The Dumbshits were basically 2 suburban guys with WAY too much time on their hands. The band consisted of Tom and Doug Stupid, who would switch off "playing" drums and guitar. Both "sang," to use the term loosely (very loosely). This was a band that sounded (to most ears anyway) truely horrible. This, of course, is proof positive that we live in a great country. Think of all the places that would love to afford their citizen's the type of lifestyle that would make a Dumbshits possible. As such, The Dumbshits should be an inspiration to each and every red-blooded American. It is therefore your PATRIOTIC DUTY to read the rest of this bio.

Most Dumbshit songs were short, under a minute long. Most, as the name implies, were stupid. At the time the Dumbshits existed, 1981-83, very many punk bands were "political" in nature. The Dumbshits only sang about politics once, in a song called "War Is Good." The lyrics went: "War is good/because people die/war is good/because peace is boring." Mainly however, the Dumbshits sang about bodily functions, fucking up and Tom's dog.

Dumbshit "shows" usually consisted of playing a terrible racket in the basement until the neighbors called the cops. One time however, a 16 year old girl from the neighborhood came over, observed them performing their magnum opus "Weird Fuckin' Noise" (all 45 seconds of it), and declared "You guys are good." This inspired the Dumbshits to write a song called "You Guys Are Good." They were also inspired to put a few of their tunes on the "This Tape Sucks" compilation on Oops! Records (1982).

The Dumbshits, as you might imagine, were no Einsteins. Some Dumbshits song titles bear this out: "Puke On Mary," "You Smell," "Bald Guys Fartin'," "I Wanna Fuck Your Sister," "This Tastes Like Fuckin' Shit," "Hey Devo," "Ted Up My Ass," "Joe Drank Piss," and...well, there were others, but I don't remember them.

Not many people know much about the Dumbshits these days. Even when they were together, the Dumbshits were fairly obscure. During their existence they only played one real concert, in 1983 at a little dive bar (dive as in "a dump," as well as "stage diving welcome") called The Dale. Surprizingly, people seemed to like it, or at least not mind their presence too much. There is a tape of this show that proves this to be the case. This response encouraged the Dumbshits to immediately break up.

Although the two members of The Dumbshits have never reformed, one can be pretty sure that they have probably done some pretty stupid things on their own more than once over the years. One can also take solace in the fact that there are probably some equally idiotic young people in a basement somewhere RIGHT NOW with way too much time on THEIR hands too. Weird Fuckin" Noise lives on!