I haven't checked out American yet, but will give it a look in. It's kind of funny - from what I understand of Hicks, he didn't get his real break until he came across to the UK. I think the performance he did this side of the Atlantic was by far the best I've seen from him.
A good starting point for Stanhope would be one of his most recent shows, named Beer Hall Putsch.
Here's a clip from him on a show in the UK called Newswipe, where he's a regular contributor giving the "US point of view".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhj1Us47U3kLife should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson