I had this on VHS and jumped when I saw it finally came out on DVD. As with everything Iggy, there are flaws but that has always been part of his appeal. Most of the songs here are great (I like the Party album a lot); I felt only that Pumpin' For Jill fell a little short but some of the other song choices more than make up for it (Dum Dum Boys, Some Weird Sin, I'm A Conservative for example). The band is great although some of the guitar mixes are odd. If you like Iggy and haven't seen this, acquire with confidence.

Not technically top-drawer, but that's part of Punk, what makes it work. Add a power drummer, Clem Burke, and a strong guitar, Carlos Alomar...and, oh yeah, toss in a true original Iggy Pop, and you've got raw excitement. And add real concert atmosphere which you'll find on this video. The more "professional" tapes/DVDs seem to have no audience interaction and a flat sound - No "pop" (Iggy...).

"T.V. Eye" and "Lust For Life" are standouts among the twelve selections, and Iggy's boisterous vocals blend with the basic, but insistent support.

Iggy's attire is unusual (to me, a casual but interested fan) - somehow it works, but if you expect to see him bare-chested and in jeans, well, he's wearing an outfit more associated with Miss Guy of the Toilet Boys (a late '90s punk rocker whose seems to have borrowed a few bits - and maybe a few garter belts if he attended this show - from the boy from Detroit).

The liner notes say that this show was recorded near the end of a tour and Pop is uncharacteristically reserved - although that means he exhibits a "human" level of stage energy.

I saw this show. It was at the Warfield on Market St. While others seem not to like this recording very much, the general consensus among me and my friends was that it was a great show. As others have noted, he had a great backup band. He wasn't cutting himself up or otherwise doing some of the more outrageous antics he'd been known for, but he did a solid performance that I still remember as a high point of my early days in San Francisco . . .

Please, if you love Iggy, buy something else! This is the most depressing, unhappy video of Iggy on the market, can't believe it's still out there. Get Iggy in Paris, or the Avenue B dvd, or the Stooges Live in Detroit -- anything, just not this travesty!