Adam And The Ants in general

"Don't step on an ant, he's done nothing to you,"apparently.... At least that's what Stuart Goddard thought when he donned his make up and feathers. Squiggly flashback scenario zig zags across the scene as the years roll back and we draw near to a time when young Adam Ant was a mere stripling, a failure made good, a zero who forsook the bondage and Nazi paraphernalia, who got picked up and then dumped by Malcolm McLaren before making good Talcy's brainstorm of blending big Burundi beats with gorgeous Glam Rock trappings and re-emerging as a pop rock chameleon opining "I'm the dandy highwayman", now worship me, me, ...  Read the complete review

Adam and the Ants were formed in 1977. They were initially a punk group who were influenced by the Sex Pistols. They wore bondage gear and gave a sado masochist image. This first generation of the Ants bought out one album "Dick Wears White Sax". But by the end of the decade they took advice from The Sex Pistols, managar Malcolm McLaren, he advised them to change there music and image. But by 1980 they abandoned Adam Ant, and formed a band named Bow Wow Wow. But with a new set of band members Adam Ant, reinvented himself with a new sound influenced by the Burundi Black Drummers. He had three UK hits in 1980. In 1981 with his striking ...  Read the complete review

The early 1980's started off slow for music in general. The Punk scene was becoming tired and the newest bands were just starting to make a difference, with such bands as Duran Duran, The Police and Madness just starting to emerge as being the finest sounds around...... And then a new group burst onto the scene, full of enthusiasm and rather more drums than we had ever experienced before, there was this group with a lead singer with a massive white stripe across his nose and wearing strange clothes from what looks like a soldiers uniform sometime in the 1800's! This was Adam And The Ants!! 1980 saw the release of 'Kings Of The ...  Read the complete review