Known for their high-energy live shows, they often toss a well-chosen cover version into their sets, and have assembled a whole bunch of them for their seventh long player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reinvigorated in 2020 by a revamped line-up featuring original members Erniz (lead vocals) and Tommy Boy (drums), alongside JV (guitar) and Heurika (bass), Stupidity have enjoyed a creative resurgence in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That’s thanks in part to the patronage of Steven Van Zandt, the guitarist from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, who’s featured them on his Underground Garage radio show and on the soundtrack to his Netflix comedy-drama series Lilyhammer<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beyond Stupidity<\/em> sees the band paying tribute to the music that helped shape their sound – a blend of garage rock, rhythm & blues, soul, and rock ‘n’ roll, from the ’60s through to the ’90s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the course of 11 energetic tracks it’s easy to see why they’ve become a popular draw. Although some are live staples, they’ve never seen the light of day on record – until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stupidity took their name from a song by Solomon Burke (included here), and Stupidity <\/em>is also the name of a favourite album by Dr Feelgood. So now, finally, the band decided to create their own version of Stupidity<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n The album kicks off with lead single Spread It Around<\/em> by The Bags, one of the first generation of punk bands to emerge from Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s followed by Carolina<\/em>, by Jesse Hector and the Gatecrashers. Hector was in ’70s London proto-punks The Hammersmith Gorillas, and recently died of a heart attack, aged 78, so this serves as a fitting epitaph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There’s more ’70s influences here too: Midnight Man <\/em>by Austrailan new wavers Flash and the Pan (formed by two former members of ’60s freakbeat outfit The Easybeats), and pub rocker Nick Lowe’s Heart Of the City<\/em>, later covered by Dave Edmunds and Dr.Feelgood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n John Cooper Clark’s Innocents <\/em>sounds odd not sung in a thick Mancunian accent, and there’s something of an obscurity in Get Outta My Pagoda<\/em>, a 1977 single by former Womble, sometime Vibrators guitarist and Sex Pistols producer Chris Spedding as he tried to jump on the punk bandwagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We dip into the ’80s with Cold, Cold Shoes<\/em> by New York garage rockers The Fleshtones, and the excellent World Shut Your Mouth<\/em>, which gave former Teardrop Explodes man Julian Cope a Top 20 hit in 1986<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"stupidity\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ipamusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stupidity-band-pic.png?resize=640%2C640\")
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