- The Stupids (band)
The Stupids were a
skatepunk thrash group created by Tom Withers. Hailing fromIpswich in theUnited Kingdom in the 1980s, they were thought of as one of the leading groups of this style in those days. They recorded three sessions for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show and toured the USA (with NYC rockersLudichrist ) and Australia (with locals, theHard Ons ) as well as Europe and the United Kingdom. The primary Stupids releases were:
* "Violent Nun" 7"EP on Children of The Revolution records (COR)
* "Peruvian Vacation" album on COR
* "Retard Picnic" album on Cor
* "Van Stupid" mini album on Vinyl Solution Records (VS)
* "Frankfurter Eat" 10"EP on VS
* "Jesus Meets The Stupids" album on VSIn addition to the above the band have since featured on various CD re-issues, compilations (i.e. Sounds and US skate mag Thrasher), collector's singles and BBC session releases put out by
Strange Fruit .A professionally filmed live video tape, "Drive-In Hit Movie", was released shortly after the band broke up in 1989.
In June 2008 Boss Tuneage has announced plans for a comprehensive reissues series of the Stupids, co-ordinating 6 CD and LP reissues of their entire back catalogue, 4 for release on the Boss Tuneage Retro Series imprint, the other two on Visible Noise
Members
* Tommy Stupid - Drums/Vox/Guitars (
Klute (musician) )
* Wolfie Retard - Bass/Vocals (Lovejunk , ex-Perfect Daze )
* Marty Tuff - Guitar
* Ed Shred - Guitars/Vocals/Bass (ex-Bad Dress Sense ,Sink ,Big Ray ,Yardman ,K-Line )
*Gizz Butt - Guitar
* Steve Snax - Bass
* Pauly Pizza - Basswith guest spots from:
* Stuey Q - Bass
* Mitch - Guitar
* Bobby Justice - vocals
* Dave Ross - vocals
* Chris Shary - Vocals
* Ziggy - DrumsExternal links
* [http://www.bosstuneage.com Boss Tuneage Website]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/t/thestupids/ Peel Sessions - The Stupids]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thestupidsuk The Stupids - MySpace Page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/kluteuk/ Tom Withers - MySpace Page]
* [http://www.commercialsuicide.org/ Tom Withers - Record Label]
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