| together, the songs come out. If we like it we're happy." "Yes, of course we were, and we still are, a punk band," agrees Pete. "The music may be interpreted through the many different styles we have, but at the end of the day, we are a Punk band... aren't we?!" Arguments over genre specifics didn't stop the band from enjoying tremendous live success though, and they toured all over the world, even releasing a live album (recorded in front of their loyal German audience), 'Rockers Into Orbit', in 1988. "Kid got drunk and disappeared, or passed out, all over Asia, America, and Europe," he continues, recalling some of their other on-the-road antics. "We've got lost, robbed, ripped off, attacked and arrested... well, I got arrested at least! We've puked, pissed, slept, shagged, and shat together all over the world. We've been treated like kings and accused of being queens... well, I have! After constantly touring for years they took a break for a couple years to lick their wounds and nurse their creative muses back to full power. They returned, 1992 with '27' for US label Cleopatra. A much harder and more satisfying album than 'Fifth Overture', it was picked up for Europe a year | later by Anagram, who allowed the band to incorporate an interactive Adicts board game into the sleeve art, which had participants doing everything the band themselves enjoyed doing whilst on tour, from rolling spliffs to eating vindaloo. "Whilst on the road our humour got sicker and sicker," explains Kid. "So we came up with the board game in the back of the van to help take away all those long boring hours spent traveling." '27' was a good return to form. The speedy opener 'Angel' reassures you immediately that you're back in classic Adicts territory, and the rousing singalong 'F@ck It Up' just proves that you don't have to play fast to sound anarchic. The album even features a belated sequel to '(My Baby Got Run Over By A) Steamroller' in the shape of '7:27', which sees a train to Liverpool Street taking the place of the original destructive automaton! It was to be another eight long years before The Adicts deemed the time right to enter another recording studio. They went into Earles Studio in Ventura, California during 2002, where they wrote, rehearsed and recorded all nineteen cuts , 'Rise And Shine', there and then. Basically relying upon the unique chemistry they've developed over their long, eventful history to help shape some of their strongest and most diverse songs to date. They licensed the album from their own Dee Dee Records to Captain Oi as part of an extensive plan | to reissue the majority of the band's back catalogue. "We've never been afraid to experiment or to play just what we feel," reckons Kid "The new stuff is still fast, fun and furious, but there are still a few songs that will completely blow your head off because they're so different! And we have got Pete in the studio who is a genius. Overall we are still a good team..." For a while "We all went off and did normal things to see if we liked it. Some of us liked it better than others. Kid had kids, Mel had letters to deliver, Pete had other bands to produce... and I sat forlornly in my room, putting on my make-up and waiting for the phone to ring! "Our message, such as it is, has always been, have fun," he continues, attempting to define the secret of their longevity. "That's timeless and appeals to everyone. If your songs are about the political state of the country, or a victim of police brutality in the '80s, then the agenda that you established for yourself becomes obsolete. You become an anachronism... "To be honest, I never thought our music would be remembered in years to come. I used to be happy if someone remembered a song straight after we played it. Actually I used to be even happier if we |