Adam and the Ants/Adam Ant
Country of origin:
England
Type of music generally:
Early new wave [alternative] (brni @ kappamaki . com)
Status:
Most recent release, Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter (2012)
See also:
Adam Ant's site
Comparisons:
Talking Heads, B-52's, Monochrome Set, Bow Wow Wow, Wolfgang Press. (brni @ kappamaki . com)
Covers/own material:
Mostly own, covers rare
General comments:
Let's see, Adam Ant's stuff is a pan-sexual, glam-punk, British new wave, danceable, self-aggrandizing, self-mocking, leather and feathers and warpaint wearing, really kinda fun and funny sort of music. Adam and the Ants is Gildenstern and Rosencranz to INXS's Hamlet. (brni @ kappamaki . com)
Recommended first album:
Kings of the Wild Frontier (brni @ kappamaki . com)
Recordings include:
- Dirk Wears White Socks (1979)
- Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980—Sony—7464 37033 2)
- Friend or Foe (1982—Sony—7464 38370 2)
- Antics in the Forbidden Zone (1990—Sony—7464 46819 2)
- Prince Charming (1991)
- B-Side Babies (1994)
- Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter (2012)
Dirk Wears White Socks
Release info:
1979—Sony—7464 38698 2
Group members:
Adam Ant—vocal
Matthew Ashman—guitar, keyboards
Dave Barbarossa, John Moss, Marco Pirroni, Andrew Warren
Produced by:
Adam Ant
B-Side Babies
Release info:
1994—Sony—7464 57895 2
Group members:
Adam Ant—vocal
Marco Pirroni—guitar
Bogdan Wiczling—drums
Thanks to Jens P. Tagore Brage and Barbara Hart for work on this entry.
