ADDICTIVE

Seminal Sydney thrash band with beginnings in the late 1980s and a sound reflecting the era, Addictive was one of the leading bands on the scene with two strong albums and a large following which 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 Motorhead 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, and then in 1993 released the Kick 'Em Hard album which showed a further progression and maturity of their sound without straying far from the original Addictive style. 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 is now a member of Vaticide. In 2004 it was revealed that Buttigieg and Sultana had joined a new Mortal Sin line up.