{"id":44,"date":"2014-02-15T20:07:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drstrange.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/strange-tales-from-the-doc-26-and-you-think-im-stupid-ill-show-who-is-really-stupids\/"},"modified":"2014-11-25T21:56:17","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T21:56:17","slug":"strange-tales-from-the-doc-26-and-you-think-im-stupid-ill-show-who-is-really-stupids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.drstrange.com\/blog\/1985\/strange-tales-from-the-doc-26-and-you-think-im-stupid-ill-show-who-is-really-stupids\/","title":{"rendered":"“Strange Tales From The Doc” #26 And you think I\u2019M stupid? I\u2019ll show who is really Stupid(s)\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
“Strange Tales From The Doc” #26<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
And you think I\u2019M stupid? I\u2019ll show who is really Stupid(s)\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/a>It was 1985 or 1986 when my buddy Brian and I were living in a condo in Upland. I was full on \u201caddicted\u201d to buying records at that time. Every extra penny I had was spent on buying vinyl at the local record stores throughout California; Toxic Shock, Rhino, Zed, Vinyl Fetish and more. I was also buying and trading with people in the U.K. You know, \u201cI\u2019ll buy this for you, if you buy that for me\u201d. One person in particular that I traded lots of vinyl with was Tommy Stupid from the U.K. hardcore band The Stupids. (he was the singer and drummer). I bought their debut 7\u201dep., \u201cViolent Nun\u201d and I saw something in the thank you\u2019s: \u201cGet in touch if you are into trading\u201d [or something like that]. So I did. At first you don\u2019t really know if you can trust the person. You could easily send out a box of records and get NOTHING in return. But that was not the case with Tommy Stupid. Up front and honest from the beginning. He was after things that were difficult to get in the U.K. like; Speptic Death, Minor Threat<\/a> 7\u201ds etc\u2026 while I was after things like The Dickies<\/a>, Newtown Neurotics and similar bands that I couldn\u2019t find here in the U.S.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


All went well for months or more and I was happy to have received a letter from him one day (remember this is all \u201cpre-computer e-mail age\u201d) that said,\u201d can I stay with you if I come out?\u201d I wrote back and said, \u201cSure, of course\u201d. So a few months later, on the day he said, I get a phone call from Newport Beach and it\u2019s Tommy asking me to drive out to pick him up. The trip was only about 40 miles or so and the beach is always a great place to go so no problem. I remember pulling up at an Alpha-Beta [out of business grocery store chain] seeing Tommy on a skateboard chewing Dr Pepper gum. He LOVED Dr Pepper! It was all new to him since Dr Pepper hadn\u2019t made it over to the U.K. yet. He couldn\u2019t get enough of that stuff! One mistake I made was in not asking him, \u201cSo how long do you plan on staying\u201d. He really didn\u2019t have any plans on that, or a job, so it got a little troublesome after a couple weeks [maybe longer?] of him sleeping on the couch. I was able to persuade the guys at Toxic Shock Records; Bill Tuck [Pillsbury Hardcore] and owner Bill that Tommy would be a great person to hire. Nope, I was wrong! Turned out Tommy was caught stealing boxes of records from Toxic Shock. I still feel bad for it!<\/p>\n

Years later I ran into Tommy at Spanky\u2019s Caf\u00e9 in Riverside, Ca.. He was drumming for the short lived band \u201cThat\u2019s It\u201d which featured Shawn Stern of Youth Brigade on vocals. I\u2019ll never forget, he was wearing a Madonna t-shirt (yes, as a joke) when I saw him. It was nice to see him. I\u2019ve since lost touch with him but I do know The Stupids are back together and still putting out great Hardcore music, in the vein of early 80\u2019s. Oh, I forget to mention it was a huge thrill to have bought their debut lp \u201cPeruvian Vacation\u201d in 1986 and while reading the thank you\u2019s I saw a, \u201cThank You to Bill Plaster for all the great packages\u201d. Great band and good memories! Here are a few Stupids items we have right now. If you like: Minor Threat, Necros, etc\u2026 check \u2018em out:
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*pictured is Tommy on my couch and I had an unused of picture of myself (black spiked hair) and my buddy Queve with Brian in the background [red white] taken \u201caround\u201d the same time at Brian\u2019s house (before we lived together that is).
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