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They soon changed their name to the Adicts and became known for their distinctive Clockwork Orange "droog" image. [1] " Droog" is a noun derived from the fictional Nadsat language, meaning "friend" (a combination of Russian and English).
They adopted a Clockwork Orange image to distance themselves from the regulation punk image that was now commonplace, changed their name a few more times i.e. Fun Adicts and ADX before coming back to The Adicts.
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.
Aug 27, 2015 · As a result, the last 40 years has seen measured change in punk rock as opposed to abrupt shifts in the genre’s style. But in the late ’70s, one band defied convention. They were called The Adicts. These Suffolk punks formed in late 1977 after two years of playing under different names.
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In less than one week, the classic kings of punk, THE ADICTS, will unleash their eleventh studio album, And So It Was So!, via Nuclear Blast in the U.S. and Arising Empire for Europe and the U.K.. The band recently discussed the origin of their name and why there is only one "d" in the spelling.
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Nov 28, 2017 · Forty-two years into their career, evergreen Ipswich punks The Adicts still look pretty ageless in their Clockwork Orange-inspired droog costumes. Not much has changed musically, either, as evidenced by this first album since 2012, with its 12 pubby punk-rock chantalongs.
