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Adam and the Ants
Adam and the Ants in 1981
Adam and the Ants in 1981
Background information
OriginLondon, England
Genres
Years active1977–1982
Labels
Past membersAdam Ant
Andy Warren
Paul Flannagan
Lester Square
Mark Ryan
David Barbarossa
Jordan
Johnny Bivouac
Matthew Ashman
Leigh Gorman
Chris 'Merrick' Hughes
Terry Lee Miall
Marco Pirroni
Kevin Mooney
Gary Tibbs
Websiteadam-ant.net

Adam and the Ants were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. The group existed in two incarnations, both fronted by Adam Ant, over the period 1977 to 1982.[1] The first, founded in May 1977 and known simply as The Ants until November of that year, transitioned from the punk rock to the post-punk and new wave era and released one album. The final line-up of this incarnation—Dave Barbarossa, Matthew Ashman, and Leigh Gorman—left the band in January 1980 at the suggestion of manager Malcolm McLaren to form Bow Wow Wow.[2][3]

The second incarnation of Adam and the Ants featured guitarist Marco Pirroni and drummer/producer Chris Hughes, and was noted for its use of Burundi drums. This group lasted from February 1980 to March 1982, achieving major commercial success in the UK.[4] With their music videos receiving airplay on MTV and Ant appearing as a guest VJ on the station, they were associated with the Second British Invasion.[5]

History

Formation

Prior to Adam and the Ants, Adam Ant played bass in pub rock group Bazooka Joe, now primarily known as the band that headlined when the Sex Pistols played their first concert on 6 November 1975 at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.[6] They disbanded soon afterwards. While looking to form a new band, Ant befriended some influential figures in the burgeoning London punk scene, most notably Jordan, who worked in Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's SEX boutique.[7] He eventually formed a new band, named The Ants in early 1977 with a line-up of Lester Square (guitar), Andy Warren (bass guitar) and Paul Flannagan (drums).[2] The band play their first show at the Roxy Club in April 1977 together with Siouxsie and the Banshees.[2] A month later Square left to finish his course at an art school, and he later formed the Monochrome Set.

He was replaced by Mark Ryan and this line-up began to play regular gigs and support slots around London. In early June, Flannagan was replaced with Dave 'Barbe' Barbarossa and this line-up recorded the songs "Plastic Surgery" and "Beat My Guest" at Chappell Studios in London.[2] Adam Ant also featured in the film Jubilee as the character Kid while the band featured with the stand-in drummer Kenny Morris from the Banshees.[2] During a performance of "Plastic Surgery" Ant dislocated his knee.[8] Towards the end of the year, difficulties with management resulted in Ryan to be fired and replaced by Johnny Bivouac,[9] while the name of the band was extended to Adam and the Ants.

Touring extensively around the UK, often with Siouxsie and the Banshees, they proved to be unpopular with much of the British music press who disliked their fetishistic lyrics and imagery.[10] In response, the group formed a strong – at times ideological – rapport with amateur punk fanzines such as Ripped And Torn which gave them more favourable coverage.[11][12] The band built up a strong cult following,[13] but struggled to find mainstream success or even a record deal (apart from the two Jubilee soundtrack songs) until 1978, when they were signed to Decca.[2]

Early recordings

The band made their radio debut on the John Peel show with a session recorded on 23 January 1978, which included the songs "Deutscher Girls, "It Doesn't Matter", "Puerto Rican" and "Lou". The latter featured the group's manager Jordan on lead vocals,[14] as she did regularly during live performances until 14 May 1978 when she stepped away from the band after a concert at the Roundhouse. The day after the Peel Session, they re-recorded "Deutscher Girls" and overdubbed a new guitar break on the Chapels Studio version of "Plastic Surgery" at AIR studios for the Jubilee soundtrack album that was released later that year.[2][15] The un-dubbed version can be heard in the film itself.

On 15 May 1978, the afternoon after Jordan's final gig with the Ants, Bivouac also left the band and was replaced soon after by Matthew Ashman. This line-up continued to demo new material and on 10 July 1978 recorded a second Peel session that featured the songs "Zerox", "Physical", "Friends" and "Cleopatra".[2] At the end of the month, the band signed for two singles with Decca Records. The line up of Adam Ant (vocals and guitar), Matthew Ashman (guitar), Andy Warren (bass guitar) and Dave Barbe (drums) embarked on the first tour of continental Europe.[2] Upon their return in November 1978, the band did a session of "Zerox" and "Kick" at RAK Studios in London produced by Stephen 'Snips' Parsons.[2] In January 1979, Decca released their first single "Young Parisians" to little success and leaving the company to abandon plans for a second release. The band did embark on the Young Parians tour across Great Britain throughout January and February.[16][17] Additional material was recorded at Decca's own studio in West Hampstead[2][18] The band recorded a third Peel Session on 26 March 1979 that included "Ligotage", "Tabletalk", "Animals & Men" and "Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face)".[2]

