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Television Addict was the A-side of the debut Single by The Victims , an early Punk Rock band from Perth, Western Australia . The song is a mainstay of compilations of Australian Punk from the 1970s, and has been recorded by the Hoodoo Gurus , You Am I , The Hellacopters and Teengenerate . It was co-written by singer-guitarist Dave Faulkner (known at the time as Dave Flick) and drummer James Baker . The slow, menacing, Bass line, played by Rudolph V (Dave Cardwell), is also a prominent feature of the recording. The Victims released the single independently in late 1977 or early 1978 (sources vary), with "I'm Flipped Out Over You" on the B-side. Lyrically, "Television Addict" revolves around a youth "who went out and shot someone", and whose lawyer then attributes his actions to , doesn't mean my brain has slipped, doesn't mean anything — at all." The band broke up in 1979. During the mid-1980s, Baker and Faulkner were briefly reunited in the Hoodoo Gurus , who sometimes performed "Television Addict" as an encore. The Hoodoo Gurus (without Baker) later recorded "Television Addict", and issued it as a bonus track. EXTERNAL LINKS "Victims Television Addict Australian Punk 1978" (video on YouTube) |
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