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Länkarkiv tipsar om att The smoking gun publicerat The Stooges rider, det vill säga de saker bandet vill ska finnas på plats när de spelar. Det är ett 18 sidor långt dokument skrivet av roddaren Jos Grain.

For example, in describing how Iggy’s dressing room should be made to “look less like a typical rock & roll dressing room,” the rider suggests that promoters “just let someone loose with a little bit of artistic flair...Er, do you know any homosexuals?” Explaining the need for two heavy duty fans, Grain notes, “So that I can wear a scarf and pretend to be in a Bon Jovi video.” Also, don’t miss the backstage requirements of a Bob Hope impersonator and “a copy of USA Today that’s got a story about morbidly obese people in it. Most amusing!”