
Didjits - Strictly Dynamite: The Best of Didjits - 2 LPs on limited 180g colored vinyl
Artist: Didjits | Label: Touch & Go | Format: LP | Genre: Rock | LP condition: Mint | Jacket condition: Sealed
Didjits
Strictly Dynamite: The Best of Didjits
Touch & Go 368v2 - 2 LP set on limited 180g PURPLE vinyl
Didjits combined a love of hard rock (AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick), punk (Sex Pistols and, importantly, the metallic art show of The Plasmatics), and fifties rock and roll (specifically Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard) into a brand that was, as Dexter Holland from the Offspring correctly describes, "a teetering train about to go off the rails". Chaotic live shows would have guitarist and vocalist Rick Sims skillfully turning the audience against him, adding to the frenzy of the stop-on-a-dime crazed rock that they were slowly perfecting. Early Didjits supporter Jello Biafra would marvel at their ability to alienate the audience of gathered stock punks yet still leaving them slack jawed and hearing impaired. Starting in 1988, Didjits released five full-length albums on Touch and Go Records (including a reissue of their 1986 self-released debut album, Fizzjob) along with two singles and an EP. MTV videos, sold out clubs, tours of Europe and North America followed - ending in 1994 (ironically the same year The Offspring released the platinum selling Smash containing a cover of "Killboy Powerhead" from Didjits 1990 release Hornet Pinata). Pressed on 180-gram opaque purple vinyl, this LP is an archival legacy of the band from their beginnings in rural Illinois to their dissolution over a decade later. The tracks selected compile 17 fan favorites from Didjits' Touch and Go discography on a single LP.
Songs are:
Killboy Powderhead
Max Wedge
Stingray
Captain Ahab
Plate in My Head
Gold Eldorado
(Mama Had a) Skullbaby
Under the Christmas Fish
Evel Knievel
Fire in the Hole
Who's Ready to Get High
Jerry Lee
Headless
Top Fuel
Pet Funeral
Joliet
Dad
Que Sirhan Sirhan
NEW SEALED LP on limited PURPLE vinyl