Why does this keep on happening to bands?

[DavidCrosby]

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/08/iggy_the_stooge.html

...that is such shit, most of that stuff is completely irreplaceable...I am going to see them on Friday too...that is really a bummer for Mike Watt losing that bass...

[Jaimoe]

It's become an embarrassing epidemic in Montreal. The cops found the van, but not the gear.

[ycartrob]

Iron Maiden in stolen guitar plea


Rock band Iron Maiden have asked their fans to be on the lookout for a guitar stolen after a concert in Athens.

"It will be extremely hard to get rid of as it's the only one in the world," reads a message on the band's website.

The British group are offering a signed tour jacket and a letter of thanks from guitarist Adrian Smith as a reward.

The veteran rockers performed in Greece on Saturday as part of their current European tour. Their next concert will be in Warsaw, Poland on Thursday.

The stolen guitar is a unique model
The missing instrument is described as a white Jackson Stratocaster with a white scratch plate and an ebony fretboard.

The serial number of the guitar, which bears Smith's signature, is 8467.

In a bad weekend for vintage rockers, a truck full of instruments and stage gear belonging to singer Iggy Pop and his band The Stooges was stolen in Montreal.

Among the items taken on Sunday was the Gibson guitar bassist Mike Watt first used in the early 1980s.

[red]

Is the death penalty too steep for whoever stole Mike Watt's little bass?   :-?

[thatswhatshesaid]

the same thing happened to derek trucks a couple years ago. fortunately, they found everything in one piece. it's a damn shame.

[ItStillJaimoe]

Frank Black has his gear ripped-off on one of his pre-Pixies comeback tours around 7 years ago. I was at the first show after the gear was stolen at the Horseshoe in Toronto. It was sad seeing Frank playing a rented Telecaster.

Carlos Santana has never gotten his famed PRS guitar back after it was ripped-off back in the early part of this decade. Ironically, Carlos jumped the shark around the same time.