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The Adicts

Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk

The Adicts is a Hardcore punk act. Their sound grew out of Dwarves, The Varukers, U.K. Subs and Toy Dolls. Those roots explain a lot about how The Adicts arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Vice Squad, The Partisans, The Casualties, Sham 69 and Peter and the Test Tube Babies, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Total Chaos and Pips, Chips & Videoclips, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around The Adicts, reaching back through Dwarves and forward to Total Chaos. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The AdictsDwarvesThe VarukersU.K. SubsToy DollsTotal ChaosPips, Chips & Videoc…Vice SquadThe PartisansThe CasualtiesSham 69Peter and the Test T…The BusinessDead BoysCircle Jerks

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The Adicts connections

The Adicts grew out of Dwarves, The Varukers, U.K. Subs and Toy Dolls, shares an orbit with Vice Squad, The Partisans, The Casualties and Sham 69, went on to shape Total Chaos and Pips, Chips & Videoclips. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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