Stooges stuff stolen!

From Watt:

if anyone has information, ANY INFORMATION!
please, please, PLEASE as soon as possible contact
Eric Fischer at:
nycentral13@gmail.com
cell phone: +1 646 932 1907

PLEASE FORWARD AS FAR AND WIDE AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!!!

IGGY AND THE STOOGES
EQUIPMENT STOLEN ON AUGUST 4, 2008
OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL
208 SAINT ANTOINE OUEST,
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA

all equipment was in a rented penske 15 foot yellow truck
with u.s. (michigan) license plate number AC46493
and the theft had to have happened in the morning,
between 6:30 and 7:30 am

there's a web page at:

http://www.hootpage.com/stoogesstolenstuff/stoogesstolenstuff.html

that will soon have pictures and updates to more stuff found missing


Item Country of Origin Serial Number

Red roadcase containing: USA No serial number
Red Gibson 1963 EB-3 bass (this is mike watt's bass!) USA
No serial number

Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
Reverend Flying V guitar - Volcano black USA #08001

Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
Reverend Orange guitar USA 03416 ZSL7

Black fibre case containg: USA No serial number
Gibson red SG short scale bass USA No serial number

Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
Marshall Vintage/Modern Amplifier UK M-2007-07-0926-2 RoHS

Black roadcase containing: USA No serial number
Marshall Vintage/Modern Amplifier UK M-2007-07-0927-2 RoHS

4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #1 Slant:
M-2007-05-0149-0

4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #2 Straight:
M-2006-49-0380-0

4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #3 Slant:
M-2007-05-0150-0

4x Marshall 4x12 Cabinets (with Tuki cover) UK #4 Straight:
M-2006-49-0381-0

Orange Calzone road case containing:
Guitar pedal board and pedals USA/Japan No serial number
Assorted leads USA/UK No serial number
2x mic stands Germany No serial number
Assorted strings and spares USA No serial number
plus:
2x Boss TU2 Chromatic Tuner
Boss CH1 Super Chorus
Fulltone OCD Overdrive
Crybaby Wah
Peterson Strobo-Stomp Tuner Pedal
Whirlwind A/B Boxes
Whirlwind Cable Tester
and many many istrument cables
various tools ( screwdrivers, soldering iron, pliers, etc... )
tambourine and maracas

Cardboard box containing:
Assorted replacement drum heads USA No serial number

Gretsch Silver Sparkle Catalina drum kit USA No serial number
26" Kick Drum No serial number
13" Rack Tom No serial number
18" Floor Tom No serial number
4x Cymbal Stands No serial number
1x Snare Stand No serial number
1x Hi Hat Stand No serial number
1x Drum Throne No serial number

Eden D810 Bass cabinet USA D810RP4 0703E5001

Eden D810 Bass cabinet USA D810RP4 0703E5002

Cardboard box containg:
Eden VT300 Bass amplifier USA 0601E5115

Cardboard box containg:
Eden VT300 Bass amplifier USA 0507E5033

Floor Fan CHINA No serial number

Floor Fan CHINA No serial number

Green clamshell suitcase containing:
Yamaha snare drum JAPAN No serial number
Yahama kick pedal JAPAN No serial number
Zildjian Mega Bell cymbal USA No serial number
Zildjian 15" Hi-Hats USA No serial number
3x Zildjian 18" 19" 20" crash medium cymbals USA No serial number

Brown Epiphone guitar case:
Black Epiphone EB3 short scale bass KOREA F300503


PLEASE FORWARD AS FAR AND WIDE AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!!!


if anyone has information, ANY INFORMATION!
please, please, PLEASE as soon as possible contact
Eric Fischer at:
nycentral13@gmail.com
cell phone: +1 646 932 1907




can you believe this shit?

cb
http://iggypop.org

Damn !! They wont have to cancel any shows will they ?

I posted a bulletin about this via the myspace page. I urge everyone who's on myspace to repost!

Thanks!

