The Stupids, from Ipswich, England, formed in 1984 and played some blazingly fast US-influenced (particularly Boston style à la Gang Green) hardcore punk/thrash in a time and place that was mostly filled with crusty metal punk, UK82, and anarcho punk. Along with fellow UK bands like A.O.A., Heresy (whom they toured with), and Ripcord (whom they also toured with), The Stupids took US hardcore to a new level, making it faster and more intense. But where other such bands had mainly poignant and political lyrics...