Seven Days Blogs: Solid State: Band On the Run

This just in from our friendly neighbors to the north: Iggy and The Stooges were burglarized this week in Montreal. Unlike Gordon Stone's fiasco in CT last year in which the thieves broke in to his van and made off with a bunch of equipment, these dudes stole the entire fucking truck. Now that's ballsy. Kinda of reminds me of that Dane Cook bit — y'know, when he was actually sort of funny — that every guy's secret ultimate fantasy is being involved in a heist.

Anyway, the chances that the crooks would be silly enough to try and cross the border in a stolen rental truck filled with rock equipment — and possibly driven by a monkey — are pretty slim. Still, being the closest "metropolis" to Montreal, I suppose it's possible they could be holing up in the Queen City. Here's what to keep and eye out for:

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:
[email protected]
cell phone: +1 646 932 1907