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6 unusual facts about The Stooges


Blue in Heaven

They released an EP on the Solid label, Rock 'n' Roll R.I.P., which was a chronological compilation of their work: a 1983 track ("On and On") produced by The Edge, four from 1987 and a live cover of The Stooges's song "Loose."

Hellride

Their entire set list is devoted to playing and reinterpreting the music of The Stooges by way of jazz legend John Coltrane.

Some Girls Wander by Mistake

As those were tracks on the compiled vinyl single sides, the cover versions of "1969", originally recorded by the Stooges, and "Gimme Shelter", originally recorded by the Rolling Stones, are included on the album as well.

The Jom and Terry Show

Watson has joined Watt and The Secondmen's replacement drummer, Raul Morales, in a new trio, The Missingmen; they have performed select shows in the US and Europe in between Watt's commitments with Iggy Pop & The Stooges and will be the backing musicians on Watt's forthcoming fourth solo album.

The Real Oh My

The trio, which plays occasional club gigs in the Los Angeles area, plays their own interpretations of Iggy & The Stooges and other classics.

Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers

#"Search and Destroy" (originally by Iggy Pop and The Stooges)


Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough

In 2005, they contributed a "My Mind is Ramblin'" cover to the Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough tribute compilation, which also features Iggy Pop & The Stooges and Spiritualized.

Def. Con. One

"Def. Con. One" is a single by Pop Will Eat Itself released in 1988 from the album This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!, It samples the songs "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by The Stooges, Funkytown by disco band Lipps Inc, Crazy Horses, a 1972 hit by The Osmonds and the Twilight Zone theme tune.

Episode 1999: Live

The album featured unreleased songs from Duff McKagan's unreleased solo album Beautiful Disease; "Shinin' Down", "Seattle Head", "Superman", "Missing You", "Then and Now" and "Mezz", as well as new material and a cover of The Stooges "Raw Power".

FGL Productions

A new label “Revenge” contributed to the comeback of (Iggy Pop) and reissue of the rarest tracks of "Motorcity" as MC5, The Flamin' Groovies, The Stooges, New Race and Destroy All Monsters.

Jaime Crespo

He is also the guitarist and front man of the musical group The Bottle Rockets which have been best described as loud, interpretive Americana (the Stooges meet Lightnin' Hopkins).

Jelen Pivo Live

Foreign acts that performed on the festival include Ian Brown, Happy Mondays, Gary Moore, Dinosaur Jr., The Stooges, The Lemonheads, The Fall, Heavy Trash, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Rakes.

March 16–20, 1992

The re-release contained five bonus tracks: acoustic demos of "Grindstone" and The Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog", a live version of "Moonshiner", the previously unreleased "Take My Word", and a version of the theme song from The Waltons.

New Values

The album also reunited Pop and Williamson with multi-instrumentalist Scott Thurston, who had played live piano for The Stooges on Metallic K.O. and Kill City.

Nina Antonia

She has written articles and books about Johnny Thunders, the New York Dolls and The Only Ones and has contributed to Mojo and Spiral Scratch magazines, written liner notes for The Stooges live recording Studio Sessions and Nico's Femme Fatale CD, and appeared in the documentary New York Doll.

Parálisis Permanente

The album featured covers in Spanish for the songs Heroes by David Bowie (Héroes) and I Wanna Be Your Dog by The Stooges (Quiero ser tu Perro).

Stinky Fingers

Maximum Rocknroll's overwhelming review rates this record to be "the nastiest thing to emerge from Satan's panty waistline since the Stooges' Raw Power in 1973!".

The Crumbs

They have been inspired by 1950s rock music and the music of The Ramones, The MC5, Crime, The Dead Boys, The Stooges, The Pagans, and other pre-1977 punk acts that paved the way for the Crumbs' sound.

The Open Up and Bleeds

The name "The Open Up and Bleeds" is a reference to The Stooges' song Open Up and Bleed.

Tru Fax and the Insaniacs

The voice of the band's lead vocalist, Diana Quinn, has been described as evoking "early Deborah Harry -- sort of Blondie meets The Stooges or New York Dolls." TFI was part of DC's infant punk scene in the late 1970s/early 1980s.


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Crash Goes the Hash

The parrot's "Jeepers creepers! What a night!" exclamation combines the 1930s slang euphemism from "Jesus Christ" (made into the Johnny Mercer 1938 song "Jeepers Creepers, Where'd You Get Those Peepers?") and the parrot's "What a night!' from the Stooges' 1936 entry Disorder in the Court.

Dizzy Pilots

During basic training, the Stooges run afoul with their drill sergeant (Richard Fiske), disrupting marching and weapons handling drills.

Eddy Duchin

The film did well in theaters, and was well enough known to be referenced in one of Columbia's Three Stooges shorts: the Stooges' spaceship is about to crash when Joe Besser yelps, "I don't want to die! I can't die! I haven't seen The Eddy Duchin Story yet!"

