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The Adicts
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| Origin | Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
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| Genre(s) | Punk rock |
| Years active | 1977 - present |
| Label(s) | DWED Cleopatra Fall Out 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, Suffolk, England.
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.[citation needed]
The band still has all its original members, uncommon for a band with such longevity.
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The music of The Adicts proves that punk music is a very broad genre, with their strong catchy lyrics and often featuring extra instruments and sound clips such as carousel music on How Sad, violin played by Derick Cook on Joker in the Pack, and gongs and keyboard percussion by Anthony Boyd for Chinese Takeaway.
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). 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. He also tends to wear 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.
- Keith 'Monkey' Warren - Vocals
- Mel Ellis - Bass
- Pete Dee Davison - Guitar
- Michael 'Kid' Dee Davison - Drums
- John 'Scruff' Ellis - Guitar
- Dan 'Fiddle Dan' Gratziani - Violin, Piano, Mandolin
| Title | Release date | Notes | Label |
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| Songs of Praise | 1981 | Fall Out | |
| Sound of Music | 1982 | Razor Records | |
| Smart Alex | 1985 | Cleopatra | |
| Fifth Overture | 1986 | Captain Oi! | |
| Twenty Seven | 1993 | Anagram Punk | |
| Rise and Shine | 2002 | Re-Released on SOS Records in 2004 | Captain Oi! |
| Rollercoaster | 2005 | SOS Records |
- 1987 - Live and Loud
- 2002 - Rockers Into Orbit
- 2005 - Clockwork Punks The Collection
- 1982 - Punk and Disorderly-Sraightjacket
- 1984 - This Is Your Life
- 1994 - Totally Adicted
- 1997 - Ultimate Adiction
- 1999 - The Very Best of the Adicts
- 1999 - Complete Singles Collection
- 2005 - Made in England
- Their song "Viva La Revolution" was featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Underground.
- Known as the longest serving punk band with the original lineup.
- Mel joined the band after he was cut from a band he auditioned for (apparently, for being too tall).