If you knew a pinata was full of hornets, would you hit it anyway?

The Didjits sure wouldn’t, according to the band’s guitar player Rick Sims, but they will be playing at 9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 19 in Diversions. Sims said that anyone who wants to consider the question should check out the show.

The idea of a pinata full of hornets was the inspiration for the band’s fourth album, the aptly named “Hornet Pinata,” according to Didjits bass player Doug Evans.

“We were just intrigued by the idea of some Catholic school somewhere where they whack pinatas full of hornets,” Evans said.

The Didjits are a cross between Motorhead and Little Richard according to Sims. He added the objective of the band is to “make our own music instead of playing in bars for rednecks.”

He added that the Didjits want to be as big as the Beatles some day, and Evans said he hopes to “become independently wealthy and play rock n‘ roll.”

The band’s name is the result of a session with a Ouija board said Evans, although Sims claims he just came up with the name off the top of his head.

Sims said that people should come to see the Didjits because, “we’ll kick them in the ass with a big boot. I guarantee it. If we don’t I’ll give their money back.”

A great rock and roll show is hard to come by these days, said Evans. “No one breaks things anymore,” he said, adding that the Didjits are one of the very few bands that really play a great hard rock show.

Sims noted that anyone who attends the show will “be whipped into a frenzy by our high octane sound.”

Older rockers like Ted Nugent, the MC5, Jimi Hendrix, as well as newer bands like Cosmic Psychos and Union Carbide Productions have been major influences on the band, Evans said.

Sims said the success of the formerly independent bands Sonic Youth, Janes Addiction and the Red Hot Chili Peppers is not an indication that the music scene in America is improving.

“I don’t see the success of those bands as being a victory for us. The major label people are still money-grubbing scum who are afraid to take any risks. They want to tell you what’s cool.” Sims said.

He said the only motivating factor behind the success of any band is money. “The reason Sonic Youth is getting a chance nationally is because they sold a gazillion records independently. The major labels won’t give an unrecogized band a chance. They never have and they probably never will,” Sims added.

He said the band’s posters which ask, “want to get high” are an invitation to everyone to “come party with the Didjits.”