{"title":"Didjits","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"strictly-dynamite-rsd-2024-2","title":"Strictly Dynamite - RSD 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis product is a Record Store Day exclusive title\u003c\/b\u003e and is not available to pre-order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo buy in-store: 8am, 20\/04\/2024 (Record Store Day).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo buy online: 8pm, 22\/04\/2024. (Subject to availability).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon’t forget: Click 'Notify Me' to be the first to know about its availability online. It also helps us to place accurate orders so that we can please as many of you as possible on the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLimited Edition of 1500 green 180 gram 2xLP includes a full bonus LP of Rarities and unseen photos and memorabilia, curated by Rick Sims and David Landis. The recklessness and abandon that got me into punk in the first place... a teetering train about to off the rails. I couldn't wait to hear what was next. - Dexter Holland (The Offspring) The best Rock and Roll band of the 80s. - Steve Albini (Shellac, Big Black) Kick Ass Rock and Roll... I'm in love! - Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys). Didjits began in Champaign-Urbana in 1985. Rick Sims (vocals\/guitar) and brother, Brad Sims (drums) recruited bassist Doug Evans to complete the three-piece. They recorded two albums before Touch and Go picked them up in 1988. By this time Rick Sims had transformed into the notorious frontman, Rick Didjit, whose on-stage antics were only as famous as his frequently hilarious wardrobe of unconventional suits. The band's straight-up fast brand of rock didn't sound like much else the label was putting out at the time, but nonetheless, they attracted a large cult following.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Touch and Go","offers":[{"title":"Green LP","offer_id":50498015953227,"sku":"2184401","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/418467268376-800_20a70b25_thumbnail_4096_3e4c290e_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1727736793"},{"product_id":"strictly-dynamite-the-best-of-didjits","title":"Strictly Dynamite: The Best of Didjits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDidjits 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStarting 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 \u003cem\u003eHornet Pinata\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePressed 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 favourites from Didjits’ Touch and Go discography on a single LP.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Touch and Go","offers":[{"title":"LP - Opaque Purple","offer_id":53083409973579,"sku":"R8830-7099","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Didjits-StrictlyDynamiteTheBestofDidjits.jpg?v=1754046989"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/didjits.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}