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The Lucky Stiffs are a punk rock band from San Francisco, California. They released a split with the Bouncing Souls that got them on the charts, and put out Gold in Peace, Iron in War on Pirate Press Records in 2006. .

The Stiffs were a mod / punk / power pop band from late 70s and early 80s. A name unfamiliar to most, so let me elucidate. Hailing from Blackburn in Lancashire, they started gigging in 1977 although it would be 1980 before they secured a recording contract. A trifle late, as their style (at least initially) was decidedly punk. Like on the opening track Crazy Mixed-Up Emotion from 1981, with a great hookline and chorus. Like any up and coming band, they managed to secure a BBC "John Peel" session, which included the great Hook In Your Heart and Standing...

Brought together in New York City under the name ‘Stiffs, Incorporated’, the group were active between 1992 and 1998. Their early material is influenced by 70’s English punk. Through theatrical shows and morbid lyrics they quickly developed an original style which can be described as ‘post-victorian’. The band has produced two albums along with a number of singles released on 7"/12" records. 'Nix Nought Nothing' (Onion) was released in 1995 and ‘Electric Chair Theatre' (Gladglum) was released in 1997. .

Jake and the Stiffs were born in a shitty rundown house on the Northwest side of Detroit during the end of Randy's senior year in High School where he lived with many great musicians from the Detroit area from time to time, among them, Matthew Ruffino (Detroit Cosmic Banditos, Sinclair, Nagazi) and many others, also a guitar understudy to Megadeth in 1988), Scott Goldstein ( Jake & the Stiffs, Beer Whores, Chinese Dragons, Detroit 442, many others), Jason “Jake” Loch ( Jake & the Stiffs, Beer Whores, Cold as Life and many others). So many local musicians stayed there at...