Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains!

Ladies and Gentlemen: The Fabulous Stains! was one of the first films Diane Lane and Laura Dern starred in. It was shot in scenic Vancouver, BC. It also starred Ray Winstone who was famous at that time for a TV series in the UK and most known for his work in the film Quadrophenia. Fee Waybill of The Tubes also starred as well as Paul Cook and Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols and Paul Simonon from The Clash.

The film features a group of 3 runaway teens who form a band and join a musical bus tour who's headliners include a heavy metal band and a punk band. They sold out and created 'looks' for young teens to emulate, not unlike what happened with the Madonna wannabees in real life a few years later.

The film was shot in 1981 then was shelved by Paramount. It played at the Film Forum theater in NYC in 1984 and ran on Cinemax in 1986. After that it fell into obscurity circulating only via bootleg copies amongst avid fans till it became a huge cult hit underground. VH1 aired it on their Movies That Rock series in 2001. To this day it has never been offically released by Paramount Pictures to home video/DVD.

Laura Dern underplayed her involvement with the film until she ran into Courtney Love at a party where Love gushed about the film saying it inspired many young girls in the musical genre of 'Grrl Bands'.

Fee Waybill was quoted as being shocked this movie was never released and hence his movie stardom never taking off. It remains a mystery why the studio sat on this picture considering the reponse it received by young audiences who actually got to see it.

It also started the career of Debbie Rochon, an actress who went on to star in over a 100 independent, mostly horror, movies.