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Adam Ant

Stuart Leslie Goddard, better known as Adam Ant (born 3 November 1954), is an English singer, musician, and actor. He gained popularity as the lead singer of new wave group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring 10 UK top ten hits from 1980 to 1983, including three UK No. 1 singles. He has also worked as an actor, appearing in many films and television episodes.

Adam Ant
Adam Ant in 2017
Background information
Birth nameStuart Leslie Goddard
Born (1954-11-03) 3 November 1954 (age 68)[1]
Marylebone, London, England[1]
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • actor
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • bass
  • harmonica
  • piano
  • mandolin
Years active1977–present
Labels
Websiteadam-ant.com

Ant began his musical career playing bass in the band Bazooka Joe. From 1977 to 1982 he performed with Adam and the Ants. Their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox (1979) reached number one on the UK Independent Albums Chart. Prior to recording his second album as Adam and the Ants, he asked producer Malcolm McLaren to manage his band; McLaren instead take his backing band to form Bow Wow Wow. Ant regrouped with new members, including Marco Pirroni, to release his second album Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980). It reached number one in the UK Album Chart, spawned three hit singles, became the UK number-one selling album in 1981, and won Best British Album at the 1982 Brit Awards. He released his third and final album with the group, Prince Charming (1981), which spawned two UK number-one singles "Stand and Deliver" and "Prince Charming".

In 1982, he began a solo career, retaining Marco Pirroni as co-songwriter. His first solo album was Friend or Foe (1982), from which the debut single "Goody Two Shoes" reached number one in the UK and Australia in 1982, and became his first top-20 hit in the United States. The album reached number five on the UK Albums Chart and number 16 on the US Billboard Album Chart, becoming his most successful solo album. His next two solo albums Strip (1983) and Vive Le Rock (1985) were less commercially successful. Ant began to focus on an acting career, performing on stage and in film and television roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He released his fourth solo album Manners & Physique (1990) which was produced by André Cymone and featured a Minneapolis sound. Despite the US Top-20 success of the single "Room at the Top", Ant was dropped from MCA Records, and his album Persuasion (1991) was shelved and never officially released. He signed with Capitol Records to release Wonderful (1995). The single "Wonderful" became Ant's third US Top-40 hit single.

Since 2010, Ant has continued his music career, recording and releasing a new album Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter (2013, UK number 25), and completing eight full-length UK national tours, five US national tours, and two Australian tours. A further album, Bravest of the Brave, was recorded in 2014[3] and is still awaiting release.

Early life

Stuart Goddard was born in Marylebone, London, the only child of Leslie Alfred Goddard and Betty Kathleen Smith. His father had served in the Royal Air Force and worked as a chauffeur, and his mother was an embroiderer for Norman Hartnell.[4]: 4  His home was two rooms in the De Walden buildings, St John's Wood.[4]: 5  He recalls: "There was no luxury, but there was always food on the table." He is of partial Romani descent; his maternal grandfather, Walter Albany Smith, was Romanichal.[4]: 10  This heritage became a basis for a theme in his later work: a concern for oppressed minorities.

His parents divorced when Goddard was seven years old[4]: 35  and his mother supported him by working as a domestic cleaner, being briefly employed by Paul McCartney.[5] Goddard's first school was Robinsfield Infants School, where he created a considerable stir by throwing a brick through the head-teacher's office window on two consecutive days.[4]: 28  In the aftermath of this incident, Goddard was placed under the supervision of teacher Joanna Saloman, who encouraged him to develop his abilities in art and whom he later credited as the first person to show him he could be creative.[6][7]

Goddard then attended Barrow Hill Junior School where he boxed and was a member of the cricket team.[4]: 32  He passed the eleven plus exam to gain a place at St Marylebone Grammar School,[4]: 56  an all-boys school, where he enjoyed history, played rugby,[4]: 57  and became a school prefect.[7] After passing six O levels and three A levels, in English, History and Art,[4]: 72  Goddard attended Hornsey College of Art to study graphic design, and was a student of art historian Peter Webb for a time.[8] He dropped out of Hornsey, short of completing his BA, to focus on a career in music.[4]: 4 

Early musical career

The first band Goddard joined was Bazooka Joe, in which he played bass guitar.[1] He has said that the idea of Adam Ant came to him after watching the Sex Pistols play their first gig in 1975: "After seeing the Pistols, I wanted to do something different, be someone else, but couldn't work out what and who".[4]: 92, 94

He renamed himself Adam Ant, choosing the name because "I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive".[9] He formed his own band, the B-Sides, with Lester Square and Andy Warren.[4]: 94 In 1977, together with drummer Paul Flanagan, they went on to form Adam and the Ants (initially named just "The Ants"), with the inaugural band meeting held in the audience at a Siouxsie and the Banshees performance at the Roxy Club in London's Covent Garden.[10]

Musical career

1977–1982: Adam and the Ants

Adam and the Ants started as part of the burgeoning punk rock movement. Ant later acted in Derek Jarman's seminal "punk" film Jubilee in 1977, as Adam and the Ants were beginning to gig around London with manager Jordan from the SEX Boutique on Kings Road. His debut as a recording artist was the song "Deutscher Girls", which featured on the film's soundtrack, along with "Plastic Surgery" which was performed in the film. "Deutscher Girls"/"Plastic Surgery" was re-released as a single in 1982. The band toured extensively around the UK but proved to be unpopular with much of the British music press who disliked their fetishistic lyrics and imagery. Late 1979 saw the release of their début album Dirk Wears White Sox (1979, Do It Records), with Matthew Ashman on guitar, Andy Warren on bass and Dave Barbarossa on drums.

Ant approached Malcolm McLaren (the manager of the Sex Pistols) and asked him to manage the band. McLaren subsequently took the rest of the Ants from the original group when he introduced the singer Annabella Lwin and began the process of honing Bow Wow Wow for chart success. Later Ant seemed to have reconciled with the fact. "I like to use the word 'mutiny'. My band was happy to go. Malcolm tried to see if I could fit into Bow Wow Wow, but I never could've or would've. I might have had a broken heart at the time, but Malcolm didn't leave me with nothing. He mentored me. He said: 'Look, what do you want?' I said: 'I wanna sell millions of records', and he said, 'Well, you're going the wrong way about it. This [debut album Dirk Wears White Sox] is the kind of esoteric stuff you do when you've done eight albums, you're living on a yacht, and you can do what you want'," he remembered later.[11]

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 Hughes (ex-Dalek I Love You), who used the name "Merrick". The band signed a major label deal with CBS Records and recorded Kings of the Wild Frontier during the summer of 1980. The album was an enormous hit in the United Kingdom, and the "Antmania" that ensued put the band at the forefront of the New Romantic movement. The single "Antmusic" went to No. 2 on the UK singles chart by December 1980, but made it to No. 1 in the charts in Australia. Following the abrupt departure of Mooney in February 1981, bassist Gary Tibbs, formerly of Roxy Music, joined the band.

In November 1981, Adam & the Ants released another highly successful album, Prince Charming. The album featured two United Kingdom No. 1 singles – "Stand and Deliver" and the title track, "Prince Charming" – as well as the No. 3 UK hit "Ant Rap". This trio of singles was promoted by some of the most lavish music videos of the period and paved the way for Ant's later acting career.[12] The work schedule Ant imposed upon himself was punishing. "I took no holidays – and I mean no holidays. When Kings of the Wild Frontier took off, I was halfway through making Prince Charming, and so on, because we had to bring out an album and four singles a year. But the price you pay... I split my cartilage in Cleveland doing "Goody Two Shoes", it was my body saying, 'Look, no!' Then I was back onstage doing the Motown 25 [in 1983] show 10 days later, having had the operation. Nobody could have stopped me, or make me do it. I did it. I was very, very bad at pacing," he later remembered.[11]

In March 1982, feeling certain band members "lacked enthusiasm" Ant disbanded the group.[13]

1982–2001: Solo career

A few months after Adam and the Ants split, Ant launched his solo career and retained Pirroni as guitarist and co-songwriter.[13] Merrick also briefly stayed as drummer and producer for the UK edition of the first solo hit single "Goody Two Shoes"—which made it to No. 1 in the UK—and demos for the upcoming Friend or Foe album, before moving on to other production work.[14] The Friend or Foe album also produced another top ten single, "Friend or Foe", which reached No. 9 in September 1982.[15]

Ant recruited a new band for touring, consisting of new dual drummers Bogdan Wiczling (ex-Fingerprintz) and Barry Watts (ex-Q-Tips), plus guitarist Cha Burns (also ex-Fingerprintz), bassist Chris Constantinou and the former Q-Tips brass section of trumpeter Tony Hughes and twin saxophonists Stewart van Blandamer and Steve Farr.[16] The new band made its debut at London's Astoria Theatre on 1 October 1982. A US tour began in New York on 8 November. On the 19th tour date on 20 February 1983 in Cleveland, Ohio, Ant suffered a knee injury onstage (a relapse of a previous injury suffered while filming Jubilee in 1977), forcing the postponement and/or cancellation of dates throughout February and March while he recuperated. Ant eventually returned to performing, performing as a guest on the NBC' show Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, joined onstage by Diana Ross. He resumed the US tour, completed on 18 May 1983 at the Bronco Bowl in Dallas, Texas.[17]