After the Decca single, the band signed with the independent label Do It Records and re-recorded the second single "Zerox" backed with "Whip In My Valise" at the Roundhouse Studios. Released in July 1979, the band did a 17-date Zerox tour around Britain, in support, culminating a sell-out show at the London Lyceum on 5 August.[2] Al Spicer described this first incarnation of the band as 'a fairly standard black-leather, sour-puss punk image, with songs that had a habit of building slowly towards a full-volume 'sturm-und-drang' climax'.[1]

At the end of August, the band started recording their debut album at the Sound Development Studios in London. Written and produced by Adam Ant, the sessions were completed within weeks, as the band had rehearsed most of the material on stage.[2] After two sell-out shows at the Electric Ballroom, Ant sacked Ashman and Warren,[19] the latter of whom joined The Monochrome Set in early October. He was replaced by Lee Gorman and Ashman soon returned[20] while the album was slated for a November release.[2][21]

The album, Dirk Wears White Sox (1979, Do It Records) reached the top of the UK Independent Albums Chart, launched in early January 1980.[2] Ant decided to change managers and asked Malcolm McLaren to take over for a flat fee,[13] while they played a sell-out New Years Day gig at the Electric Ballroom. At the end of January 1980, McLaren convinced guitarist Matthew Ashman, bassist Leigh Gorman and drummer Dave Barbe to leave Adam and the Ants and form Bow Wow Wow, fronted by Annabella Lwin.[22][13]

Breakthrough

In the following months, a new version of Adam and the Ants was formed with Marco Pirroni (guitar), Kevin Mooney (bass guitar), and two drummers, Terry Lee Miall and Chris 'Merrick' Hughes. Pirroni became an influential member of the group, co-writing regularly with Adam Ant throughout much of his career.[22] Falcon Stuart was enlisted to manage the new band after McLaren had dropped Ant.[2] It signalled a style change by adapting Burundi-style African drumming and an image that mixed Native American make-up with pirate style colourful costumes.[1]

While reforming the band, Ant and Pirroni re-recorded the Dirk Wears White Sox track "Cartrouble Pt.2" as a contract-fulfilling single for Do It, together with future Culture Club drummer Jon Moss.[23] The label hired Hughes to produce the duo at the Rockfield Studios in Wales, after which they asked him to join.[24] The label released the single under the shorter title "Cartrouble" in March 1980, with Moss credited as "Terry 1+2".[23] Ant and Pirroni signed a publishing deal with EMI and worked with Hughes and the rest of the band on new material at the Matrix Studios in London.[2] Stuart took these to prospective record companies while the band embarked on a 14-day Ant-Invasion tour of the UK, culminating in a show at the Empire Ballroom.[2]

In July 1980, the band signed a deal with CBS Records and released the "Kings of the Wild Frontier" single, which initially reached No. 48 in the UK Singles Chart.[25] Hughes continued to produce the band and they completed the recording at Rockfield by the end of August.[2] A second single, "Dog Eat Dog" appeared in October and fared better by reaching the top 10 and resulted in their first appearance on Top of the Pops.[2][25]

In November 1980 the Kings of the Wild Frontier album was released and became a hit in the United Kingdom.[2] It put the band at the forefront of the New Romantic movement as they did a 32-day tour around the UK.[10] The album reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart on 24 January 1981.[25]

A third single, "Antmusic" was released later in November and reached No. 2 in January 1981 and No. 1 in Australia for five weeks.[2] Decca and Do It Records both re-released the band's previous output meaning that "Young Parisians" reached No. 9 in December 1980 (giving the Ants a posthumous UK Top 10 hit single) while Dirk Wears White Sox made it to No. 16 in the UK Albums Chart in February 1981. "Cartrouble" and "Zerox" also charted that month, making it to No. 33 and No. 45, respectively, in the UK Singles Chart.[25]

In February 1981, the band played the Royal Variety Show where an onstage incident with bassist Kevin Mooney occurred.[24] He was subsequently sacked and replaced with Gary Tibbs.[2] CBS re-released the "Kings of the Wild Frontier" single and it reached No. 2 in March.[25]

Major success

While the second album and re-released singles brought growing chart success, Hughes together with Ant, Miall and Pirroni recorded the single "Stand and Deliver" to bridge the gap between albums.[24] The band, now with Tibbs on board, filmed a video for the song at Hatfield House that featured the dandy highwayman storyline.[24]In support, the band did a six date theatre tour around Great Britain in March and ventured over to the US for a club tour in April.[26][27] The single became the first No. 1 record for the band in the UK for 5 weeks in May 1981.[25] The band spent much of the summer touring around continental Europe before going into the AIR Studios in London to complete the third album.[24] The first single and title track "Prince Charming", also reached the top of the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in September 1981.[25] In the same month the band embarked on the Prince Charming Revue tour that saw them travel to Austria and Japan.[2][13]