Flagpole Jitters

The Stooges make a reference to Sing Sing Correctional Facility, in which Shemp believes he has hypnotized Moe into thinking he is locked up in the infamous prison.

Gents Without Cents

The Stooges' audition for the agent includes parodies of Hideki Tōjō (Larry), Benito Mussolini (Curly), and Adolf Hitler (Moe).

Grips, Grunts and Groans

After escaping from the railroad police after stowing away on a train, the Stooges befriend a champion wrestler named Ivan Bustoff (Harrison Greene).

I Can Hardly Wait

The first two malapropistic lines of Curly’s song ("She was bred (bread) in Old Kentucky/But She's only a crumb up here") is also the name of the song the Stooges performed as “Nill, Null, and Void” in the film Loco Boy Makes Good.

Jerks of All Trades

Photo of the Stooges is actually from their 1953 film Rip, Sew and Stitch|

Joe DeRita

Before Moe's death in May 1975, the Stooges (with Sitka succeeding the deceased Larry) had planned to film an R-rated movie called The Jet Set (later produced with the surviving members of the Ritz Brothers and released as Blazing Stewardesses).

Knutzy Knights

The Stooges try to intervene for Cedric by serenading Elaine (they sing a variation on the Sextette from "Lucia di Lammermoor", with lyrics telling Elaine that Cedric is present and warning of the Black Prince's plot).

Monkey Businessmen

Mallard then assigns two nurses to train the Stooges, which sends the boys head over heels into fits of love — until the nurses turn out to be men (Cy Schindell and Rocky Woods).

Musty Musketeers

The Stooges wish to marry their sweethearts, but are forbidden by Old King Cole (Vernon Dent) until Princess Alisha (Virginia Hunter) weds Prince Gallant III of Rhododendron "when the flowers bloom in the Spring."

Pardon My Clutch

The Stooges' friend Claude (Matt McHugh), a self-proclaimed Kevin Trudeau-ish doctor, gives Moe and Larry some specific instructions on how to cure the toothache, which, of course, they misinterpret every which way possible.

Pardon My Scotch

When a liquor supplier (Nat Carr) stops by and asks for a drink, the Stooges mix a drink using all manner of medicines and chemicals, and mixed with a rubber boot.

Pies and Guys

However, the Stooges do have the opportunity to flirt with the professor's assistant (Greta Thyssen), while learning table etiquette.

Rockin' in the Rockies

Filmed during the same period as the Stooges film Idiots Deluxe Curly (who noticeably played trombone in both films) was a few short weeks away from suffering a minor stroke, one that would hamper his remaining time with the Stooges.

Rockin' thru the Rockies

The title of this film is often mistaken for the 1945 feature film Rockin' in the Rockies starring the Stooges.

The conclusion of this film is reminiscent of Early American folklore as the Stooges leave Indian territory a la Windwagon Smith.

So Long Mr. Chumps

Bruce Bennett (a.k.a. Herman Brix, a former Olympic athlete and Tarzan actor) appears as one of the guards giving orders to the stooges.

Squareheads of the Round Table

The Stooges save the day by causing a diversion by dancing in armor to Stephen Foster’s "Old Folks at Home", thus allowing Elaine to free Cedric.

Steve Mackay

In 2011 Radon and SOOPA released Mackay's new album Sometimes Like This I Talk which features other members of The Stooges, and also the album Machine Gun from U.S.S. with Mackay on sax.

Swing Parade of 1946

The Stooges rework several bits they performed with Ted Healy at MGM: the plumbing sequences are adapted from Meet the Baron and some of the waiter gags are borrowed from Beer and Pretzels.

Swinging the Alphabet

It is the only full-length song performed by the Stooges in their short films, and the only time they mimed to their own pre-recorded soundtrack.

The lip-synching is a bit "off" in spots, particularly among the "chorus" of students who accompany the Stooges.

The Hot Scots

The Stooges try to get jobs with Scotland Yard after graduating from a correspondence detective school.

The Yoke's on Me

During World War II, the Stooges released several comedies that engaged in propaganda against the then-enemy Japanese, including Spook Louder, No Dough Boys, Booby Dupes and The Yoke's on Me.

Three Little Pigskins

The football team the Stooges played against was that of Loyola Marymount University.

Three Little Pirates

Lucky for the Stooges, Rita has no interest in marrying the ruthless colonial governor and helps the boys escape by exposing some hidden tools.

Violent Is the Word for Curly

Later, during the buffet lunch, the three professors show up, blowing the Stooges' cover and vowing to return to "Hamburg on the Clipper!"

We Want Our Mummy

We Want Our Mummy is the first Stooge film to employ "Three Blind Mice" as the Stooges' official theme song (the song also appeared somewhat prematurely in 1938's Flat Foot Stooges, due to some confusion in that film's release date).