During his recuperation from the knee injury, Ant worked with Pirroni on new material[4]: 214–215  that formed the basis of Ant's second solo album, Strip. With promotion on the Strip album complete, Ant reduced his band to the quartet of himself, Pirroni (now out of retirement again), Wiczling and Constantinou.[18] The latter two adopted the stage names Count Wiczling and Chris De Niro respectively and were upgraded from live backing musicians to being full-time band members, featured on record sleeves,[18] logos[19] and even in song lyrics.[20] The LP Strip produced a top ten single, "Puss'n Boots", that reached No. 5 in the UK charts in October 1983.[21] Ant formally unveiled his new four-piece band at the 1984 Montreux Pop Festival,[4]: 234 

In July 1985, Ant secured a spot at the Live Aid concert – the first live performance of the "Ant/Marco/Wiczling/De Niro" band – but was asked to cut his set to one song, for which he chose his new single, the Vive le Rock title track[22] Ant later claimed to regret playing the fundraiser, saying, "I was asked by Sir Bob to promote this concert. They had no idea they could sell it out. Then in Bob's book, he said, 'Adam was over the hill so I let him have one number.'... Doing that show was the biggest f**king mistake in the world. Knighthoods were made, Bono got it made, and it was a waste of f**king time. It was the end of rock 'n' roll."[23]

A year after the hit single success of "Apollo 9", which reached No. 13 in September 1984, the parent album Vive Le Rock was released in September 1985, to mixed reviews. As part of the promotion, the band performed a live TV session for Channel 4 music show Bliss hosted by Muriel Gray. Several songs were recorded, although only two – "Miss Thing" from the new album and "Killer in the Home" from Kings of the Wild Frontier – were actually transmitted.[24]

Ant paused his career in music at the end of 1985 to focus on his acting career.[4]: 244  The Fort Lauderdale show was Ant's last full-length concert until February 1993. Indeed, between December 1982 and February 1995, Ant's only public live concerts outside North America were the four aforementioned UK/Spanish shows, Live Aid,[25] a 1987 fanclub party performance,[26] and a September 1994 EMI corporate event in Brighton.[27] He severed ties with CBS in late 1986, following the release of the Hits audio/VHS compilation.[4]: 248  In 1990, Ant returned with Manners & Physique, a collaboration with André Cymone, a solo artist and an early member of Prince's band. The album was another moderate success, and featured the single "Room at the Top", which was a Top 20 hit on both sides of the Atlantic. "Rough Stuff" became the second single for the United States and Germany as "Can't Set Rules About Love" charted in the United Kingdom.[citation needed]

In 1992, Nine Inch Nails released a cover of Adam & the Ants' "Physical (You're So)" on their Broken EP, originally released on the Kings of the Wild Frontier LP."[28] Subsequently in 1995, Adam Ant performed "Physical" live with Nine Inch Nails on their tour for two nights in a row.

In 1995, Ant released the album, Wonderful. The title track was a successful single, as was a tour of the US in support of the album. While Ant and his group, which retained longtime guitarist Pirroni alongside Kris Dollimore (The Godfathers, The Damned), Bruce Whitkin, Dave Ruffy (The Ruts) and Dave Barbarossa (Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow),[29] played in smaller venues than they had played in the 1980s, the houses were often packed with enthusiastic fans. The tour was cut short due to Ant and Pirroni both contracting glandular fever.[4]: 298  Ant also played three shows at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London and did a mini tour of Virgin Record Shops playing selected tunes from the album Wonderful and signing records. Adam and his band also played shows in Dublin, Glasgow, Middlesbrough and Stoke-on-Trent.

In 1996, Ant and Pirroni recorded two new songs, "Lamé" and "Inseminator", for the soundtrack to Ant's latest film Drop Dead Rock. Also around this time, they recorded a cover version of the T. Rex song "Dandy in the Underworld". The duo continued to demo other songs around this time, including such titles as "Tough Blokes", "Justine", "Picasso Meets Gary Cooper" and "Call Me Sausage" (the last of which leaked out into bootleg circulation among fans).[30] These new songs with Pirroni were for Ant's own new label Blend Records. Pirroni later referred to these recordings as the Blend Demos. They also guested with such bands as Dweeb and Rachel Stamp. In 2001, following the 11 September attacks, Ant recorded a charity single for New York firefighters; a double A-side of Neil Diamond's "America" with his own song "Big Trouble".[31][32] In interviews from the time, Ant talked of numerous varied plans, including starting another new record label, reforming Adam and the Ants, and a star-studded benefit concert for a forest in Patagonia.[33]

2002–2009: Autobiography

In 2003, the Channel 4 television special titled The Madness of Prince Charming[7] was aired in the UK documenting Ant's career and his struggle with mental illness (he was diagnosed as suffering with bipolar disorder).

In 2003, Ant and Wonderful collaborator, Boz Boorer, teamed with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund (now called The Gorilla Organisation) in a reworking of "Stand and Deliver" as "Save the Gorillas" as an EP along with four primate/rainforest-themed covers. Originally intended as a benefit record for the endangered mountain gorilla, it was never released, due to copyright and licensing issues relating to the title track. One track from the EP, Jungle Rock, was eventually released on Boorer's 2008 solo LP Miss Pearl.[34][35][36]

Ant made a guest appearance on an EP released in 2005—Mike's Bikes by former Ants bassist Kevin Mooney's new band, the Lavender Pill Mob, on Mooney's own label Le Coq Musique. Ant provided lead vocals for Black Pirates, a reworking of the song Chicken Outlaw by Mooney's earlier band Wide Boy Awake, inspired by Mooney's departure from the Ants.[37]

In September 2006, he published his autobiography, Stand & Deliver. Marking the release of the book, Ant did a UK book signing, which went from London to Edinburgh.[38] After the success of the first edition the paperback edition was published in September 2007, which contains a new epilogue that covers the year following the initial hardback release. As part of the promotion of the paperback, Ant performed a reading of selected passages of the book along with acoustic songs (accompanised by childhood friend Dave Pash on guitar) at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London on 24 September. A live CD of highlights of the gig was released the following year.[39][40]

2010–2012: Independent label and return to touring

 
Adam Ant on stage in 2011

On 4 March 2010, Adam Ant registered his new label Blue Black Hussar Ltd. as a private limited company at Companies House.[41] That month also marked a return to live music. Ant's first live performance since The Bloomsbury in 2007 was at "Through The Looking Glass" bookshop in London on 18 March, at which he played "Ants Invasion", "Cartrouble", "Physical", and a cover of Iggy Pop's "The Passenger". A day later, on 19 March, Ant guested at a Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction gig at the Pipeline Bar, London E1, in which he provided lead vocals for the band's Top 20 hit "Prime Mover".[42] Ant performed yet another low key show at the Southwark Playhouse on Saturday 20 March.[42] During the intervals Ant talked about Sony records, how he rejected an alleged £2.6 million O2 deal, and a new album collaboration with Chris McCormack.[43]

Ant played a sold-out headline concert, dubbed "The Pirate Metal Extravaganza" at the Scala in London on 30 April.[44] He also performed some smaller guerilla gigs in Autumn 2010, which received no advance billing, including a solo show at the Dark Mills festival at London's Colour House Theatre on 4 September 2010, the launch party of the Illamasqua store on 16 September (at which Boy George served as DJ), and a guest spot at the Monster Raving Loony Party's annual conference in Fleet, Hampshire, on 25 September. On Thursday 21 October, Ant performed at the Union Chapel, London.[45]

Ant headlined at the Scala again on 18 November,[46] joined by a trio of female backing singers. The gig received positive reviews and three days later again topped the bill at a tribute concert for former Ant Matthew Ashman on 21 November at the same venue, in a show also featuring later Ashman bands Bow Wow Wow, Chiefs of Relief, Agent Provocateur and London rock act Slam Cartel. Ant was back playing live two days later on 23 December, when he and Baillee guested onstage at the Christmas party of West Rocks at Shepherds Bar in Shepherd's Bush and played live again at Proud, Camden on 5 January 2011[47] and at Madame Jojo's in Soho on 17 January.[48] He finished the month by playing further dates of his "... WORLD TOUR OF LONDON ..." with a two-night stand at the 100 Club on 26 and 27 January 2011.[49][50]

Ant spent time in Paris where he played low-key shows (his first gigs outside the UK in nearly 16 years.).[51] On 29 March 2011, BBC Radio 4 transmitted an interview of Ant by John Humphrys for the On the Ropes series in which Ant discussed his bipolar condition and its impact on his career. That same day, Ant held a press conference and media preview gig at Under The Bridge in Chelsea at which he formally unveiled plans for an eleven date UK concert tour (as with the Paris concert, the first such event in 16 years) due to run from 16 May to 4 June 2011. Also announced at the Chelsea event was a public screening of the December 1981 Prince Charming Revue concert video plus a question-and-answer session to be held in South London's Coronet Cinema on 11 May 2011.[52] By the time the tour got underway on 16 May in Brighton, the original eleven date itinerary had been expanded to fifteen dates.[51] Ant completed the schedule of tour dates[53] which were overwhelmingly enthusiastically received.[54]

There was only one serious negative onstage incident, at Fat Sam's in Dundee on 21 May 2011 when Ant reacted angrily to some crowd elements who booed his kilt decorated with the St George's Cross.[55] The tour closed in Manchester on 5 June with a show at the city's Manchester Academy.[53]

