It Was 20 Years Ago Today That Tommy Stupid Told The Band To Play
June 3rd, 2008 by Ed….as it’s all over the HC parts of t’Internet I may as well say that rumours of a Stupids reunion gig are finally true. Tom and Martin have apparently been playing together for a while and with deluxe new re-issues series about to hit the streets they decided the time was right to play a ’secret’ show at the wonderful Portland Arms in Cambridge as part of Aston’s all-Boss Tuneage extravaganza on Saturday 26th July. Info here.
Tom’s asked if I’d like to join in proceedings as vocalist, so it’s all the way back to 1986-87 for me and trying desperately to remember how to be a frontman without a guitar. It’s a tiny venue (ironically the same one I played the recent gig with John Ruscoe), so I expect it’ll be rammed, but I’m looking forward to it…I just hope we get an opportunity to rehearse before the gig!
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June 5th, 2008 at 11:56 am
No way! This should be a sweaty laugh. Better dust off the Rectors and baseball hat. Hope it’s not sold out already!!
A chance to say ‘hello’ again to your goodself Ed, which I like to do once very 5 years.
Cool stuff on the site too. BDS 7″ cover at last.
Hope you and your family are well. much love - Isaac.
June 10th, 2008 at 8:57 am
**PLEASE DO NOT TRAVEL TO THIS GIG IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE ADVANCE LIST - WE ARE NOW COMPLETELY SOLD OUT! SORRY!!***
June 10th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Good golly that’s fabulous news….. There’s some other great bands on the bill too….
June 29th, 2008 at 5:59 am
Oh damn, I’ll be in Berlin still, but at another wedding! Maybe…
July 8th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Yeah I cannot afford going out from the states on a teachers salary. But still…..
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Hey Ed, great news about the Stupids reforming (albeit briefly). Did you know the re-issues are reviewed in the latest edition of Classic Rock ? Strange but true given their audience and a very favourable review too.
July 24th, 2008 at 10:04 am
we have had a couple of people drop out from saturday so there’s a couple of spaces left - anyone interested should email me at bosstuneage@btinternet.com today (Thurs 24th) - first come, first served!
Ta!
July 24th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Hi Ed - I met you quite a few times back in the mid 80s around the time you joined. (1st time was with Jason (Headbutt) and Tommy at the Royal Oak skatepark near Portobello Road - partly inspired me to get into skating to some extent as I didn’t then).
At the time I had just left Atrox who along with the Stupids appeared on the Xcentric Noise LP “Party Pooping Punk Provocations” - plenty of pics here www.atrox.org.uk - I used to tape trade with Tommy quite a bit back then - Christ the guy used to get the BEST HC records!
To the Stupids though - good grief! That is a really unexpected reform!
Are there other possible dates around the UK or is this just a one-off?
If you played Bristol I (and no doubt a LOT of others!) would certainly come!
All the best,
Charlie M
July 27th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I was at the ‘jazz-funk’ gig last night
Had a great time though I was there to video record it for Aston (DS asking on the local messageboard a while back), so was concentrating on getting you on film for the secret gig. It was quite dark and the really tall guy in front of me didn’t help, but your ‘Finger’ tee-shirt helped me keep you in shot for most of the set. I’ll probably post a snippet soon to youtube though I think I’m supposed to pass this onwards
July 27th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Hi Adele. Great stuff. Saw you with the camera. Thanks for doing that. Looking forward to seeing the stuff on YouTube. Will point all ex members of Finger to any footage that you upload
Let us know when it’s there and I’ll link to it from this page.
July 29th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Hi Ed. Here is the ’snippet’ I mentioned. Got a lot to go through, and I wanted to post one song from each of the band before adding any more from The Stupids. DS has provided a setlist and I should get onto another track before the week is out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k90bOXZCBKQ