Les Stups is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in 1989 in Montreal, Quebec. Since their beginnings, Les Stups (The Narcs) and their self-categorized Heavy Plastic have been in various scenes in Montreal (see Music of Montreal), and in the provinces of Quebec (Quebec music scene) and Ontario (NXNE -North By North East). They played live on TV (Musique Plus), at various happenings like Les FrancoFolies de Montréal, Francouvertes, Coup de coeur Francophone, Polliwog, Les Foufounes Électriques, and benefit gigs (for example Emmett Johns's Dans la rue.