 
Adam Ant at G-Live, Guildford, December 2011

The Seaside Tour follow-up to the main UK tour and a warm-up to Ant's appearance at Hard Rock Calling 2011 in Hyde Park, London, on 26 June 2011,[56] third on the bill to Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks before an audience of 45,000.[57] Ant later slotted in some more solo gigs, including the Soho Festival in London's Wardour Street on 11 July.[51][58] Ant also announced a follow-up UK tour (described as the "second leg" of the 2011 tour), initially scheduled to run for twelve dates from 11 November 2011 in Bristol until 13 December 2011 in Newcastle.[59] As with the previous leg, Ant passed the time until the tour playing one-off dates, appearing with his tour band in Bedford on 10 September[51] before three days later reuniting with 2010 band members Crewdson and Love for a charity show on board HMS Belfast.[60] As with the previous tour, the itinerary was expanded from the initial 12 dates to an eventual 21 dates running from 10 November in Frome until 16 December in Norwich, (with a non-tour acoustic gig at a benefit event for London's Wilton Hall venue thrown in for good measure).[51] Just three days after the final Norwich date of the tour, Ant was back onstage again with two members of his live band on 19 December at a charity event at Ronnie Scott's.[61] The first record release of Ant's 2010s comeback also occurred at this point, with the release of the Sex Drugs and HIV compilation album featuring Ant's version of "Get A Grip" which had been recorded a year earlier while the World Tour of London was in progress.[62]

A few days before the end of the second leg of his UK tour, it was officially announced that Ant would make his return to the US with a 15-date North American tour in February 2012, starting on 2 February in Ant's former adopted hometown of Los Angeles and running until 25 February in nearby Anaheim.[48] A few days into the new year, however, it was announced that the tour was postponed until the Autumn.[63] A five-date warm-up UK mini tour for Ant and his band nonetheless went ahead for 19–24 January 2012.[48]

An exhibition of photographs of Ant – titled Adam Ant – Dandy in the Underworld ran from 7 March 2012 to 29 April 2012 at Proud Camden in London, featuring images of Ant throughout his career, including the work of Chris Duffy, Gerard McNamara, Jill Furmanovsky, Denis O'Regan, Chris Cuffaro, Hannah Domagala, Robert Matheu, David Corio and Janette Beckman. To promote this exhibition, Ant performed a solo charity concert at the gallery on 6 March[64] with the same two band members as the Ronnie Scotts concert from the previous December. The concert was well received, although an inebriated Chrissie Hynde who was in attendance, heckled throughout the performance.[65] While this exhibition was on, Ant took his band on tour to Australia with an initial five date schedule spread over a two-week period from 23 March to 8 April, taking in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.[66] In mid February, Ant made a warm-up visit to Australia, including an appearance on the Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight show recorded on 13 February 2012 for transmission on 15 February[67] and promotional work in Melbourne and Sydney.[68]

Although poor ticket sales forced the cancellation of the Adelaide gig,[69] the remaining four concerts all went ahead. The Sydney Morning Herald gave a reservedly positive review of the opening Sydney date on 23 March (which it rated three stars out of five), noting "In a set plus two encores (the first cheered for; the second not really but played anyway) comprising 30 songs, it was kind of the equivalent of throwing a lot of make-up at the mirror and seeing what stuck."[70] Ant also made further Australian TV appearances including a return to Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight recorded on 26 March for transmission on 28 March, including live performances of "Stand and Deliver" and new album track "Vince Taylor" with his full band.[71]

 
Adam Ant at Music Midtown, Atlanta, 2012

Subsequently, for the second year running, Ant was scheduled to make appearances on the summer festival circuit, interspersed with various one-off dates around the UK. This got off to an early start when Ant stepped in as replacement headliner at the Bearded Theory festival in Derby on 18 May 2012, when the Levellers had to pull out due to one of the band members being injured. Ant also played the first full band concert in continental Europe of his 2010s comeback on 24 June 2012 at the Parkpop festival in the Zuiderpark in the Hague, Netherlands, with his set broadcast on Dutch national TV. After six assorted dates around the UK in early July, Ant's next major show was a headline slot at the Silverstone Classic Festival on 21 July[72] followed the next day by an appearance at Rewind in Perth and then at Camp Bestival on 27 July 2012.[73] The rest of the summer saw Ant mix festivals such as the Summer Sundae Weekender on 18 August, Solfest on 24 August and the Isle of Wight Bestival with dates in such locations as Swindon, Southend-on-Sea, Warrington and Croydon.[48][63] Later in the year, Ant's postponed US tour finally went ahead, commencing 13 September in Los Angeles and finishing on 20 October in nearby Anaheim. The third UK tour of the 2010s, the Blueblack Hussar Tour, commenced on 1 November in Glasgow and ran to 30 November at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire.[48] During the tour, the first single of the new album was released – "Cool Zombie", with the formerly planned A-side "Gun in Your Pocket" now as the B-side. On New Year's Eve 2012, Ant and his full band appeared on Jools Holland's Hootenanny New Year music show, performing new album track "Vince Taylor" as well as old hits "Stand And Deliver" and "Antmusic".

2013–present: Release of new album, touring

 
Adam Ant performing live at the Republik in Honolulu, Hawaii, in a concert by the BAMP Project

The album, the focal point of the comeback since 2010, finally received its release on 21 January 2013. Its gestation had a long history which had been running alongside the live comeback; in 2009, it was announced that Ant was planning on putting a new record out. He also expressed interest in working with The Kaiser Chiefs.[74][75]

In an April 2010 interview for the NME, Ant announced he was also working on a new album, with the title Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter. This featured collaborations with former 3 Colours Red guitarist Chris McCormack, Ant's long-time songwriting partner Marco Pirroni, Morrissey's writing partner Boz Boorer and was also due to feature a member of Oasis (later identified as Andy Bell).[76] According to Ant, the album is a "live record that lends itself to performance" and will feature a "kind of concept. It's a very old-fashioned, old-school, step-by-step album". He also described the album as "very autobiographical, very personal."[77] In addition, Ant re-recorded a song in tribute to the late Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, who died earlier that month, and who also once managed Adam & The Ants. Named Who's A Goofy Bunny Then?, the track was only previously available as a demo recorded in the early 1980s, but Ant stated he wanted to release a new version in tribute to the late punk manager. "Malcolm was a sort of mentor in my life", he said. "As close as you can get to a surrogate father". The song took its name from a term of endearment bestowed upon McLaren by Ant – referring to his "quite prominent teeth".[78]

On 31 December 2010, Ant gave an interview for The Sun (featured in the "Something for the Weekend" segment) in which he discussed in considerable detail the various controversies surrounding his recent life and musical activities. He summed up his upcoming album thus: "The Blueblack Hussar is me coming back to life. I'm like The Terminator —- I was a dead man walking".[79] He also discussed individual songs on the album — as well as "Gun in Your Pocket" (which, aside from the Troubador live performance, had also been given a club dancefloor play by Ant himself as guest DJ at the Family Affair clubnight in Shoreditch, London on 24 April 2010),[80] The interview in The Sun also made mention of "Shrink", a song about Ant's experiences in the mental healthcare system. Ant had previously discussed both of these songs in his April 2010 interview with Simon Price for online fanzine The Quietus.[81] On his second visit to Iain Lee's show on Absolute Radio on 4 January 2011, two further new tracks were debuted, "Hard Men, Tough Blokes" and "punkyoungirl" [sic].[82] In an interview for Bizarre magazine published that month, Ant named the song co-written with Andy Bell as "Cool Zombie".[83]

21 January 2013 release date was officially announced by Ant onstage at his September 2012 concert in Chatham[84] by Ant's own record label Blueblack Hussar Records.[41] Despite the decidedly DIY nature of the release, the album reached number 25 on the UK Albums Chart, only one place lower than its predecessor had managed when released on the corporate EMI label nearly eighteen years earlier. It had previously been at number 8 in the Midweeks.[85] To promote the album, Ant performed a series of concerts around the British Isles during April and May (billed as a "Spring Tour") culminating in a gig at The Roundhouse on 11 May. A free concert in Rome took place on 14 June and a second full length 40 plus show US tour got underway on 17 July in San Diego and ran to 21 September in Anaheim.[48] Prior to the tour, Ant and his band appeared on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote the new album, performing a live version of the track "Vince Taylor".

During early 2014, Ant was at work recording his next album, titled Bravest of the Brave. On 19 April, Ant performed his debut album Dirk Wears White Sox at the Hammersmith Apollo with a band including former Ants Dave Barbe and Lee Gorman, preceding this with several UK tour dates. He also reissued the Dirk album on white vinyl on his Blueblack Hussar label, with a launch party gig at the 100 CLub. Both London concerts were filmed and later released as the DVD album Dirk Live At The Apollo. Ant subsequently performed the full album again with his regular band for four nights at the Islington Assembly Hall in November 2014 and a full UK tour in Spring 2015. Jack Bond's documentary on Ant, The Blueblack Hussar, covering his life and performances from late 2010 to mid 2011, was released on DVD in July 2014 by Sunrise Pictures.

