James Murphy reveals that someone tried to kill him for playing The Stooges during a DJ set

Murphy was being interviewed on Lars Ulrich's Beats 1 show

LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy talked about nearly dying for making some punk DJ decisions on Lars Ulrich’s Beats 1 Radio show.

Murphy stopped by the Metallica drummer’s radio show to discuss everything from insecurity to how to effectively clean a toilet on a flight. The first part of the interview aired on Sunday (December 3) with the second part due this coming Sunday (December 10).

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In the interview Murphy told the story of how one of The Stooges’ tracks from 1970’s Fun House nearly got him killed: “I was DJ’ing what was kinda like a techno house club, and I was really high. I was dancing around, like, ‘Man, if someone would play ‘Loose’ by the Stooges right now everyone would go crazy.’

Murphy continued: “I got up and the first record that I put on at 3 o‘clock in the morning in a place filled with people on drugs that are there to hear techno was ‘Loose.’”

Lars Ulrich and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy
Lars Ulrich and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy

“And a guy was trying to climb into the DJ booth to kill me, and I was like ‘No, just listen to it, man. It’s amazing!’”

Earlier this month, James Murphy revealed the best – and nerdiest – piece of advice that the late David Bowie gave to him while they were working together.

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Murphy also revealed how he had planned for Leonard Cohen to feature on LCD Soundsystem‘s comeback album before the Canadian icon died last year.

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