In November 1981, Adam and the Ants released the parent album Prince Charming which spent three weeks at number 2.[25] A third single from the album, "Ant Rap" reached No. 3 in January 1982.[25] The band was one of the most successful single acts in the UK in 1981. All three singles from the album as well as the previous single "Kings of the Wild Frontier" is listed on the official top 50 best-selling singles of 1981, "Stand and Deliver" and "Prince Charming" as the third and fourth best-selling single respectively.[28] By the end of January 1982 the band had completed their touring obligations.[29][30]

There was a further round of reissues of early material in the first half of 1982. The two Jubilee soundtrack songs were reissued by Polydor in February as a 7-inch single with "Deutscher Girls" as the A-side, reaching No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart and giving the original Ants band a second posthumous Top 15 hit.[25] Do It! records released the Antmusic EP, a 12" EP of three unused tracks from the Dirk sessions plus a remix of "Cartrouble (Parts 1 & 2)"), that reached No. 46.[25] In early 1982, the band received a BRIT Award for Best Album (Kings of the Wild Frontier) and a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist.[31] Ant and Pirronni also received the Songwriter of the Year Award for "Stand and Deliver" at the 27th Ivor Novello Awards in April 1982.[2]

Break-up and aftermath

In early 1982, the band received a BRIT Award for Best Album (Kings of the Wild Frontier) and a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist.[31]

In March 1982 Adam Ant disbanded the group.[1] Newspaper articles at the time offered various explanations for the motivations behind the split. Initially Adam was quoted as saying that the split was amicable, but later he was to say that "the interest just wasn't there any more. It might have been Adam and the Ants on the billboards but not on stage". In addition, it was said that Pirroni quit performing live as he was tired of touring.[32]

Ant launched a solo career a few months after the split, retaining Marco Pirroni as co-writer. They enjoyed success with a third UK No. 1 hit single "Goody Two Shoes" and further albums during the 1980s. Hughes continued to work as a record producer.[33]

To date, Ant has released six solo studio albums.[34] Songs by both versions of the Ants have remained staples of his solo live concerts and tours up to the present day. His partnership with Pirroni continued until the pair fell out in March 2010.[35] During the late 2000s and early 2010s, Pirroni was a member of The Wolfmen with Ant's 1982-1985 bassist Chris Constantinou; together they released two albums.[36]

Hughes and Tibbs formed the short-lived duo Merrick and Tibbs, which released the single "Call of the Wild" in 1983.[37] It peaked at number 95 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1983.[38] Mooney later formed Wide Boy Awake with Jordan, and Max with Ashman.[35]

Barbe, Ashman and Gorman's post Ants band Bow Wow Wow eventually scored two UK Top 10 hits. The trio later formed Chiefs of Relief and released an album on Sire Records by which point only Ashman remained. The Monochrome Set, featuring Warren and Square, have released fourteen albums to date. Bivouac achieved TV comedy success as Strings in a BBC police sitcom, Operation Good Guys.[39]

Re-releases

In 1990, a ten track selection of the early radio sessions was released as the Peel Sessions.[14] All three appeared in integral format on The Complete Radio 1 Sessions in 2001 with a later session by Ant added.[40]

Antbox, a retrospective box set spanning Ant's career from the late 1970s through the 1990s, was released in 2000. The box set included 66 tracks on three CDs, and quickly sold the initial 10,000 units. In 2003, the Antbox set was re-released in a different form (with the same tracks) and sold once again with success.

2004 saw the digitally remastered re-release of the albums Dirk Wears White Sox, Kings of the Wild Frontier, and Prince Charming, with bonus material in the form of previously unreleased demo songs. These were overseen by Marco Pirroni, and Kings of the Wild Frontier and Prince Charming were remastered by Chris Hughes.

In 2014, Ant, Barbe and Gorman, the surviving three-quarters of the December 1979 - January 1980 lineup, reunited to perform, along with selected members of Ant's current band, the Dirk Wears White Sox album in its entirety and in sequence at the Hammersmith Apollo, (preceded by five warm-up shows) to promote the album's reissue on Ant's own Blueblack Hussar label.

Ant and his regular band subsequently performed the album for four nights at the Islington Assembly Hall in November 2014 and on a full UK tour in Spring 2015. The Dirk performance section (plus selected other portions) of the Hammersmith concert was released on DVD in 2015 as Dirk Live At The Apollo. In 2016, this exercise was repeated with the Kings of the Wild Frontier album performed live on tour in the UK and US, to promote a deluxe gold vinyl reissue by Sony Records which charted in the UK Albums Chart at number 69.

