Torpid | ||||
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Live album by The Arrogant Worms | ||||
Released | September 2008 | |||
Genre | Comedy | |||
Label | Arrogant Worms Records | |||
The Arrogant Worms chronology | ||||
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Torpid is an album by the Canadian comedy music group, The Arrogant Worms. Torpid was the twelfth album for the band and was released on September 30, 2008.
Torpid was recorded in the year 2008 during three shows at the Kingston Brewing Company. All three shows were fundraisers for the Music Instrument Lending Library, which lets Kingston residents borrow musical instruments for free.
James Newell Osterberg Jr., known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter and actor. Called the "Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band The Stooges, who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited many times since.
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