Although I co-wrote some of the tracks, appears on the cover of this record and am credited on the insert as playing on it, I actually did no studio work at all on ‘Van Stupid’ - Marty and Tommy pretty much did the whole thing themselves.

On the other hand, Sean Ridgewell from London band, God Told Me To Do It (who is hardly mentioned on the credits), was hanging out in the studio for most of the sessions and he co-wrote and did some of the rapping on ‘Stoopie Boys’.

Talking of ‘Stoopie Boys’…we were listening to a LOT of rap music back then (Run DMC, Schoolly-D, Kool Moe D., Beastie Boys etc.) and Tommy decided to try his hand at a bit of Hip Hop; hence ‘Stoopie Boys’ was born. At the time of recording it was considered by Tommy to be the ‘most important track’ on the album (I actually remember him saying that), but he and Marty weren’t happy with the way it came out and it was actually taken off the Australian and French versions of ‘Van Stupid’.

Talking of foreign licenses…this record was licensed by Waterfront Records in Australia and by someone weird in France (I think they were called Bondage). To the best of my knowledge both versions had ‘Van Stupid’ (minus the rap song) on one side and the Frankfurter ‘Eat’ EP on the other. Vinyl only in Aus and I think vinyl and cassette in France.

The cover was painted by Barry Lee Thorpe. Alain Schnozz took the photo of the band and Barry superimposed it on a cityscape that he and Tommy dreamed up. Tommy’s mate, Vince did the label drawing and other bits and pieces. The photo on the back cover is of British serial killer Patrick somebody - famous for once trying to drown himself under a tap in public toilet!