Pleasant and I read all the UK music weeklies and fanzines and its no secret that she was rather taken with Billy Idol and we both were fascinated by the Bromley Contingent for their notoriety based on nothing more than their own personalities....not unlike our friends Lance Loud and Kristian Hoffman of Mumps. Thanks to the very first reality television ever, PBS's "An American Family," Lance Loud was famous simply for being Lance Loud. In this photo, taken in the alley/drive way/parking lot in between the main structure and bungalows of the erstwhile Tropicana Motel on Santa Monica Blvd., Pleasant and Mumps Kevin Kiely and Rob duPrey posed in their own version of those NME and Melody Maker photos of the Bromley Contingent. Mumps were spending months in Los Angeles to make a record and look for a deal. They were recording nights at the Beach Boys studio in Santa Monica - Brothers Studio. What a swank place! Gold records all over the walls and all the usual...