The Adicts
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The Adicts are an English Punk rock band from Ipswich, Suffolk.
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History
The Adicts began life as the Afterbirth & The Pinz, in their hometown of Ipswich in late 1975. Popular in the 1980s, they were often in the indie charts at that time.
They soon changed their name to The Adicts and became known for their distinctive Clockwork Orange 'Droog' image, which, along with their urgent, uptempo music and light-hearted lyrics, helped set them very much apart from the rest of the genre.
The band was also featured as one of the bands to play for the Tony Hawk's Underground video game. Featuring the song "Viva La Revolution".
They are one of the few bands from that time who still feature all the original musicians – Keith 'Monkey' Warren, vocals; Mel Ellis, bass; Pete Dee Davison, guitar; and Michael 'Kid Dee' Davison, drums, along with newer members [John 'Scruff' Ellis (Mel’s brother) on guitar & Dan Gratziani on violin.
The Music
The music of The Adicts proves that punk music is a very broad genre, often featuring extra instruments and sound clips such as carousel music (How Sad), violin played by Derick Cook (Joker in the Pack), gongs and keyboard percussion by Anthony Boyd (Chinese Takeaway), and even completely different songs like the switch to Gain To Lose's Tune #24 at the middle (or end?) of G.I.R.L..
The Look
The look of the majority of the bandmates is that of the Droogs from the Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange based on the book by Anthony Burgess. All white with black combat boots and black bowler hats. The band says that the look appealed to them because of the teenage angst associated with A Clockwork Orange. Monkey wears full clown make-up and his clothes are wild, patterned suits, flared trousers, colorful dress shirts, and other such things. His favorites seem to be checkerboard patterns, or polkadots. And of course, there's the obligatory bowler hat and gloves.
Along with the look come stage antics involving streamers, confetti, playing cards, joker hats, toy instruments, and glitter just to name a few things.
Discography
- Songs of Praise
- Sound of Music (Professional)
- Fifth Overture
- Smart Alex
- 27
- Rise and Shine
- Rollercoaster
- Best of The Adicts
- Rockers Into Orbit
- The Very Best of the Adicts
- Live and Loud
- Totally Adicted
- This is Your Life
- Ultimate Adiction
- Complete Singles Collection
- Made in England
- Re-Recording of Songs Of Praise (not yet released)
External links
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