The Adicts
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| The Adicts | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Ipswich | |
| Genre(s) | Punk rock | |
| Years active | 1975 - present | |
| Label(s) | SOS Records | |
| Website | http://www.adicts.us/ | |
| Members | ||
| Keith 'Monkey' Warren Mel (Spider)Ellis Pete Dee Davison Michael 'Kid Dee' Davison John 'Scruff' Ellis Dan Gratziani |
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The Adicts are an English Punk rock band from Ipswich.
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. Temporary 1980s name changes to 'Fun Adicts' and 'ADX', mainly to coincide with children's TV appearances, also occurred.
They shared a headlining spot with such acts as Broken Bones, The Varukers, Vice Squad and GBH at this year's ill-fated British Invasion 2k6 concert festival in San Bernardino, California which ended in mass rioting and alleged police brutality.
Their song "Viva La Revolution" was featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Underground.
The band still has all its original members, uncommon for a band with such longevity.
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[edit] 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 end of G.I.R.L..
[edit] Style
The look of the majority of the bandmates is that of the droogs from the Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange which based on the book by Anthony Burgess. The musicians wear 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 joker 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.
[edit] Members
- Keith 'Monkey' Warren - Vocals.
- Mel (Spider)Ellis - Bass
- Pete Dee Davison - Guitar
- Michael 'Kid Dee' Davison - Drums
- John 'Scruff' Ellis (Mel’s brother) - Guitar
- Dan Gratziani - Violin, Piano, Mandolin
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Songs of Praise 1981
- Sound of Music 1982
- This Is Your Life 1984
- Smart Alex 1985
- Fifth Overture 1986
- Twenty-Seven 1993
- Rise and Shine 2002
- Rollercoaster 2004
- Songs of Praise 25th Anniversary (To Be Released Summer of 2007)
[edit] Live Albums
- Live and Loud 1987
- Rockers Into Orbit 2002
[edit] Compilation Albums
- Totally Adicted 1994
- Ultimate Adiction 1997
- The Very Best of the Adicts 1999
- Complete Singles Collection 1999
- Made in England 2005
