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The Adicts are an English Punk rock band from Ipswich, Suffolk. They 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 ADX and FUN ADICTS, for a children’s TV appearance, also occurred.
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.
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…
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.
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 ADX and FUN ADICTS, for a children’s TV appearance, also occurred.
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.
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…
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.
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Rockers Into Orbit
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Songs of Praise
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Sound of Music
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Smart Alex
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Top Tracks
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Viva La Revolution
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Joker in the Pack
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Chinese Takeaway
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England
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Get Adicted
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Easy Way Out
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Numbers
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Just Like Me
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How Sad
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Straight Jacket
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Tango
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Let's Go
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Love Sucks
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Sensitive
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Hurt
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Shoutbox
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uberwindung wrote:
NEW ALBUM !!!!!! I LOVE IT
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vini77 wrote:
amazing new album !!!
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BluntGuts21 wrote:
where the frenchc toast is that mad hatter song its my favorite one
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boumalhab wrote:
I want some chinese takeaway
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jesusgabber wrote:
Вива ля революшн!
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r0tt3n wrote:
Open your windows, Open your doors, Open your minds, To a freedom of thought. Viva la Revolution!!!!!!!!
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Richey_James wrote:
cool new album!
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hot_rw wrote:
крутые,да
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eternagonia wrote:
waxo terrible de wenos !
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fuckxyeahh wrote:
Get adicted in '79! Get adicted while we still got time! Get adicted in '79! Get ad-ad-ad-ad-adicted!
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CurtisColours wrote:
i miss when nobody had heard of this band. also, i was recently wondering, does anyone know what keith is like in person?
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tobi116 wrote:
Amazing live band who recorded real punkclassics, but seriously their new record sucks so bad i almost cried.
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HeyBrother wrote:
ohhhhhh IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII love sounds of music
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AliMonko wrote:
:) Brilliant!!!
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Repeater99 wrote:
Viva La Revolution!
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LyllaSayuki wrote:
Awesome *-*
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Mog666 wrote:
Woo, another great band I wouldn't have discovered without Last.fm
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Narleen wrote:
i didnt listening to punk so long... but the adicts are amazing ;D
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rockavillero wrote:
mmmmm . . .
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Elturtle wrote:
did the re-recorderd version of Songs Of Praise ever come out in USA?
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Nov
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Konzert
Gaskessel, Bern, Berne, Switzerland
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Nov
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La Peña Festayre, Paris, France
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Dec
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FZW, Dortmund, Germany
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