Iggy Pop's concert rider

[john williams]

As if you need another reason to love Iggy Pop, the veteran rocker (and his band The Stooges) have the single most entertaining concert rider TSG has ever obtained. The document--all 18 pages of which you'll find below--describes Iggy's requirements in terms of amplifiers, security, lighting, stage set up, and dressing rooms. But unlike most similar documents, Iggy's rider is written in a rollicking, stream-of-consciousness fashion that delivers multiple laughs per page. Apparently written by roadie Jos Grain, the Iggy rider is peppered with witty gems, tasteless asides, and typos. For example, in describing how Iggy's dressing room should be made to "look less like a typical rock & roll dressing room," the rider suggests that promoters "just let someone loose with a little bit of artistic flair...Er, do you know any homosexuals?" Explaining the need for two heavy duty fans, Grain notes, "So that I can wear a scarf and pretend to be in a Bon Jovi video." Also, don't miss the backstage requirements of a Bob Hope impersonator and "a copy of USA Today that's got a story about morbidly obese people in it.

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[Gentle Giant]

When I was at UMass I worked for the student organization that booked and promoted concerts on campus, and I was privy to a few of these. Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band required promoters to provide a doctor who would give him a shot of epinephrine before he took the stage so he could boogaloo all night.

Santana just wanted a ping pong table.

[Root Doctor]

The dressing room requirements are choice.

[hearsay]

"not one of those sandwiches from Subway with beef and alfalfa sprouts sticking out, like a Florida retiree's bikini bottoms."

hilarious!

[hearsay]

Don't forget to read the addendum on page 18.

[graypencil]

I still like the Brecker contract rider a bit better.