Iowa Basement Tapes #362 07-31-2025 GUEST: The Law's / (NOT) The Law's Mac Stanfield and Manager Ted Irvine

Night Listeners -A very special show tonight. My guests date back to the genesis of the Des Moines punk scene, Mac Stanfield and Ted Irvine. Mac Stanfield was a founding member of the early 80's act The Law. Ted Irvine who was an obsessed fan in the early days now manages the newly formed (Not) The Law who will be performing their first show on August 8th at XBK in Des Moines. We talk about the early days of the music scene, So's Your Mother and Charlie "Chuckie Suicide" Chesterman.The Law - live on High Society (Des Moines)The Law - "Attention" / Instant Party (Des Moines)The Law - "King Size Cigarette" / King Size Cigarette (Des Moines)The Law - live on High Society (Des Moines)The Law - "Death After Death" / Instant Party (Des Moines)The Law - Original lineupBass – Mac PaulDrums – Bolt UprightGuitar, Vocals – Tim P. The Very DangerousOrgan, Saxophone – Billy DiseaseVocals, Guitar – Chuckie Suicide(Not) The Law - lineupBass - Mac StanfieldDrums - Lee BissmeyerGuitar - Ben HopkinsGuitar - Scott EgglestonOrgan, Saxophone - Curtis TaylorVocals - Brian Beh Follow Iowa Basement Tapes on: InstagramFollow Kristian Day on: Instagram | Twitter (not doing much with it currently)Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the releases for free. If you would like to contribute any music please send an email to [email protected]. BROADCAST SCHEDULEThursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des MoinesFridays at 7PM on 89.7FM KRUI - Iowa CityWednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux CityWednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - OkobojiIf you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e