The Stupids were featured in the 22 August 1987 edition of the NME about the band and the UK skate scene, and also made the front page.
Richie was replaced by Clem Burke from Blondie , which was disbanded at the time. According to Johnny, the performances with Burke—who adopted the name Elvis Ramone—were a disaster. He was fired after two performances (August 28 and 29, 1987) because his drumming could not keep up with the rest…
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Richie left in August 1987 after financial conflicts with Johnny that centered around him being refused a small percentage of the merchandising money, which had been requested based on his tenure with the band and their use of his name and image.
The album was themed around the concept of “All”, which had been invented by Stevenson and friend Pat McCuistion during a fishing trip on Stevenson’s boat Orca in 1980. According to singer Milo Aukerman : “While drinking all this coffee in the midst of catching mackerel they came up with…
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With their breakup announced well in advance, Big Black recorded their final album, Songs About Fucking , half in London and half at Albini’s home studio. Their final tours began in June 1987, taking them to Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, and across the United States. They performed at the…
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Operation Ivy was formed in May 1987 and was named after the code name of a 1952 American nuclear weapons testing program .
In May 1987, Endo created Video Stalin, a group of musicians who were more of a video production group than a band. They released three videos and one album. One of the videos, Your Order! The History of The Stalin , can be considered a The Stalin video instead, as…
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Conflict has always been outspoken regarding issues such as anarchism , animal rights , the anti-war movement and in their support for the organisation Class War . A number of their gigs during the 1980s were followed by riots and disturbances. On 18 April 1987, Conflict appeared at the Brixton…
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On December 16, 1987, during the recording of the first All album Allroy Sez , Pat McCuistion died when his fishing boat sank during a storm. Stevenson remarked that “He had 15,000 pounds of fish onboard, so I guess you could say he died in heated pursuit of All. He…
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Late in 1987, the Damned began to work on a new studio album for MCA, but the output of these sessions remains unreleased as the record contract was dissolved. Two of the new songs (“Gunning for Love” and “The Loveless and the Damned”) were later rerecorded by the Dave Vanian…
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