Legacy

The visual aspect formed a large part of the impact that band had, especially at the height of their success between 1980 and early 1982. As Al Spicer noted, "Adam's career is better defined by his changing image than his music".[1] Together with their music videos and flamboyant stage presence, Adam and the Ants had significant mainstream success that was dubbed 'Antmania' in the British press.[1] Simon Reynolds summed it up as combination of 'heroic imagery, sexmusic and tribalism' while highlighting the early influence of Malcom McLaren,[13] and Paul Evans in the Rolling Stone album guide described the band as 'leering, self-mythologising (..) loopy faux-teen fun' and Ant as a 'the campiest figurehead of the New Romantic moment'.[4] Commentators also noted the links between 'Antmania' and the glam-rock of Marc Bolan and David Bowie in the 1970s.[41]

The band seized the opportunities provided by music videos on the new MTV channel to develop a theatrical, charismatic and heroic persona.[13] With romantic costumes and heavy make-up, the band was often seen as an early example of the New Romantic movement (though Adam Ant himself has always denied any connection with that movement). Lavish videos were produced for "Stand and Deliver", "Prince Charming", and "Ant Rap". All Adam and the Ants music videos were produced and storyboarded by Adam Ant.[13] These videos helped to establish the band in the United States when MTV began airing them in 1981.[citation needed] The "Prince Charming" video features a guest appearance by British film actress Diana Dors as the fairy Godmother,[42] and "Ant Rap" features Scottish pop singer Lulu as the "damsel in distress".[43]

In early 1995, Ant and Pirroni joined Nine Inch Nails on stage to perform "Physical (You're So)", "Red Scab" and "Beat My Guest", three songs from Adam and the Ants' early catalogue.[44] Nine Inch Nails also covered "Physical (You're So)" on their 1992 EP Broken.

On 8 May 2006, Hyper released their debut album, We Control, that featured a cover of "Antmusic", with Leeroy Thornhill of the Prodigy on lead vocals.[45] In April 2009, No Doubt performed a cover of "Stand and Deliver" on an episode of the American TV show Gossip Girl, and performed it at the Bamboozle music festival, New Jersey, in May 2009.[46]

In 2011, CBBC programme Horrible Histories featured the song "Dick Turpin" that was a pastiche on Adam and the Ants "Stand and Deliver".[47]

An affectionate short film, featuring Nick Moran as Adam and Mackenzie Crook as Gary Tibbs, called Ant Muzak, featuring Adam and the Ants visiting a supermarket late at night at the same time as Sigue Sigue Sputnik, was made in 2002. Gary Tibbs appeared in the film as Dirk, the supermarket manager, and wore white socks. The film is available on DVD with two similar parodies.[48]

Members

Lineups

Early 1977 - 10 May 1977 10 May 1977 - Early June 1977 Early June 1977 - October 1977 October 1977 - May 1978
  • Adam Ant - vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Paul Flannagan - drums
  • Andy Warren - bass
  • Mark Ryan - guitar
  • Adam Ant - vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Andy Warren - bass
  • Mark Ryan - guitar
  • Dave Barbarossa - drums
  • Jordan - vocals
  • Adam Ant - vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Andy Warren - bass
  • Dave Barbarossa - drums
  • Johnny Bivouac - guitar
  • Jordan - vocals
June 1978 - September 1979 October 1979 - November 1979 December 1979 - 26 January 1980 February 1980 - Early 1981
  • Adam Ant - vocals, guitar, bass, piano, harmonica
  • Andy Warren - bass
  • Dave Barbarossa - drums
  • Matthew Ashman - guitar
  • Adam Ant - vocals, guitar,
  • Dave Barbarossa - drums
  • Adam Ant - vocals, guitar,
  • Dave Barbarossa - drums
  • Matthew Ashman - guitar
  • Leigh Gorman - bass
Early 1981 - March 1982
  • Adam Ant - vocals, guitar, bass, harmonica
  • Chris "Merrick" Hughes - drums, acoustic guitar, piano
  • Terry Lee Miall - drums
  • Marco Pirroni - guitar
  • Gary Tibbs - bass

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Adam Ant discography

Awards

Year Nominated work Award Result
1982 Adam and the Ants Grammy Award: Best New Artist[49] Nominated
Adam and the Ants Brit Awards: British Group Nominated
"Prince Charming" Brit Awards: British Single Nominated
"Stand and Deliver" Brit Awards: British Single Nominated
Kings of the Wild Frontier Brit Awards: British Album[50] Won
"Stand and Deliver" Ivor Novello Awards: Songwriters of the Year[51] Won

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