137. Search And Destroy by Iggy and The Stooges 1973

I was at a party in St. Kilda 1997. It was the house where the Negatives lived and rehearsed. Me and Chris turned up too early for the party and when we looked through the window we could see all these great guitars and amps in full view as if the band had just spirited away mid song. So we went down the pub and came back four hours later. Gary Grey the lead singer was holding court on his views of Jim Morrison. He was the greatest front man ever!  But Iggy Pop someone else argued.. a singer who had almost replaced Jim  and hadn't been heard of for years..he was the greatest rock singer and he was coming back...
and he did. A lot of discussions went back and forth about the merits of Jim and James. Suddenly everyone was getting into Iggy. The Pistols, Radio Birdman and the Damned covered his songs. the records started turning up at parties like rock and roll gatecrashers. He was the real godfather of punk rock.
One night I came off stage while playing with The Fiction and and a guy came up to my face..and i mean right up to my face and said "Play Search and Destroy" spraying spittle as he spoke. Chris was standing beside me at the time and it became a standing joke to walk up to people and say the line. We found it funny at the time. I don't know why but it amused us.
Search and Destroy is a classic song. with a great tag. I am the world's forgotten boy ...... he wasn't forgotten for too much longer.