Ant toured the UK in 2016 and North America in early 2017, performing his Kings of the Wild Frontier album in its entirety. Sony Records issued a deluxe box set of the album linked to the UK leg of the tour, including a gold vinyl pressing of the album (as previously announced by Ant at the 100 Club gig in 2014). After his January 24, 2017 show in Boston MA Ant's guitarist and music director, Tom Edwards, suddenly died due to suspected heart failure; he was 41.[86] After cancelling shows in New York and Philadelphia, the tour continued. Later the same year, he toured the UK and announced he would return to North America with another tour, titled "Anthems: The Singles"[87] in the autumn, and afterwards would be taking the Kings tour to Australia and New Zealand.

Ant announced the Friend or Foe tour, which traveled North America and the United Kingdom from September to December 2019.[88][89] He performed the album in its entirety in an 18-date tour in North America before returning to the United Kingdom for 26 shows. A further North American tour originally planned for April–May 2020 was shifted back to 2021 then 2022 as result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[90] It was eventually scrapped due to the glut of rescheduled tours, but a 19 date "Antics" tour of the UK did go ahead.

In 2023, a US show was announced: Ant will be one of the headliners at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California on May 20.[91]

Musical style

The tone of Ant's debut solo album, Friend or Foe, was defined as glitzy glam pop with "tongue-in-cheek tunes, delivered with an excess of flair and good humour". It was also described as being "one of Ant's best records and one of the best new wave albums".[92]

In a review for Strip, the songs were considered to contain a "mixture of driving, danceable rock with humour".[93]

The music on Vive Le Rock has been said to be a "50s-style rock & roll sound".[94]

The fourth studio album, Manners and Physique, was said to be a combination of "contemporary dance tracks" and Ant's "old flair for mockery".[95] Ant himself later said that the album was styled after the bass heavy Minneapolis sound of which André Cymone, in Ant's words, was "one of the architects".[96]

Discography

Adam and the Ants

Adam Ant

Concert tours

Headlining

  • Young Parisians Tour, Great Britain, January–February 1979, 15 dates including London Electric Ballroom support slot for The Lurkers
  • Zerox Tour, Great Britain, July–August 1979, 17 dates plus private preview show
  • Ants Invasion Tour, Great Britain May–June 1980, 15 dates plus private preview show
  • Kings of the Wild Frontier Tour, Great Britain, November–December 1980, 32 dates
  • Stand And Deliver Tour, worldwide, March–October 1981, 54 dates (not including April 1981 London charity show)
Individual legs:
  • Stand And Deliver UK Tour, Great Britain, March 1981, six dates
  • US Ants Invasion Tour, United States and Canada, April 1981, 13 dates
  • Stand And Deliver European Tour, assorted Western European nations, May–June 1981, 19 dates
  • Kings Of The Wild Frontier World Tour, United States, Japan and Australia, September–October 1981, 16 dates
  • The Prince Charming Revue, Great Britain, December 1981 – January 1982, 25 dates at ten venues
  • Friend or Foe Tour
Great Britain: Six dates, October–November 1982.
United States and Canada: 83 dates, November 1982 – May 1983.
  • Strip Tour United States: 60 dates, January–April 1984.
  • Vive Le Rock Tour
Spain: 1 date August 1985.
England: 3 dates (London, Manchester, Birmingham) September 1985.
United States and Canada: 34 dates, October–November 1985.
  • Persuasion Tour United States and Mexico: 28 dates including preview show, February–March 1993.
  • Wonderful Tour
United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland: 8 dates March 1995.
United States and Canada: 38 dates April–June 1995
  • Wonderful Instore Acoustic Tour
United States: 2 dates March 1995.
Great Britain, 10 shows in 5 days (2 shows per day) April 1995
  • The Good, The Mad And The Lovely Tour
United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland:
First leg: 15 dates plus preview show May–June 2011.
"Seaside Tour": five dates June 2011.
Second leg: 22 dates November–December 2011 plus three warmup dates October 2011
Third leg: five dates, January 2012.
Australia: four dates March–April 2012
United States: 20 dates September–October 2012
  • Blueblack Hussar Tour
United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man:
First leg: 19 dates November 2012
Second leg: 12 dates April–May 2013
Netherlands and Belgium: Three dates December 2012
United States and Canada: 44 dates July–September 2013
  • XII Before Dirk Tour Great Britain: five dates (reduced from scheduled titular 12) April 2014
  • Dirk Wears White Sox Live Tour England: 12 dates April 2015
  • Kings of the Wild Frontier Live Tour
Great Britain: 14 dates May–June plus London Christmas show December 2016
United States and Canada 17 dates January–February 2017
Australia and New Zealand: six dates October 2017
  • ANThems Tour
Great Britain: 18 dates May 2017 plus London Christmas shows December 2017 (one date) and December 2018 (two dates).
United States: 14 dates September 2017. Three postponed Florida dates rescheduled for January 2018. Ten further dates July–August 2018
  • Friend Or Foe Tour
United States and Canada: 18 dates, September–October 2019
Great Britain: 26 dates, November–December 2019
United States: 16 dates, April–May 2020 – postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19, cancelled due to schedule conflicts
  • Antics Tour
Great Britain: 19 dates June–September 2022 - postponed from February–March 2022

In addition to the above, seven London concert dates between October 2010 and January 2011 were promoted as the World Tour of London. Also, seven dates in April 1978, four in London and one each in Nottingham, Liverpool and Sheffield were advertised on a handbill as being the "Dirk Wears White Socks Tour"

Residency

Marquee Club, London, England
5–26 January 1978 (four successive Thursdays)

Acting career

Ant's acting career began in 1977 when he appeared in Jubilee.[97] During the 1980s and 1990s he was living in Hollywood and pursued his acting career, taking roles in films such as Nomads,[98] Slam Dance,[99] Sunset Heat,[100] and Love Bites.[101] Ant also appeared on American television shows, including The Equalizer,[102] Sledge Hammer!,[103] Tales from the Crypt[104] and Northern Exposure[105] in which he played a rock musician.

Ant has also worked in theatre: he starred in Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane and appeared in Funeral Games.[4]: 257, 326 He produced the musical Be Bop A Lula about rock 'n' roll singers Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran's days on tour in England, with a set designed by L.A. artist Michael Pearce.[106]

TV and film

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1977 Jubilee Kid Film [97]
1982 The Cannon and Ball Show Himself TV series 4, episode 4 [107]
1983 Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Himself TV special [108]
1985 The Equalizer DeGraumont TV series 1, episode 4 "The Lock Box" [102]
1986 Honda advert with Grace Jones Advert
1986 Nomads Number One Film [98]
1987 Amazing Stories Ted Hellenbeck TV series 2, episode 18 "Such Interesting Neighbors" [109]
1987 Slam Dance Jim Campbell Film [99]
1987 Sledge Hammer! Lionel Dasham TV series 2, episode 12 "Icebreaker" [103]
1987 Cold Steel Mick Duran Film [110]
1988 World Gone Wild Derek Abernathy Film [111]
1988 Out of Time Richard Marcus Film [112]
1989 Trust Me James Callendar Film [113]
1992 Sunset Heat Danny Rollins Film; also known as Midnight Heat [100]
1992 Tales from the Crypt Pipkin TV series 4, episode 10 "Maniac at Large" [104]
1992 Spellcaster Diablo Film [114]
1992 Northern Exposure Brad Bonner TV series 4, episode 4 "Heroes" [105]
1993 Love Bites Zachary Simms Film [101]
1993 Acting on Impulse Eric Boggs Film [115]
1995 Drop Dead Rock Dave Donovan Film [116]
1995 Desert Winds Crazy Venezuelan Film [117]
1995 Cyber Bandits Manny Film [118]
1995 Batman: The Animated Series Bert (voice) TV series 4, episode 5 "The Lion and the Unicorn" [119]
1996 Lover's Knot Marvell Film [120]
1996 Face Down Derek Fry Film for TV [121]
1997 Junk Film: short British
1997 Never Mind The Buzzcocks Himself TV series 1, episode 8 [122]
1999 La Femme Nikita Simon Crachek TV series 3, episode 12 "Threshold of Pain" [123]
1999 The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries Sir Charge-A-Lot (voice) TV series 4, episode 10 "Whatever Happened to Shorty Twang?" [124]
1999 Sweetwater Todd Badham Film for TV, based on the 1960s band Sweetwater. [125]
2003 The Madness of Prince Charming Himself TV documentary, Channel 4 [7]
2013 The Blueblack Hussar Himself Documentary on Ant's return to music in 2010–2011, directed by Jack Bond [126]
2014 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Himself TV series 28, episode 5 [127]

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1985 Entertaining Mr. Sloane Sloane [4]: 257
1992 Be Bop a Lula none Ant was Theatrical Producer [106]
1993 West Ant rehearsed the play but did not appear on stage due to a recurring knee injury. [4]: 292
1996 Funeral Games Caulfield [4]: 326

Literature

  • Ant, Adam (2007). Stand and Deliver: The Autobiography. London: Pan Books. ISBN 978-0-330-44012-7.

