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"POP O.D. - The Songs
of Iggy Pop"

POP OD-Cover Art by Mark Arminski
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Total Running Time: 73:58

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 Detroit's best bands pay tribute to the World's Forgotten Boy...Iggy Pop! Performing his songs like you've never heard them before! ALL the tracks were especially recorded for this disc. They are not leftovers, outtakes or throwaways!

Special collaborations brought together  members of groups as diverse as His Name Is Alive, Sponge and the Howling Diablos for  this labor of love. This compilation also features the last recording by Mog Stunt Team.

Adding to the mix is cover art by legendary poster artist Mark Arminski. His distinctive style has made his work a highly demanded collectible and he is routinely offered in fine art catalogs and on the Internet.

Not just a collection of carbon-copy covers, POP O.D. is an interpretation of the head Stooge's music as viewed through each artist's own unique style and vision. A must for all fans of Iggy, Detroit and just plain old great bands and music.

23 artists including (in alphabetical order):.

  1. Acoustic Terminator - "I'm Bored"
  2. Agent 009 & Red September - "Search & Destroy"
  3. Culture Bandits - "Kill City"
  4. CyberTrybe - "Dogfood"
  5. Down Boyz - "Down On The Street"
  6. Forge - "I Got A Right"
  7. The Immortal Winos of Soul - "Five Foot One"
  8. The Impaler & Cindi St. Germain - "Candy"
  9. Jumbo - "Raw Power"
  10. Kristiva featuring Skinhorse - "Funtime"
  11. The Lovemasters - "1969"
  12. Marooned - "Night Theme"
  13. Mog Stunt Team - "No Fun"
  14. Moisture - "I Got Nothin' "
  15. Passenger To Nowhere - "Cock In My Pocket"
  16. Princess Dragon-Mom - "Real Cool Time"
  17. The Process - "Endless Sea"
  18. Red September - "Loose"
  19. Franklin Sane - "I Wanna Be Your Dog"
  20. SPAT! - "T.V. Eye"
  21. Tars Tarkas - "Nightclubbing"
  22. Trash Brats - "I Feel Alright (1970)"
  23. Twitch - "Lust For Life"

If you miss that frantic Pop punk energy of yore, you might want to seek out this tribute album from a host of Detroit garage bands.

The quality varies among the 23 covers included here (not surprisingly, because you probably won't recognize a single band name), but the energy level crashing through Pop's catalog is certainly consistent. 

The Process probably sounds the most like Iggy Pop with the deep-voiced male vocalist hitting perfectly Iggy-like notes on the heavily synthesizer-backed version of "Endless Sea." 

Most disappointing is Twitch's reggae-based retake of "Lust for Life" which, with the rhythm revamp, completely loses the most recognizable (and engaging) bit of that song — the pounding bass-drum riff. But give 'em credit for trying to do it a little different, I guess. 

Likewise, the Impaler & Cindi St. Germain perform "Candy" (which paired Pop with Kate Pierson of the B-52s) as a dramatic poetry reading, instead of a song, and Acoustic Terminator's "I'm Bored," substitutes acoustic guitars for power, though it still sounds edgy. 

Franklin Sane's take on "I Wanna Be Your Dog" turns up the distortion knob, however, as do most of the rest of these acts, who cover "TV Eye," "Search & Destroy," "I Got a Right," "Kill
City," "Nightclubbing"and more. Other bands featured include Red September, the Lovemasters, Kristiva featuring Skinhorse, Culture Bandits, Down Boyz and more. -- John Everson; The Star Newspapers