Debut EP Lunch with the Adicts

The band debuted with the 1979 EP Lunch with the Adicts , the first release on the Dining Out label. In 1980, the band recorded the songs “Sympathy” and “Sheer Enjoyment” for an intended single, but they were not released until the 1984 compilation album This Is Your Life . The band released their debut album, Songs of Praise , in 1981 on their own Dwed Wecords, funded by the band’s then-manager Geordie Davison. In 1982, the album was re-released on Fallout Records, who also issued their first single ” Viva la Revolution “, which became one of the band’s most iconic songs. That same year, the band began their relationship with Razor Records and released their second album, Sound of Music , featuring the single “Chinese Takeaway”.