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated work Award Result
1982 Adam and the Ants Grammy Awards: Best New Artist[128] Nominated
Kings of the Wild Frontier BRIT Awards: Best British Album[129] Won
"Stand and Deliver" Ivor Novello Awards: Songwriters of the Year[130]


Ivor Novello Award: The Best Selling "A" Side[131]

Won
2008 Adam Ant Q Awards: Q Icon[132] Won

Personal life

Ant married Carol Mills in 1975 — when they were both still students at Hornsey College of Art[4]:92 — and they divorced in 1982. He dated Amanda Donohoe between 1977 and 1981, Jamie Lee Curtis in 1983 and Heather Graham in the early 1990s.[31] He featured a song about Vanity of Vanity 6, the female vocal group associated with Prince, on the Strip album. In 1997, Ant married Lorraine Gibson, a 25-year-old PR assistant for Vivienne Westwood. The ceremony took place in Dayton, Tennessee. They divided their time between Dayton and London, and on April 10, 1998, the couple had a daughter, Lily Caitlin Goddard. The couple divorced four years later, by 2002.[133]

Ant, who does not own a television, enjoys reading, particularly historical novels. He has tattoos depicting Lord Nelson's last prayer before the Battle of Trafalgar, an image of his grandfather and a quotation from Oscar Wilde: "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."[134]

Mental health Issues

Ant has spoken candidly about his mental health issues and experiences with the effects of the illness.[7][9] In 1975, when he was living with his first wife at her parents' home in Muswell Hill, he suffered from depression and developed anorexia. "I just didn't eat," he has said of this period, "I wasn't attempting to slim, I was attempting to kill myself." He took an overdose of pills and, after having his stomach pumped, was sent to Colney Hatch psychiatric hospital in North London; he was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder and discharged after three months.[13] "I was totally fucked-up in the head. Things went wrong and something snapped. I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn't talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college."[33]

In 2002, Ant was poised to join the 1980s-focused Here & Now tour, but was unable to do so after he was arrested and charged with throwing a car alternator through a window at the Prince of Wales pub in Camden and then threatening patrons with a starting pistol.[4]: 312–315  Ant's court trial was held later that year at the Old Bailey in London. The charges against him, which included criminal damage and threatening members of the public, were reduced to a single count of causing affray, to which he pleaded guilty. He was fined £500 and placed under a 12-month Community Rehabilitation Order for psychiatric care, with a suspended sentence.[135][136] In June 2003, it was reported that Ant had been arrested again on suspicion of criminal damage, before it was decided that he should be hospitalised for treatment.[4]: 319  [137][138]

On 18 May 2010, Ant was returned to psychiatric hospital, where he remained until mid-June, subsequently returning home under outpatient supervision. In his 31 December 2010 interview for The Sun, Ant discussed the side effects of medication for his bipolar condition: "In the past I've been a robot. It's been an out-of-body experience. Bipolar means up and down and that's me... Music has always been the best medication. I was on sodium valproate for seven years.... I couldn't get to sleep and I didn't make love for seven years. My hair fell out and I couldn't pick up a book as I couldn't concentrate. I didn't write a song or pick up a guitar in that time – and piled on the weight. I might as well have been dead. I work very closely with my GP and any decisions I make are made with him".[79][139] During an interview with BBC Radio 6 Music, he declared that "mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with."[9] Ant is involved in the Black Dog campaign, which promotes better understanding of mental illness.[134]

