The Adicts -

The Adicts were an English punk-rock band that debuted with a 1979 EP on small-press Dining Out, followed by four studio albums between 1981 and 1986 on Fallout and Razor Records.

Members: Monkey (vocals), Mel Ellis (bass), Pete Dee (guitar), Kid Dee (drums), Tim Hocking (bass), James Harding (keyboards), Scruff (guitar), Dan Graziani (violin), Shahen Hagobian (bass), Davey Menza (bass), Cody Farwell (bass)

Background

The Adicts trace their formation to late 1975 in Ipswich, Suffolk, when guitarist Pete “Pete Dee” Davison and drummer Michael “Kid Dee” Davison teamed with singer Keith “Monkey” Warren under the name Afterbirth.

The Davison brothers moved from Sunderland to Ipswich and played together at home. Pete Dee studied music at school. The group played the first known show before March 1976 at a scout hut in Aldeburgh, where the musicians used a rope as a crowd barrier and a motorcycle as a lighting rig. The band first identified as The Pinz, then settled on The Adicts. By 1979, the musicians shifted toward white clothing and bowler-hats, inspired by A Clockwork Orange .

The Adicts spent several years on local bills around Suffolk before their August 1979 London premier at the Brecknock in Camden. They secured a one-record agreement with Norwich label Dining Out Records.

In late 1979, The Adicts released the four-track Dining Out EP Lunch With The Adicts. Tim Hocking played bass on the EP, with Mel Ellis on second guitar. The Adicts recorded a four-song John Peel session in November 1979 for BBC Radio One. Hocking left before the first album, and Ellis moved from second guitar to bass. Manager Geordie Davison financed the recording of Songs of Praise for Dwed Wecords, the band-controlled imprint tied to Fallout.

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