StoogesMySpaceAdmin wrote:

I posted a bulletin about this via the myspace page. I urge everyone who's on myspace to repost!

Thanks!

DONE.

any word if this'll affect the coming shows? I have tickets to the NYC gig on friday......

Thats fucking shit!

That's a hell of a lot of stuff.
Do you think the thief emptied the truck, or stole the truck as well?
If it's the latter, it my be easier to track the truck.

I don't think they could have emptied the truck quick enough without being loud.

I hope they don't cancel

Crap. That's bad news.
I guess it was all insured but it still sucks, and I guess at least some of the equipment (Mike's bass is listed) was the personal property of the band members, which sucks even more.
I hope they get it back soon.
Richard

Good news re the forthcoming gigs!
Cheers,
Richard

From the BBC website -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7542422.stm


A truck full of instruments and stage gear belonging to singer Iggy Pop and band The Stooges has been stolen after they played at a festival in Montreal.

Their road manager told the Detroit Free Press newspaper the stolen gear was worth tens of thousands of dollars.

The veteran rocker and his band are playing in North America ahead of a European tour later this month.

The star, 61, known for his wild stage antics, will play dates including London's Get Loaded in the Park.

The band's road manager Eric Fischer told the Detroit Free Press some "priceless" vintage instruments were among those stolen.

They include bassist Mike Watt's Gibson instrument, which he first used in US punk band Minutemen in the early 1980s.

"That bass would go in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame some day if we could find it," Mr Fischer told the paper.

"We're all just gutted."

Mr Fischer said the truck had been taken from the road outside the hotel the band were staying at after their performance on Sunday night.

He told the paper that the band's scheduled Wednesday night performance in Toronto would go ahead as planned using rented and donated equipment.

Pix of the stolen stuff:

http://www.hootpage.com/stoogesstolenstuff/stolenstuffphotos.html


cb
http://iggypop.org

Maybe Toronto will get that set of the Stooges playing homemade instruments again, I'd so love to see

No, in all seriousness this is just real shit. I wonder if the bastard knew it was the Stooges gear he was stealing, maybe when he finds out he'll dump it.

I'm assuming that the whole truck was taken (it's a hell of a lot of gear to carry away otherwise) so surely a massive great truck like that would be fairly easy to find? And with all the publicity surrounding the theft I'd have thought it might be hard to offload the equipment.
So where is it?
I really hope they get it back, especially the personal gear.
Cheers,
Richard

Sad news. Hope they'll get everything back soon, and will be able to be as good as usual with the rented gear...

I was at that show (full review coming shortly), its absolutley terrible that all their gear is gone. I remember looking at all their stuff during the set-up and thinking about how many shows the guitars and such have beeen through and the pure history of them. I really hope they get it all back.

just hope they get it all back, and SOON!

That's just f***ed up...

Fucking savages.

I was wondering tho, was no one guarding the truck? I mean did they leave it unattended with all their gear in the back?

sweet_sixteen wrote:

I was wondering tho, was no one guarding the truck? I mean did they leave it unattended with all their gear in the back?

GOOD question. If someone WAS in charge, I'd suggest they come up with some fucking answers. QUICK!

Yeah. I agree ! That's alot to be left anonymous ! And another thing im courious about is that is says "Had to have happened between 6:30 AM & 7:30 AM" where was everyone at between that time ? And, how would the guilty party have known the right timming to steal it ? This person isn't a rookie, I'll tell ya that much !


Cheers !

OK, well it looks like the van has been found. Not the gear though!

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/stooges%20van%20is%20found_1076496

Oh well, it's a small step in the right direction.
Cheers,
Richard

Yep. It's now a wait and see process. By the way, I posted the link you provided, heavy. So, thanks.

Thats seriously fucked up. Of all the bands to do it to, why The Stooges? Obviously as well as being complete bastards the theives have a shit taste in music. I feel especially sorry for Mike Watt, that bass has so much history.