Austin 10/14/12

James doing a School Of Rock Type thing

Rock Action!!

I went. It was crazy! I was right up front on the barrier. There were three teeny-bopper bands on before The Stooges and then the Red Hot Chili Peppers after, so there was a huge crowd of people who had no idea who they were. The crowd (and the security guys, apparently) wasn't prepared. Gig-goers were dropping like flies during the set, with security pulling fainting people out of the crowd almost non-stop (it was HOT!). I saw the security guys huddle up before the gig with a copy of the set list, with somebody obviously trying to inform them of what was going to happen. When Iggy called for the invasion, I guess they all forgot it, because they were trying to run down anybody trying to get up on stage. A lot of people made it, though. Anyway, it was great to see Rock at it again. He might have seemed a little tentative; I don't know. The entire band was having a difficult time of it during the first half of the set because they were getting blasted by the sun. No real surprises otherwise; they only had an hour on stage. No Passenger. I'd been reading Watt's blog where he's always complaining about his knee; no kidding, it looks like he can barely walk! Overall, a great show and it was worth standing in the baking heat for 8 hours. I guess I was getting spoiled - the last 5 or 6 shows I've seen have been indoors in a lot smaller venues. I'll try to post some photos.

Here's a James pre-gig interview:

http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2012-10-12/acl-interview-iggy-and-the-stooges/

I'm sure Scott has some rust, it's been 15 months. It sounds like he loosened up some by "No Fun".

sounds great meister ! I do have a soft spot for open air fests , the atmosphere , people who don't know what's coming next in their faces... the tension building up

with Scott back and a new album ahead things are ( rock and ) rollin' !!!!!

Here's the video for the school of rock thing James did

there's 33minutes of a webcast on dimeadozen
rock welcome back!!

i took some pics from the left side of the stage:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22655698@N02/sets/72157631772326433/

agreed, fun show, but most of the audience had no clue. they didn't seem to recognize a lot of the songs, etc. but everybody had fun (probably even the ones who fainted).

Those pictures are great! Were you in the moat? I ask because none of the band are soaked in sweat yet, so they must have all been taken in the first couple of songs.

Rock is back?! That's great news.

osterbergermeister wrote:

Those pictures are great! Were you in the moat? I ask because none of the band are soaked in sweat yet, so they must have all been taken in the first couple of songs.

i was about four back from the barrier. Most of those pics were early on, because it got too crazy after awhile to take pictures. It was hot as fuck, and the sun was right on 'em. October in Texas.

Great to see and hear Scott back behind the drums!