Stooges equipment stolen????

[Barklessdog]

I just got this from Watt himself

It looks like his beloved EB-3 is one of the things on the truck!!




if anyone has information, ANY INFORMATION!
please, please, PLEASE as soon as possible contact
Eric Fischer at:
nycentral13@gmail.com
cell phone: +1 646 932 1907

PLEASE FORWARD AS FAR AND WIDE AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!!!

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:
nycentral13@gmail.com
cell phone: +1 646 932 1907

[Dave W]

That's terrible. If they know the time of theft within an hour, sounds like it may have been under guard. Somebody may have been watching, waiting for an opportunity.

[Chris P.]

Terrible

[Lightyear]

Rental trucks get stolen out of hotel parking lots constantly here in Houston.  For the life of me I can't figure out why bands don't take the extra ten minutes ot disable the truck - pull the coil wire, disconnect battey - something!   If it takes the thugs a few more minutes to get away they may go somehwere else.

[hieronymous]

That REALLY sucks! Reminded me of when Sonic Youth had their equipment stolen. I think they eventually tracked much of it down several years later - hopefully the Stooges will find theirs sooner rather than later.

I posted this over at the Alembic forum just in case.

[SKATE RAT]

wow that sucks.poor Mike i know he must love that EB3.the same thing happened to Dinosaur jr. here in NY. a bunch of 50's fenders and Lou Barlow's red Rick 4001.i wonder if they ever got their shit back?when my band toured, one person always slept in the van.

[Chris P.]

let's all keep our eyes open at eBay and so.

[Lightyear]

Watt's EB will be impossible to move - it's too well known and iconic.  Chances are that the 'scrotes that stole the stuff had no idea what they stealing - they were just hitting a rental truck in hotel parking lot   Most likely just douchebag crackheads looking for an easy score

[chromium]

That's awful.  I know it's just stuff, but instruments are are so hard to replace- since they all kinda have their own unique traits.  I hope their gear turns up again out there.

I also thought about Dino Jr and Sonic Youth when I read this.  It's a shame that the good bands who aren't on mega-rock-star budgets are easy targets for theft.

[godofthunder]

That blows.  I'll keep my eyes open you never know where this stuff will surface. I always take my basses in to the hotel room no matter what, they can have my amps if they feel like carrying them.

[OldManC]

If it's a rental truck it may have a GPS monitor on it. Have they looked into that possibility? I hope they get their stuff back...

[Barklessdog]

Watt told me he met a Canadian promoter and he said this is happening a lot in Montreal/Canada. He said all kinds of trucks loaded with stuff are disappearing. They believe it is the Russian mob, who steal the trucks, then ship the contents to Russia in containers within 48 hours, without a trace of anything ever being found or able to trace. They said the Russian mafia is growing in the city.


It does make sense as sooner or later the truck should be found. These trucks are just vanishing.