Gear thief makes a lifelong enemy of the Stooges

If I were to come up with a list of people whom I'd feel comfortable stealing a truck's worth of irreplaceable musical instruments from, the Stooges would not be on it. I can imagine Iggy Pop coming in through my air vents, unhinging his jaw and consuming my innards like that one yellow-eyed "X-Files" villain. And Mike Watt would probably just whale on me in a parking lot somewhere. Nonetheless, some cowardly soul in Montreal decided to disembark with the Stooges' entire tour truck worth of gear this morning, including Watt's classic Gibson bass. Full list of lost equipment after the jump from the e-mail that's being forwarded around, and how you can help ensure they have the gear to try and make a better album than "The Weirdness" in the future.

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 a.m.

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 instrument 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

-- August Brown

Stooges photo by Pierre Andrieu/AFP/Getty Images