The Adicts are an English Punk rock band from Ipswich, Suffolk. They began … Read Full Bio ↴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. Singer "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.
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
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. Singer "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.
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
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The Adicts Lyrics
Bad Boy my mother told me off she said i had done wrong…
Calling Calling Calling calling all the world Why do you have to be…
Chinese Takeaway Went to the fish shop Went to the chip shop Went to…
Crazy It would be good if we could get out tonight It…
Easy Way Out We've all been born To live our lives in security How do…
England I hate this war Can't take any more It's a real gas How…
Get Adicted Nobody gonna kick us out We are here to stay Bang your…
How Sad A boy loved a girl but the girl said No She…
Hurt The girl that I love Doesn't love me too I'm singing oh…
Joker in the Pack Oh my boots they shine And my bowler looks fine Take some…
Just Like Me You say what you want to say You do what you…
Let's Go Let's Go! Let's Go! Everybody's happy tonight Getting hot o…
Na Na Na Remember you in Ultra Marine We take a drink sing Judy…
Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I don't wanna…
Odd Couple OOH OOH She came from France, wah wah oo. She taught me how…
Put Yourself in My Hands There is nothing to be scared of In my trap Frightened of…
Rockers In Rags Hustle the money to get in tonight We don't work no…
Rocking Wrecker Late at night hear the call Of the danger to us…
Sensitive If I phone you up, and you feeling down. and nothing's…
Shake Rattle Bang Your Head Hey you, I'll tell you what to do I'll tell you…
Steam Roller My baby got run over wa wa wooo.. by a…
Straight Jacket Police pulled me in on a Saturday night Accused me of…
Tango Picked up umbrella Put on my bowler Looked in mirror Ready f…
Viva La Revolution VIVA! Into the Dungeon with evil men The people have risen …