Spent a good amount of time in Chicago and was even lucky enough to play a few shows at the Metro which turns 40! Fun little write up on them from NPR. Imagine how crazy it is to try to keep a venue like that running for 40 years….
“Another memorable act was Iggy Pop, whose Blah-Blah-Blah tour show Ambo calls “one of the wettest, sweatiest, bloodiest shows” he’s ever seen.
“I remember I was just melting in my gym shoes,” Ambo says. “There was so much blood and sweat and beer on the floor.”
Shanahan remembers Iggy Pop trying to rip out the speakers on stage and throw them into the crowd.
“He actually lifts the cabinets off the floor!” Shanahan says. “I mean, he was trying to move something that's not quite movable. Plus it was strapped down, which he didn't know.”