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External links

  • Official website
  • Adam Ant discography at Discogs  
  • Adam Ant at IMDb

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This article is about the singer and musician For the Hanna Barbera cartoon see Atom Ant For the 1960s British television series see Adam Adamant Lives For the band see Adam and the Ants Stuart Leslie Goddard better known as Adam Ant born 3 November 1954 is an English singer musician and actor He gained popularity as the lead singer of new wave group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist scoring 10 UK top ten hits from 1980 to 1983 including three UK No 1 singles He has also worked as an actor appearing in many films and television episodes Adam AntAdam Ant in 2017Background informationBirth nameStuart Leslie GoddardBorn 1954 11 03 3 November 1954 age 68 1 Marylebone London England 1 GenresNew wave post punk alternative rock 2 dance rockOccupation s Musician singer actorInstrument s Vocals guitar bass harmonica piano mandolinYears active1977 presentLabelsCBS Columbia MCA EMI Blueblack HussarWebsiteadam ant wbr com Ant began his musical career playing bass in the band Bazooka Joe From 1977 to 1982 he performed with Adam and the Ants Their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox 1979 reached number one on the UK Independent Albums Chart Prior to recording his second album as Adam and the Ants he asked producer Malcolm McLaren to manage his band McLaren instead take his backing band to form Bow Wow Wow Ant regrouped with new members including Marco Pirroni to release his second album Kings of the Wild Frontier 1980 It reached number one in the UK Album Chart spawned three hit singles became the UK number one selling album in 1981 and won Best British Album at the 1982 Brit Awards He released his third and final album with the group Prince Charming 1981 which spawned two UK number one singles Stand and Deliver and Prince Charming In 1982 he began a solo career retaining Marco Pirroni as co songwriter His first solo album was Friend or Foe 1982 from which the debut single Goody Two Shoes reached number one in the UK and Australia in 1982 and became his first top 20 hit in the United States The album reached number five on the UK Albums Chart and number 16 on the US Billboard Album Chart becoming his most successful solo album His next two solo albums Strip 1983 and Vive Le Rock 1985 were less commercially successful Ant began to focus on an acting career performing on stage and in film and television roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s He released his fourth solo album Manners amp Physique 1990 which was produced by Andre Cymone and featured a Minneapolis sound Despite the US Top 20 success of the single Room at the Top Ant was dropped from MCA Records and his album Persuasion 1991 was shelved and never officially released He signed with Capitol Records to release Wonderful 1995 The single Wonderful became Ant s third US Top 40 hit single Since 2010 Ant has continued his music career recording and releasing a new album Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner s Daughter 2013 UK number 25 and completing eight full length UK national tours five US national tours and two Australian tours A further album Bravest of the Brave was recorded in 2014 3 and is still awaiting release Contents 1 Early life 1 1 Early musical career 2 Musical career 2 1 1977 1982 Adam and the Ants 2 2 1982 2001 Solo career 2 3 2002 2009 Autobiography 2 4 2010 2012 Independent label and return to touring 2 5 2013 present Release of new album touring 3 Musical style 4 Discography 4 1 Adam and the Ants 4 2 Adam Ant 5 Concert tours 5 1 Headlining 5 2 Residency 6 Acting career 6 1 TV and film 6 2 Theatre 7 Literature 8 Awards and nominations 9 Personal life 9 1 Mental health Issues 10 References 11 External linksEarly life EditStuart Goddard was born in Marylebone London the only child of Leslie Alfred Goddard and Betty Kathleen Smith His father had served in the Royal Air Force and worked as a chauffeur and his mother was an embroiderer for Norman Hartnell 4 4 His home was two rooms in the De Walden buildings St John s Wood 4 5 He recalls There was no luxury but there was always food on the table He is of partial Romani descent his maternal grandfather Walter Albany Smith was Romanichal 4 10 This heritage became a basis for a theme in his later work a concern for oppressed minorities His parents divorced when Goddard was seven years old 4 35 and his mother supported him by working as a domestic cleaner being briefly employed by Paul McCartney 5 Goddard s first school was Robinsfield Infants School where he created a considerable stir by throwing a brick through the head teacher s office window on two consecutive days 4 28 In the aftermath of this incident Goddard was placed under the supervision of teacher Joanna Saloman who encouraged him to develop his abilities in art and whom he later credited as the first person to show him he could be creative 6 7 Goddard then attended Barrow Hill Junior School where he boxed and was a member of the cricket team 4 32 He passed the eleven plus exam to gain a place at St Marylebone Grammar School 4 56 an all boys school where he enjoyed history played rugby 4 57 and became a school prefect 7 After passing six O levels and three A levels in English History and Art 4 72 Goddard attended Hornsey College of Art to study graphic design and was a student of art historian Peter Webb for a time 8 He dropped out of Hornsey short of completing his BA to focus on a career in music 4 4 Early musical career Edit The first band Goddard joined was Bazooka Joe in which he played bass guitar 1 He has said that the idea of Adam Ant came to him after watching the Sex Pistols play their first gig in 1975 After seeing the Pistols I wanted to do something different be someone else but couldn t work out what and who 4 92 94He renamed himself Adam Ant choosing the name because I really knew I wanted to be Adam because Adam was the first man Ant I chose because if there s a nuclear explosion the ants will survive 9 He formed his own band the B Sides with Lester Square and Andy Warren 4 94 In 1977 together with drummer Paul Flanagan they went on to form Adam and the Ants initially named just The Ants with the inaugural band meeting held in the audience at a Siouxsie and the Banshees performance at the Roxy Club in London s Covent Garden 10 Musical career Edit1977 1982 Adam and the Ants Edit Main article Adam and the Ants Adam and the Ants started as part of the burgeoning punk rock movement Ant later acted in Derek Jarman s seminal punk film Jubilee in 1977 as Adam and the Ants were beginning to gig around London with manager Jordan from the SEX Boutique on Kings Road His debut as a recording artist was the song Deutscher Girls which featured on the film s soundtrack along with Plastic Surgery which was performed in the film Deutscher Girls Plastic Surgery was re released as a single in 1982 The band toured extensively around the UK but proved to be unpopular with much of the British music press who disliked their fetishistic lyrics and imagery Late 1979 saw the release of their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox 1979 Do It Records with Matthew Ashman on guitar Andy Warren on bass and Dave Barbarossa on drums Ant approached Malcolm McLaren the manager of the Sex Pistols and asked him to manage the band McLaren subsequently took the rest of the Ants from the original group when he introduced the singer Annabella Lwin and began the process of honing Bow Wow Wow for chart success Later Ant seemed to have reconciled with the fact I like to use the word mutiny My band was happy to go Malcolm tried to see if I could fit into Bow Wow Wow but I never could ve or would ve I might have had a broken heart at the time but Malcolm didn t leave me with nothing He mentored me He said Look what do you want I said I wanna sell millions of records and he said Well you re going the wrong way about it This debut album Dirk Wears White Sox is the kind of esoteric stuff you do when you ve done eight albums you re living on a yacht and you can do what you want he remembered later 11 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 Hughes ex Dalek I Love You who used the name Merrick The band signed a major label deal with CBS Records and recorded Kings of the Wild Frontier during the summer of 1980 The album was an enormous hit in the United Kingdom and the Antmania that ensued put the band at the forefront of the New Romantic movement The single Antmusic went to No 2 on the UK singles chart by December 1980 but made it to No 1 in the charts in Australia Following the abrupt departure of Mooney in February 1981 bassist Gary Tibbs formerly of Roxy Music joined the band In November 1981 Adam amp the Ants released another highly successful album Prince Charming The album featured two United Kingdom No 1 singles Stand and Deliver and the title track Prince Charming as well as the No 3 UK hit Ant Rap This trio of singles was promoted by some of the most lavish music videos of the period and paved the way for Ant s later acting career 12 The work schedule Ant imposed upon himself was punishing I took no holidays and I mean no holidays When Kings of the Wild Frontier took off I was halfway through making Prince Charming and so on because we had to bring out an album and four singles a year But the price you pay I split my cartilage in Cleveland doing Goody Two Shoes it was my body saying Look no Then I was back onstage doing the Motown 25 in 1983 show 10 days later having had the operation Nobody could have stopped me or make me do it I did it I was very very bad at pacing he later remembered 11 In March 1982 feeling certain band members lacked enthusiasm Ant disbanded the group 13 1982 2001 Solo career Edit Main article Adam Ant s musical career A few months after Adam and the Ants split Ant launched his solo career and retained Pirroni as guitarist and co songwriter 13 Merrick also briefly stayed as drummer and producer for the UK edition of the first solo hit single Goody Two Shoes which made it to No 1 in the UK and demos for the upcoming Friend or Foe album before moving on to other production work 14 The Friend or Foe album also produced another top ten single Friend or Foe which reached No 9 in September 1982 15 Ant recruited a new band for touring consisting of new dual drummers Bogdan Wiczling ex Fingerprintz and Barry Watts ex Q Tips plus guitarist Cha Burns also ex Fingerprintz bassist Chris Constantinou and the former Q Tips brass section of trumpeter Tony Hughes and twin saxophonists Stewart van Blandamer and Steve Farr 16 The new band made its debut at London s Astoria Theatre on 1 October 1982 A US tour began in New York on 8 November On the 19th tour date on 20 February 1983 in Cleveland Ohio Ant suffered a knee injury onstage a relapse of a previous injury suffered while filming Jubilee in 1977 forcing the postponement and or cancellation of dates throughout February and March while he recuperated Ant eventually returned to performing performing as a guest on the NBC show Motown 25 Yesterday Today Forever joined onstage by Diana Ross He resumed the US tour completed on 18 May 1983 at the Bronco Bowl in Dallas Texas 17 During his recuperation from the knee injury Ant worked with Pirroni on new material 4 214 215 that formed the basis of Ant s second solo album Strip With promotion on the Strip album complete Ant reduced his band to the quartet of himself Pirroni now out of retirement again Wiczling and Constantinou 18 The latter two adopted the stage names Count Wiczling and Chris De Niro respectively and were upgraded from live backing musicians to being full time band members featured on record sleeves 18 logos 19 and even in song lyrics 20 The LP Strip produced a top ten single Puss n Boots that reached No 5 in the UK charts in October 1983 21 Ant formally unveiled his new four piece band at the 1984 Montreux Pop Festival 4 234 In July 1985 Ant secured a spot at the Live Aid concert the first live performance of the Ant Marco Wiczling De Niro band but was asked to cut his set to one song for which he chose his new single the Vive le Rock title track 22 Ant later claimed to regret playing the fundraiser saying I was asked by Sir Bob to promote this concert They had no idea they could sell it out Then in Bob s book he said Adam was over the hill so I let him have one number Doing that show was the biggest f king mistake in the world Knighthoods were made Bono got it made and it was a waste of f king time It was the end of rock n roll 23 A year after the hit single success of Apollo 9 which reached No 13 in September 1984 the parent album Vive Le Rock was released in September 1985 to mixed reviews As part of the promotion the band performed a live TV session for Channel 4 music show Bliss hosted by Muriel Gray Several songs were recorded although only two Miss Thing from the new album and Killer in the Home from Kings of the Wild Frontier were actually transmitted 24 Ant paused his career in music at the end of 1985 to focus on his acting career 4 244 The Fort Lauderdale show