Didjits
Strictly Dynamite: The Best Of Didjits
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.
Price
Genre
Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
03-10-2025
Label
Item-nr
1316143
EAN
0036172106882
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
KILLBOY POWERHEAD
2
MAX WEDGE
3
STINGRAY
4
CAPTAIN AHAB
5
PLATE IN MY HEAD
6
GOLD ELDORADO
7
(MOMMA HAD A) SKULLBABY
8
UNDER THE CHRISTMAS FISH
9
EVEL KNIEVEL
10
FIRE IN THE HOLE
11
WHO'S READY TO GET HIGH
12
JERRY LEE
13
HEADLESS
14
TOP FUEL
15
PET FUNERAL
16
JOLIET
17
DAD
18
QUE SIRHAN SIRHAN