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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
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The Adicts Lyrics


A.D.X. Medley Shake, rattle, bang your head Hey you Shake shake rattle, ba…
Bad Boy my mother told me off she said i had done wrong…
California California sun Shining through the window Beating up and do…
Chinese Takeaway Went to the fish shop Went to the chip shop Went to…
Come Along yeah yeah were going to the fair come along i'll take you…
Crazy It would be good if we could get out tonight It…
Disco hey pete! what do you want hey pete! can't here you monke…
Easy Way Out We've all been born To live our lives in security How do…
Eyes in the Back of Your Head Everything is alright, everything is fine All you got is mon…
Falling In Love Again I often stop and wonder why i appeal to girls How…
How Sad A boy loved a girl but the girl said No She…
I Wanna Be Sedated 20-20-24 hours to go i wanna be sedated nothing to do, nowhe…
It's A Laugh Oh It's a laugh What a laugh It's a laugh, what a laugh, wha…
Jellybaby You don′t like the food that mommy made You wouldn't join…
Johnny Was a Soldier Johnny joined the army The cause he didn't know He served th…
Joker in the Pack Oh my boots they shine And my bowler looks fine Take some…
Let's Go Let's Go! Let's Go! Everybody's happy tonight Getting hot o…
Lullaby You don't look so good You don't look so fine Do you…
Man's Gotta Do I heard her scream From the tower above My heart it wanted…
Maybe or Maybe Not Don't bother about worrying Why worry about bothering If it …
My Baby Got Run Over by a Steamroller My baby got runover by a steamroller My baby got runover…
Rocking Wrecker Late at night hear the call Of the danger to us…
Runaway I hear people talk I see people walk They seem so out…
Saturday Night Well the ravers and the groovers, just stood and stared. The…
Smart Alex I'm a nasty habit I'm joker in fact I'm a crazy…
The Odd Couple OOH OOH She came from France, wah wah oo. She taught me how…
Tokyo There's a lot of sexy ladies Millions who have babies All th…
Too Young Too young to smoke, Too young to drink, Too young to do…
Troubadour I wonder all over I wonder alone Adventure, romance Many I'v…
Who Spilt My Beer Walked in the Pub ordered a pint Put it on the…
You'll Never Walk Alone Walk on, Walk on With Hope, in your hearts, and…
You're All Fools When I go strolling through the crowd I hear them laughing…


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