was Ant s last full length concert until February 1993 Indeed between December 1982 and February 1995 Ant s only public live concerts outside North America were the four aforementioned UK Spanish shows Live Aid 25 a 1987 fanclub party performance 26 and a September 1994 EMI corporate event in Brighton 27 He severed ties with CBS in late 1986 following the release of the Hits audio VHS compilation 4 248 In 1990 Ant returned with Manners amp Physique a collaboration with Andre Cymone a solo artist and an early member of Prince s band The album was another moderate success and featured the single Room at the Top which was a Top 20 hit on both sides of the Atlantic Rough Stuff became the second single for the United States and Germany as Can t Set Rules About Love charted in the United Kingdom citation needed In 1992 Nine Inch Nails released a cover of Adam amp the Ants Physical You re So on their Broken EP originally released on the Kings of the Wild Frontier LP 28 Subsequently in 1995 Adam Ant performed Physical live with Nine Inch Nails on their tour for two nights in a row In 1995 Ant released the album Wonderful The title track was a successful single as was a tour of the US in support of the album While Ant and his group which retained longtime guitarist Pirroni alongside Kris Dollimore The Godfathers The Damned Bruce Whitkin Dave Ruffy The Ruts and Dave Barbarossa Adam and the Ants Bow Wow Wow 29 played in smaller venues than they had played in the 1980s the houses were often packed with enthusiastic fans The tour was cut short due to Ant and Pirroni both contracting glandular fever 4 298 Ant also played three shows at Shepherd s Bush Empire in London and did a mini tour of Virgin Record Shops playing selected tunes from the album Wonderful and signing records Adam and his band also played shows in Dublin Glasgow Middlesbrough and Stoke on Trent In 1996 Ant and Pirroni recorded two new songs Lame and Inseminator for the soundtrack to Ant s latest film Drop Dead Rock Also around this time they recorded a cover version of the T Rex song Dandy in the Underworld The duo continued to demo other songs around this time including such titles as Tough Blokes Justine Picasso Meets Gary Cooper and Call Me Sausage the last of which leaked out into bootleg circulation among fans 30 These new songs with Pirroni were for Ant s own new label Blend Records Pirroni later referred to these recordings as the Blend Demos They also guested with such bands as Dweeb and Rachel Stamp In 2001 following the 11 September attacks Ant recorded a charity single for New York firefighters a double A side of Neil Diamond s America with his own song Big Trouble 31 32 In interviews from the time Ant talked of numerous varied plans including starting another new record label reforming Adam and the Ants and a star studded benefit concert for a forest in Patagonia 33 2002 2009 Autobiography Edit In 2003 the Channel 4 television special titled The Madness of Prince Charming 7 was aired in the UK documenting Ant s career and his struggle with mental illness he was diagnosed as suffering with bipolar disorder In 2003 Ant and Wonderful collaborator Boz Boorer teamed with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund now called The Gorilla Organisation in a reworking of Stand and Deliver as Save the Gorillas as an EP along with four primate rainforest themed covers Originally intended as a benefit record for the endangered mountain gorilla it was never released due to copyright and licensing issues relating to the title track One track from the EP Jungle Rock was eventually released on Boorer s 2008 solo LP Miss Pearl 34 35 36 Ant made a guest appearance on an EP released in 2005 Mike s Bikes by former Ants bassist Kevin Mooney s new band the Lavender Pill Mob on Mooney s own label Le Coq Musique Ant provided lead vocals for Black Pirates a reworking of the song Chicken Outlaw by Mooney s earlier band Wide Boy Awake inspired by Mooney s departure from the Ants 37 In September 2006 he published his autobiography Stand amp Deliver Marking the release of the book Ant did a UK book signing which went from London to Edinburgh 38 After the success of the first edition the paperback edition was published in September 2007 which contains a new epilogue that covers the year following the initial hardback release As part of the promotion of the paperback Ant performed a reading of selected passages of the book along with acoustic songs accompanised by childhood friend Dave Pash on guitar at the Bloomsbury Theatre London on 24 September A live CD of highlights of the gig was released the following year 39 40 2010 2012 Independent label and return to touring Edit Adam Ant on stage in 2011 On 4 March 2010 Adam Ant registered his new label Blue Black Hussar Ltd as a private limited company at Companies House 41 That month also marked a return to live music Ant s first live performance since The Bloomsbury in 2007 was at Through The Looking Glass bookshop in London on 18 March at which he played Ants Invasion Cartrouble Physical and a cover of Iggy Pop s The Passenger A day later on 19 March Ant guested at a Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction gig at the Pipeline Bar London E1 in which he provided lead vocals for the band s Top 20 hit Prime Mover 42 Ant performed yet another low key show at the Southwark Playhouse on Saturday 20 March 42 During the intervals Ant talked about Sony records how he rejected an alleged 2 6 million O2 deal and a new album collaboration with Chris McCormack 43 Ant played a sold out headline concert dubbed The Pirate Metal Extravaganza at the Scala in London on 30 April 44 He also performed some smaller guerilla gigs in Autumn 2010 which received no advance billing including a solo show at the Dark Mills festival at London s Colour House Theatre on 4 September 2010 the launch party of the Illamasqua store on 16 September at which Boy George served as DJ and a guest spot at the Monster Raving Loony Party s annual conference in Fleet Hampshire on 25 September On Thursday 21 October Ant performed at the Union Chapel London 45 Ant headlined at the Scala again on 18 November 46 joined by a trio of female backing singers The gig received positive reviews and three days later again topped the bill at a tribute concert for former Ant Matthew Ashman on 21 November at the same venue in a show also featuring later Ashman bands Bow Wow Wow Chiefs of Relief Agent Provocateur and London rock act Slam Cartel Ant was back playing live two days later on 23 December when he and Baillee guested onstage at the Christmas party of West Rocks at Shepherds Bar in Shepherd s Bush and played live again at Proud Camden on 5 January 2011 47 and at Madame Jojo s in Soho on 17 January 48 He finished the month by playing further dates of his WORLD TOUR OF LONDON with a two night stand at the 100 Club on 26 and 27 January 2011 49 50 Ant spent time in Paris where he played low key shows his first gigs outside the UK in nearly 16 years 51 On 29 March 2011 BBC Radio 4 transmitted an interview of Ant by John Humphrys for the On the Ropes series in which Ant discussed his bipolar condition and its impact on his career That same day Ant held a press conference and media preview gig at Under The Bridge in Chelsea at which he formally unveiled plans for an eleven date UK concert tour as with the Paris concert the first such event in 16 years due to run from 16 May to 4 June 2011 Also announced at the Chelsea event was a public screening of the December 1981 Prince Charming Revue concert video plus a question and answer session to be held in South London s Coronet Cinema on 11 May 2011 52 By the time the tour got underway on 16 May in Brighton the original eleven date itinerary had been expanded to fifteen dates 51 Ant completed the schedule of tour dates 53 which were overwhelmingly enthusiastically received 54 There was only one serious negative onstage incident at Fat Sam s in Dundee on 21 May 2011 when Ant reacted angrily to some crowd elements who booed his kilt decorated with the St George s Cross 55 The tour closed in Manchester on 5 June with a show at the city s Manchester Academy 53 Adam Ant at G Live Guildford December 2011The Seaside Tour follow up to the main UK tour and a warm up to Ant s appearance at Hard Rock Calling 2011 in Hyde Park London on 26 June 2011 56 third on the bill to Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks before an audience of 45 000 57 Ant later slotted in some more solo gigs including the Soho Festival in London s Wardour Street on 11 July 51 58 Ant also announced a follow up UK tour described as the second leg of the 2011 tour initially scheduled to run for twelve dates from 11 November 2011 in Bristol until 13 December 2011 in Newcastle 59 As with the previous leg Ant passed the time until the tour playing one off dates appearing with his tour band in Bedford on 10 September 51 before three days later reuniting with 2010 band members Crewdson and Love for a charity show on board HMS Belfast 60 As with the previous tour the itinerary was expanded from the initial 12 dates to an eventual 21 dates running from 10 November in Frome until 16 December in Norwich with a non tour acoustic gig at a benefit event for London s Wilton Hall venue thrown in for good measure 51 Just three days after the final Norwich date of the tour Ant was back onstage again with two members of his live band on 19 December at a charity event at Ronnie Scott s 61 The first record release of Ant s 2010s comeback also occurred at this point with the release of the Sex Drugs and HIV compilation album featuring Ant s version of Get A Grip which had been recorded a year earlier while the World Tour of London was in progress 62 A few days before the end of the second leg of his UK tour it was officially announced that Ant would make his return to the US with a 15 date North American tour in February 2012 starting on 2 February in Ant s former adopted hometown of Los Angeles and running until 25 February in nearby Anaheim 48 A few days into the new year however it was announced that the tour was postponed until the Autumn 63 A five date warm up UK mini tour for Ant and his band nonetheless went ahead for 19 24 January 2012 48 An exhibition of photographs of Ant titled Adam Ant Dandy in the Underworld ran from 7 March 2012 to 29 April 2012 at Proud Camden in London featuring images of Ant throughout his career including the work of Chris Duffy Gerard McNamara Jill Furmanovsky Denis O Regan Chris Cuffaro Hannah Domagala Robert Matheu David Corio and Janette Beckman To promote this exhibition Ant performed a solo charity concert at the gallery on 6 March 64 with the same two band members as the Ronnie Scotts concert from the previous December The concert was well received although an inebriated Chrissie Hynde who was in attendance heckled throughout the performance 65 While this exhibition was on Ant took his band on tour to Australia with an initial five date schedule spread over a two week period from 23 March to 8 April taking in Sydney Perth Melbourne Adelaide and Brisbane 66 In mid February Ant made a warm up visit to Australia including an appearance on the Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight show recorded on 13 February 2012 for transmission on 15 February 67 and promotional work in Melbourne and Sydney 68 Although poor ticket sales forced the cancellation of the Adelaide gig 69 the remaining four concerts all went ahead The Sydney Morning Herald gave a reservedly positive review of the opening Sydney date on 23 March which it rated three stars out of five noting In a set plus two encores the first cheered for the second not really but played anyway comprising 30 songs it was kind of the equivalent of throwing a lot of make up at the mirror and seeing what stuck 70 Ant also made further Australian TV appearances including a return to Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight recorded on 26 March for transmission on 28 March including live performances of Stand and Deliver and new album track Vince Taylor with his full band 71 Adam Ant at Music Midtown Atlanta 2012 Subsequently for the second year running Ant was scheduled to make appearances on the summer festival circuit interspersed with various one off dates around the UK This got off to an early start when Ant stepped in as replacement headliner at the Bearded Theory festival in Derby on 18 May 2012 when the Levellers had to pull out due to one of the band members being injured Ant also played the first full band concert in continental Europe of his 2010s comeback on 24 June 2012 at the Parkpop festival in the Zuiderpark in the Hague Netherlands with his set broadcast on Dutch national TV After six assorted dates around the UK in early July Ant s next major show was a headline slot at the Silverstone Classic Festival on 21 July 72 followed the next day by an appearance at Rewind in Perth and then at Camp Bestival on 27 July 2012 73 The rest of the summer saw Ant mix festivals such as the Summer Sundae Weekender on 18 August Solfest on 24 August and the Isle of Wight Bestival with dates in such locations as Swindon Southend on Sea Warrington and Croydon 48 