Home → The Stooges → Kill City
Kill City
Rock · 1994 · 10 tracks · 44m

Kill City

The Stooges

A gritty, noir-inflected document of mid-70s burnout. Distorted guitars meet desperate vocals and occasional saxophone in a haze of urban decay.

Find on Amazon

It sounds like a 1970s detective movie if the detective was a heroin addict with a Marshall stack.

A desperate, drug-hazed survivalist energy that feels both dangerous and deeply exhausted.

Kill City · vs · The Stooges
Despairing+4.0σ

Despairing saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 44m
01
Gimme Some Skin
2:48
03
I Got a Right
3:22
05
Kill City
2:21
06
Night Theme
3:18
07
Sell Your Love
3:40
09
Beyond the Law
3:04
10
Johanna
3:07
11
I Got Nothin'
3:24
12
Consolation Prizes
3:43
13
Lucky Monkeys
3:41
Moments Worth Waiting For
The title track's opening riff that sounds like a car engine struggling to turn over in the cold.
The unexpected, mournful saxophone on Night Theme that shifts the album into a noir-jazz haze.
Iggy's desperate, strained delivery on Johanna that captures a very specific kind of mid-70s burnout.
Sits BesideSee all
Kill City
Kill City
Iggy Pop
1977

Shares punk rock, hard rock, blues rock (subgenres); despairing, defiant, brooding (moods)

Payin’ the Dues
Payin’ the Dues
The Hellacopters
1997

Shares garage rock, punk rock, hard rock (subgenres); raspy, intense, raw (vocal style)

Bump’n’Grind
Bump’n’Grind
The 69 Eyes
1992

Shares garage rock, hard rock, punk rock (subgenres); raspy, intense, nasal (vocal style)

Respect the Rock America
Respect the Rock America
The Hellacopters
1999

Shares garage rock, punk rock, hard rock (subgenres); lo_fi, tape_saturation, analog_warmth (production style)

Get the Picture?
Get the Picture?
The Pretty Things
1965

Shares lo_fi, tape_saturation, analog_warmth (production style); urban_night, dive_bar, basement_show (atmosphere)

Set Me Free
Set Me Free
The Heavy
2008

Shares urban_night, dive_bar, basement_show (atmosphere); lo_fi, tape_saturation, analog_warmth (production style)

Sharpen Your Sticks
Sharpen Your Sticks
The Bags
2005

Shares garage rock, punk rock, hard rock (subgenres); raspy, raw, intense (vocal style)

Clam Dip & Other Delights
Clam Dip & Other Delights
Soul Asylum
1988

Shares raspy, intense, nasal (vocal style); garage rock, punk rock (subgenres)

Tomorrow Hit Today
Tomorrow Hit Today
Mudhoney
1998

Shares garage rock, punk rock, blues rock (subgenres); urban_night, dive_bar, basement_show (atmosphere)

Extended Play
Extended Play
The Stooges
2005

Shares garage rock, punk rock, hard rock (subgenres); raspy, intense, raw (vocal style)

Cassette uses generative AI to enrich its catalog. How we use AI →