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Marcus A. Thompson was born in 1965 in Oakland, California. Growing up, he was interested in music, and this led to some early exposure as a mobile DJ in the Bay Area. By the age of 17, Marcus developed a passion for writing short stories, poetry, and songs. His interest in songwriting eventually lead him to form the popular 80’s group “Timex Social Club”. In 1986, the group released their mega-smash hit song “Rumors” which reached No.1 on the Billboard R&B charts and climbed to No.8 on the Billboard Pop charts respectively. Marcus is an accomplished songwriter, producer, and author with many awards to his credit.

~ Prologue 08
~ The Cast 10
01: Riot in Long Beach City 12
02: Timex Crew 18
03: Deirdre 24
04: Two DJs and a Church Singer 27
05: Rumors 31
06: Two Record Labels and One Hit Song 38
07: Natty Prep 45
08: The Raising Hell Tour 48
09: Albuquerque or Bust 50
10: The First Show 55
11: The Soul Food Zombies 61
12: Shut the Fuck Up! 65
13: Girl, You Made Me Miss Timex! 68
14: BAM 72
15: Cease and Desist! 77
16: Saved By Buz 79
17: Madison Square Garden 81
18: Number One with a Bullet! 84
19: Red Light Special 88
20: Miss Redbone 90
21: Back To Mobile 97
22: The Cheryl Situation 103
23: Jam Master Jay vs. Mickey D’s 115
24: The Freaks Come Out at Night 120
25: Oak-Town Double Down 125
26: What’s Going on Back Home? 129
27: The Last Run DMC Show 133
28: Searching For Hot Sauce! 136
29: Roll-A-Way Love 141
30: Hawaii Bound 146
31: Life After Danya 154
32: Test Of Time 163
33: Homicide on Herzog Street 166
34: Where Are They Now? 170
35: Discography 172

"I remember when this song was the bomb!! Actually, it still is. I also remember when Club Nouveau came out and there was talk about how they (mainly Jay King) exploited their relationship w/Timex Social Club using shady, underhanded conniving methods to get out there.

Marcus sets things in order so you know what really went down. But in addition, he also sheds light on the internal strife and conflict that was going on with just TSC alone. It was sad to see how it all played out because I truly believe Timex had much more upside had they been able to keep together.

It's also fun to reminisce on those times when reading the things he writes about what happened on tour with some of Hip-Hop's greatest (e.g. Run DMC, LL Cool J, etc.)

I believe, in the hands of the right screenwriter, this could actually make a great documentary and possibly even a movie."

"Very insightful.
It's always good to be able to find out whatever happened to the groups who are or were one-hit wonders and through reading this book it gives you very insightful detail as to how it all started and how it all ended. Candid to say the least, Marcus Thompson and the Social Club have definitely carved their own 1 hit wonder nitch in time.
From then to now, it appears that the Social Clubs' adventure was one that was historical and tragic as well.
It's a microcosm of what fame and being popular can do and the places it can take you as well as mirrored image of a successful group that was both taken advantage of and exploited and that in itself is a roadmap for most of our young up and coming acts today. They should know that fame is a hard road and that the destruction can come from within if you are not prepared for the business, it can chew you up.

Being able to have a number one record and being able to tour with the Kings of Rock Run DMC and all those acts I'm sure was life-changing for the members of the group.

Buy it...........
It's an easy read and you won't find a lot of words that you need a thesaurus to figure out.......It's an ABC-XYZ no-brainer.

Thanks, Mr. Thompson and Timex Social Club.....the message was loud and clear then and now......Rumors."