Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)

"Search and Destroy" is a song by American rock band The Stooges, recorded for the group's third album Raw Power (1973). Lead singer Iggy Pop said that he pulled the title "from a column heading in a Time article about the Vietnam War." In 1997, "Search and Destroy" along with the rest of the songs on Raw Power were remixed and remastered by Iggy Pop and Bruce Dickinson. The result was far more aggressive and stripped down than the original release, which had been mixed by David Bowie. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it #468 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 2009 it was named the 49th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.^[1]

Appearances in popular culture

• It appears in the films Almost Famous, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and Haggard: The Movie.
• It appears in the sixth season of the television series Dexter during the episode "Nebraska," as well as in the final season of Lost during the episode "The Substitute."
• A cover version is featured in the video game Guitar Hero II.
• It provided the title of an influential late 1970s punk magazine based out of San Francisco.
• Henry Rollins has a large tattoo on his back of an image with large text reading "Search & Destroy."
• Skunk Anansie's version is featured in Sucker Punch.

Covers

• It has been covered by Black Light Burns, Cursed, The Dead Boys, Def Leppard, The Dictators, Emanuel, EMF, Everclear, The Hives, LaFaro, Peaches, Pearl Jam with Mudhoney, Radio Birdman, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Ridge Route Romeos, Rocket from the Tombs, Samiam, Sex Pistols, Shotgun Messiah, Sid Vicious, Skunk Anansie, Soundgarden, Terveet Kädet, Turbonegro, Verdena, Bernie Torme, Government Cheese and You Am I.

References

External links

• Review of "Search and Destroy" by Bill Janovitz