Addictive

Band members

• Final line-up
  • Greg Smith (vocals, bass)
  • Joe Buttigieg (guitar)
  • Mick Sultana (guitar)
  • Steve Moore (drums)

• Former members
  • Matt Coffey (drums) 1988 - 1990

Formed

Sydney, NSW, 1988

Band information

Addictive was a Sydney thrash band that formed in 1988. They soon became one of the leading bands on the scene with two strong albums and a large following that carried through until their ultimate dissolution in 1996. The band's "Ward 74" demo led to serious interest and Addictive was picked up by Survival records, who issued the first album, which was typically raw but inspired. The band supported Motörhead and made considerable headway among even less parochial metal audiences, finding offshore interest in Germany and western Europe for their enthusiastic thrash metal style. Matt Coffey left the band after the first album however, and soon became a member of the embryonic Psychrist line-up.

Steve Moore from Enticer moved in as Coffey's replacement in 1990. In 1991 and 1992 Addictive headlined the short-lived Metalfest events. During 1991 the band began work on a second album with producer Bob Daisley but the master tapes went missing and the resultant album did not emerge for another two years. Kick 'Em Hard showed a further progression and maturity of their sound without straying far from the original Addictive style, but the delays with the release of the album and subsequent lack of support by the label when it appeared caused the band to lose some of the impetus they had gained with the debut, although they remained reasonably popular among Sydney audiences until well into the 90s.

Coffey later formed Henry's Anger and Moore was with Dungeon until mid-2004 and was later a member of Vaticide. Buttigieg and Sultana joined Mortal Sin in 2004.

Discography

Albums:

	1989	Pity of Man	Rattlesnake
	1993	Kick 'em Hard	Survival
	1997	Compilation	Survival