The Adicts are an English punk band from Ipswich, Suffolk, England. One of the more popular punk rock bands in the 1980s, they were often in the indie charts at that time.
Their song "Viva La Revolution" was featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Underground.
It was also featured in a commercial for the E! channel advertising their reality television show Pop Fiction. It remains one of the band's most well known songs.
The Adicts originated as Afterbirth & The Pinz in late 1975.
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 apart from other punk bands. In the 1980s, they temporarily changed their name to 'Fun Adicts' and 'ADX', mainly to coincide with children's TV appearances.
Their music has catchy melodies and lyrics, and often features extra instruments and sound clips, such as carousel music in "How Sad", violin played by Derick Cook in "Joker in the Pack", and gongs and keyboard percussion by Anthony Boyd in "Chinese Takeaway".
The musicians wear all white[disambiguation needed ], with black boots and black bowler hats. The singer, Keith "Monkey" Warren, wears joker make-up, and his clothes were usually wild, patterned suits (such as checkerboard or polkadot), flared trousers and colorful dress shirts. He also tends to wear a bowler hat and gloves. Along with the look come stage shows involving items such as streamers, confetti, playing cards, beach balls, joker hats, toy instruments, bubbles and glitter.
Still an active and popular live act, they will appear in the 2012 addition of Punk-n-Bowl music festival over Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada.
DISCOGRAPHY
Studio Albums
Songs of Praise 1982
Sound of Music 1982
Smart Alex 1985
Fifth Overture 1986
Twenty-Seven 1992
Rise and Shine 2002
Rollercoaster 2004
Songs of Praise: 25th Anniversary Edition 2008
Life Goes On 2009
Live albums
1987 - Live and Loud Link
1990 - Rockers into Orbit Fall Out
2004 - Joker in the Pack Anagram
Compilations
1984 - This Is Your Life Fall Out (UK Indie #12)[5]
1992 - Totally Adicted Dojo
1994 - The Complete Adicts Singles Collection Anagram
Re-released as The Complete Singles Collection
1996 - The Best of The Adicts Dojo
Re-released by Anagram in 1998 as The Very Best of The Adicts
1997 - The Collection (Sound of Music and Smart Alex with bonus tracks) Taang!
1997 - Ultimate Adiction - The Best Of Cleopatra
1999 - Joker in the Pack Harry May
2005 - Made in England SOS
2005 - Clockwork Punks: The Collection Anarchy
Singles/EPs
Lunch with The Adicts (1979) Dining Out
"Viva la Revolution" (1981) Fall Out
"Chinese Takeaway" (1982) Razor
"Bad Boy" (1983) Razor (UK #75)[6]
"Tokyo" (1984) Sire (as ADX)
"Falling In Love Again" (1985) Sire (as ADX)
Bar Room Bop (1985) Fall Out
Triple B Sides (2008) (People Like You Records)
