Credits:

Iggy & The Stooges

Description:

There was a time when you really had to hunt for a copy of Metallic KO, chasing false lead after false lead until you finally came upon that backstreet record store that had imported a copy or two of the vinyl (and marked the price up accordingly). Today the thing is everywhere, and in so many perplexing permutations that, sometimes, you wish the CD revolution hadn’t made everything so easy for people. Make them work again for their music — it would mean an awful lot more to them if they did. Because Metallic KO means the world — to anyone and everyone who ever sat down and unsuspectingly dropped needle onto wax and then reeled back in horror; this ain’t rock & roll, it’s a snuff movie. And the fact that it all sounds so tame these days just shows how much it’s become a part of the language. This is not the “true” Metallic KO. Spread out over two CDs, it serves up six songs apiece from