Band Name: Stupids
Music Album: Retard Picnic, Feedback Session, Stupids Flexi
Album Release Date: January 1970
Music Genre: Punk Rock Hardcore
Record Label: Clay Records
Album Release Country: United Kingdom
Music Record Type: 34 Tracks CD
The Stupids, from Ipswich, England, formed in 1984 and played some blazingly fast US-influenced hardcore punk/thrash in a time and place that was mostly filled with crusty metal punk & anarcho-punk. Where other such bands had mainly poignant and political lyrics, the Stupids wrote comical, less serious lyrics on subjects as diverse as the elephant man, love (jokingly of course), hating everyone, hating new wave, skateboarding, and more.
The bands "core" lineup featured Tommy Stupid on drums and vocals, Wolfie Retard on bass and vocals, and Marty Tuff on guitar, recorded and released a demo tape in 1984 that they called "Leave Your Ears Behind." The band was picked up by UK label Children Of The Revolution Records, who put out the Violent Nun EP (consisting of tracks from the demo) and the Peruvian Vacation LP in 1985. While preparing for their next LP, the band lost Wolfie on bass and acquired Ed Shred (who would later move to guitar). Retard (...)
1 | The Memory Burns | 2:28 |
2 | Sleeping Troubles | 1:05 |
3 | Terrordome | 1:31 |
4 | Heard It All Before | 1:35 |
5 | Jesus, Do What You Have To Do | 1:58 |
6 | Yah Dude!! | 1:09 |
7 | Something's Got To Give | 2:20 |
8 | Hawaiian Vacation | 1:31 |
9 | Shaded Eyes | 1:41 |
10 | Frankfurter | 0:29 |
11 | Slumber Party Massacre | 1:00 |
12 | Waltz Of The New Wavers | 2:06 |
13 | Your Little World | 1:09 |
14 | Killed By A Cripple | 0:55 |
15 | We Suck | 1:27 |
16 | People In Your Neighbourhood | 1:46 |
17 | I'm So Lazy | 1:05 |
18 | Wipe Out | 1:03 |
19 | Jesus, Do What You Have To Do | 2:23 |
20 | Born To Skate | 1:13 |
21 | Wipe Out | 1:39 |
22 | You Shoulda Listened | 1:29 |
23 | Always Never Fun | 2:10 |
24 | I Am Ill | 1:14 |
25 | What Happens Next? | 1:44 |
26 | In Bed At Night | 2:14 |
27 | Born To F..k | 1:41 |
28 | So Much Fun | 2:16 |
29 | This Is The Norm? | 1:33 |
30 | We Suck | 1:54 |
31 | Sleeping Troubles | 1:09 |
32 | Arthur C. Clarke's Army | 2:19 |
33 | Slumber Party Massacre | 1:07 |
34 | Waltz Of The New Wavers | 2:13 |
Tracks 1 to 16: Retard Picnic LP.
Tracks 17 to 20: Flexi
Tracks 21 to 29: Feedback session.
Tracks 30 to 34: Retard Picnic out-takes.
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