums or greatest hits, as I find it unfair to studio albums. But this album is different because of music history. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottling_(concert_abuse) The audience, which consisted largely of bikers, was unusually hostile, and Iggy, as usual, fed on that hostility, soaked it up and gave it back and absorbed it all over again in an eerie, frightening symbiosis. "All right," he finally said, stopping a song in the middle, "you assholes wanta hear 'Louie, Louie,' we'll give you 'Louie, Louie.'" So the Stooges played a forty-five-minute version of "Louie Louie," including new lyrics improvised by the Pop on the spot consisting of "You can suck my ass / You biker faggot sissies," etc. By now the hatred in the room is one huge livid wave, and Iggy singles out one heckler who has been particularly abusive: "Listen, asshole, you heckle me one more time and I'm gonna come down there and kick your ass." "Fuck you, you little punk," responds the biker. So Iggy jumps off the stage, runs through the middle of the crowd, and the guy beats the shit out of him, ending the evening's musical festivities by sending the lead singer back to his motel room and a doctor. I walk into the dressing room, where I encounter the manager of the club offering to punch out anybody in the band who will take him on. The next day the bike gang, who call themselves the Scorpions, will phone WABX-FM and promise to kill Iggy and the Stooges if they play the Michigan Palace on Thursday night. They do (play, that is), and nobody gets killed, but Metallic K.O. is the only rock album I know where you can actually hear hurled beer bottles breaking against guitar strings.
Strucknas I was the last time I listened to Stooges (also through this project) by how clearly it slots into the blues to rock to punk continuum... from Muddy Water to Stones to Sex Pistols and honestly, musically more akin to the former entries. Punk attitude and sensibility preceeded punk music? Probably not any kind of fresh revelation, my knowledge of pop music history has no sophistication. Anyway... pretty slack and sloppy, the recording/mix quality doesn't do it a lot of favors and doesn't give much sense of a live show other than Pop's constant sparring with the audience. I can recognize it as an important proto-punk artifact but I definitely didn't need near an hour and a half of it.
Proper punk
Good energy, but wat too much talking in between songs
There’s that famous scene in The Blues Brothers movie where they’re playing at the country (and western!) bar and they wind up playing the theme from Rawhide repeatedly as their playlist. The band gets showered with broken glass through chicken wire when the audience doesn’t enjoy their music, and similarly gets showered with broken glass through chicken wire when the audience enjoys their music. This live album reminded me of that scene. I wonder if it was an inspiration for it.
Weird to review an album on this list that is knowingly bad for several reasons. The band couldn't keep time with each other, the crowd was literally attacking them...I guess this is representative of punk, right? Solid bit of history here.
This is bad bootleg territory, just rough all the way around. There is something to be said for that raw, visceral, frequently combative energy the Stooges have. It's just dripping from this album. It's a bit of a window into what their live shows might have been like. I love the Stooges, but as an album, this just isn't there. It begins pretty well, but much of this is a muddy, angry mess.
Man, I couldn't wait for this one to be over. Sorry to whoever submitted, but this was a chore. I like a few Stooges/Iggy songs, but not these. I didn't hate it, but was watching the clock.
I love the Stooges, but this is a poor recording that does not do justice to what I'm sure was a couple amazing shows to see in person.
This is an example of a live album I’m just not able to get into. Not punk rock enough for audio this muddy.
World War II combat footage audio quality.
It seems like an improvisational game or a jam session after some good psychotropics. I didn't like it.
As an album this is pretty unappealing. The sound mixing is bad. You’re listening to an angry crowd and iggy pop feeding into it. Musically it’s nothing too special. Some punk music with some decent but dated guitar riffs. Overall it’s really just cool because it’s an audio record of a concert that remains in punk lore for being well punk. As for music this was rough. 2.7/10
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even knowing the history, still not a huge fan.
Punk music is fun because it sounds like shit. But there comes a point where it sounds too much like shit.
Does this album make it the 4th by the stooges on the list!!!
Live albums aren't good examples of 60-70's artists.
A bit shouty, and I don’t think listening to it quietly while I tried to work was the optimum listening experience
Not good
No. 1/5.
I could not stand this.