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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