63 Later in the year Ant s postponed US tour finally went ahead commencing 13 September in Los Angeles and finishing on 20 October in nearby Anaheim The third UK tour of the 2010s the Blueblack Hussar Tour commenced on 1 November in Glasgow and ran to 30 November at London s Shepherd s Bush Empire 48 During the tour the first single of the new album was released Cool Zombie with the formerly planned A side Gun in Your Pocket now as the B side On New Year s Eve 2012 Ant and his full band appeared on Jools Holland s Hootenanny New Year music show performing new album track Vince Taylor as well as old hits Stand And Deliver and Antmusic 2013 present Release of new album touring Edit Adam Ant performing live at the Republik in Honolulu Hawaii in a concert by the BAMP Project The album the focal point of the comeback since 2010 finally received its release on 21 January 2013 Its gestation had a long history which had been running alongside the live comeback in 2009 it was announced that Ant was planning on putting a new record out He also expressed interest in working with The Kaiser Chiefs 74 75 In an April 2010 interview for the NME Ant announced he was also working on a new album with the title Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner s Daughter This featured collaborations with former 3 Colours Red guitarist Chris McCormack Ant s long time songwriting partner Marco Pirroni Morrissey s writing partner Boz Boorer and was also due to feature a member of Oasis later identified as Andy Bell 76 According to Ant the album is a live record that lends itself to performance and will feature a kind of concept It s a very old fashioned old school step by step album He also described the album as very autobiographical very personal 77 In addition Ant re recorded a song in tribute to the late Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren who died earlier that month and who also once managed Adam amp The Ants Named Who s A Goofy Bunny Then the track was only previously available as a demo recorded in the early 1980s but Ant stated he wanted to release a new version in tribute to the late punk manager Malcolm was a sort of mentor in my life he said As close as you can get to a surrogate father The song took its name from a term of endearment bestowed upon McLaren by Ant referring to his quite prominent teeth 78 On 31 December 2010 Ant gave an interview for The Sun featured in the Something for the Weekend segment in which he discussed in considerable detail the various controversies surrounding his recent life and musical activities He summed up his upcoming album thus The Blueblack Hussar is me coming back to life I m like The Terminator I was a dead man walking 79 He also discussed individual songs on the album as well as Gun in Your Pocket which aside from the Troubador live performance had also been given a club dancefloor play by Ant himself as guest DJ at the Family Affair clubnight in Shoreditch London on 24 April 2010 80 The interview in The Sun also made mention of Shrink a song about Ant s experiences in the mental healthcare system Ant had previously discussed both of these songs in his April 2010 interview with Simon Price for online fanzine The Quietus 81 On his second visit to Iain Lee s show on Absolute Radio on 4 January 2011 two further new tracks were debuted Hard Men Tough Blokes and punkyoungirl sic 82 In an interview for Bizarre magazine published that month Ant named the song co written with Andy Bell as Cool Zombie 83 21 January 2013 release date was officially announced by Ant onstage at his September 2012 concert in Chatham 84 by Ant s own record label Blueblack Hussar Records 41 Despite the decidedly DIY nature of the release the album reached number 25 on the UK Albums Chart only one place lower than its predecessor had managed when released on the corporate EMI label nearly eighteen years earlier It had previously been at number 8 in the Midweeks 85 To promote the album Ant performed a series of concerts around the British Isles during April and May billed as a Spring Tour culminating in a gig at The Roundhouse on 11 May A free concert in Rome took place on 14 June and a second full length 40 plus show US tour got underway on 17 July in San Diego and ran to 21 September in Anaheim 48 Prior to the tour Ant and his band appeared on NBC s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote the new album performing a live version of the track Vince Taylor Adam Ant in 2017 at SF Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco California During early 2014 Ant was at work recording his next album titled Bravest of the Brave On 19 April Ant performed his debut album Dirk Wears White Sox at the Hammersmith Apollo with a band including former Ants Dave Barbe and Lee Gorman preceding this with several UK tour dates He also reissued the Dirk album on white vinyl on his Blueblack Hussar label with a launch party gig at the 100 CLub Both London concerts were filmed and later released as the DVD album Dirk Live At The Apollo Ant subsequently performed the full album again with his regular band for four nights at the Islington Assembly Hall in November 2014 and a full UK tour in Spring 2015 Jack Bond s documentary on Ant The Blueblack Hussar covering his life and performances from late 2010 to mid 2011 was released on DVD in July 2014 by Sunrise Pictures Ant toured the UK in 2016 and North America in early 2017 performing his Kings of the Wild Frontier album in its entirety Sony Records issued a deluxe box set of the album linked to the UK leg of the tour including a gold vinyl pressing of the album as previously announced by Ant at the 100 Club gig in 2014 After his January 24 2017 show in Boston MA Ant s guitarist and music director Tom Edwards suddenly died due to suspected heart failure he was 41 86 After cancelling shows in New York and Philadelphia the tour continued Later the same year he toured the UK and announced he would return to North America with another tour titled Anthems The Singles 87 in the autumn and afterwards would be taking the Kings tour to Australia and New Zealand Ant announced the Friend or Foe tour which traveled North America and the United Kingdom from September to December 2019 88 89 He performed the album in its entirety in an 18 date tour in North America before returning to the United Kingdom for 26 shows A further North American tour originally planned for April May 2020 was shifted back to 2021 then 2022 as result of the COVID 19 pandemic 90 It was eventually scrapped due to the glut of rescheduled tours but a 19 date Antics tour of the UK did go ahead In 2023 a US show was announced Ant will be one of the headliners at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena California on May 20 91 Musical style EditThe tone of Ant s debut solo album Friend or Foe was defined as glitzy glam pop with tongue in cheek tunes delivered with an excess of flair and good humour It was also described as being one of Ant s best records and one of the best new wave albums 92 In a review for Strip the songs were considered to contain a mixture of driving danceable rock with humour 93 The music on Vive Le Rock has been said to be a 50s style rock amp roll sound 94 The fourth studio album Manners and Physique was said to be a combination of contemporary dance tracks and Ant s old flair for mockery 95 Ant himself later said that the album was styled after the bass heavy Minneapolis sound of which Andre Cymone in Ant s words was one of the architects 96 Discography EditMain article Adam Ant discography Adam and the Ants Edit Dirk Wears White Sox 1979 Kings of the Wild Frontier 1980 Prince Charming 1981 Adam Ant Edit Friend or Foe 1982 Strip 1983 Vive Le Rock 1985 Manners amp Physique 1990 Wonderful 1995 Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner s Daughter 2013 Concert tours EditHeadlining Edit Young Parisians Tour Great Britain January February 1979 15 dates including London Electric Ballroom support slot for The Lurkers Zerox Tour Great Britain July August 1979 17 dates plus private preview show Ants Invasion Tour Great Britain May June 1980 15 dates plus private preview show Kings of the Wild Frontier Tour Great Britain November December 1980 32 dates Stand And Deliver Tour worldwide March October 1981 54 dates not including April 1981 London charity show Individual legs Stand And Deliver UK Tour Great Britain March 1981 six dates US Ants Invasion Tour United States and Canada April 1981 13 dates Stand And Deliver European Tour assorted Western European nations May June 1981 19 dates Kings Of The Wild Frontier World Tour United States Japan and Australia September October 1981 16 dates dd The Prince Charming Revue Great Britain December 1981 January 1982 25 dates at ten venuesFriend or Foe TourGreat Britain Six dates October November 1982 United States and Canada 83 dates November 1982 May 1983 Strip Tour United States 60 dates January April 1984 Vive Le Rock TourSpain 1 date August 1985 England 3 dates London Manchester Birmingham September 1985 United States and Canada 34 dates October November 1985 Persuasion Tour United States and Mexico 28 dates including preview show February March 1993 Wonderful TourUnited Kingdom and Republic of Ireland 8 dates March 1995 United States and Canada 38 dates April June 1995Wonderful Instore Acoustic TourUnited States 2 dates March 1995 Great Britain 10 shows in 5 days 2 shows per day April 1995The Good The Mad And The Lovely TourUnited Kingdom and Republic of Ireland First leg 15 dates plus preview show May June 2011 Seaside Tour five dates June 2011 Second leg 22 dates November December 2011 plus three warmup dates October 2011 Third leg five dates January 2012 dd Australia four dates March April 2012 United States 20 dates September October 2012Blueblack Hussar TourUnited Kingdom Republic of Ireland Channel Islands and Isle of Man First leg 19 dates November 2012 Second leg 12 dates April May 2013 dd Netherlands and Belgium Three dates December 2012 United States and Canada 44 dates July September 2013XII Before Dirk Tour Great Britain five dates reduced from scheduled titular 12 April 2014 Dirk Wears White Sox Live Tour England 12 dates April 2015 Kings of the Wild Frontier Live TourGreat Britain 14 dates May June plus London Christmas show December 2016 United States and Canada 17 dates January February 2017 Australia and New Zealand six dates October 2017ANThems TourGreat Britain 18 dates May 2017 plus London Christmas shows December 2017 one date and December 2018 two dates United States 14 dates September 2017 Three postponed Florida dates rescheduled for January 2018 Ten further dates July August 2018Friend Or Foe TourUnited States and Canada 18 dates September October 2019 Great Britain 26 dates November December 2019 United States 16 dates April May 2020 postponed to 2022 due to COVID 19 cancelled due to schedule conflictsAntics TourGreat Britain 19 dates June September 2022 postponed from February March 2022In addition to the above seven London concert dates between October 2010 and January 2011 were promoted as the World Tour of London Also seven dates in April 1978 four in London and one each in Nottingham Liverpool and Sheffield were advertised on a handbill as being the Dirk Wears White Socks Tour Residency Edit Marquee Club London England 5 26 January 1978 four successive Thursdays Acting career EditAnt s acting career began in 1977 when he appeared in Jubilee 97 During the 1980s and 1990s he was living in Hollywood and pursued his acting career taking roles in films such as Nomads 98 Slam Dance 99 Sunset Heat 100 and Love Bites 101 Ant also appeared on American television shows including The Equalizer 102 Sledge Hammer 103 Tales from the Crypt 104 and Northern Exposure 105 in which he played a rock musician Ant has also worked in theatre he starred in Joe Orton s Entertaining Mr Sloane and appeared in Funeral Games 4 257 326 He produced the musical Be Bop A Lula about rock n roll singers Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran s days on tour in England with a set designed by L A artist Michael Pearce 106 TV and film Edit Year Title Role Notes Ref s 1977 Jubilee Kid Film 97 1982 The Cannon and Ball Show Himself TV series 4 episode 4 107 1983 Motown 25 Yesterday Today Forever Himself TV special 108 1985 The Equalizer DeGraumont TV series 1 episode 4 The Lock Box 102 1986 Honda advert with Grace Jones Advert1986 Nomads Number One Film 98 1987 Amazing Stories Ted Hellenbeck TV series 2 episode 18 Such Interesting Neighbors 109 1987 Slam Dance Jim Campbell Film 99 1987 Sledge Hammer Lionel Dasham TV series 2 episode 12 Icebreaker 103 1987 Cold Steel Mick Duran Film 110 1988 World Gone Wild Derek Abernathy Film 111 1988 Out of Time Richard Marcus Film 112 1989 Trust Me James Callendar Film 113 1992 Sunset Heat Danny Rollins Film also known as Midnight Heat 100 1992 Tales from the Crypt Pipkin TV series 4 episode 10 Maniac at Large 104 1992 Spellcaster Diablo Film 114 1992 Northern Exposure Brad Bonner TV series 4 episode 4 Heroes 105 1993 Love Bites Zachary Simms Film 101 1993 Acting on Impulse Eric Boggs Film 115 1995 Drop Dead Rock Dave Donovan Film 116 1995 Desert Winds Crazy Venezuelan Film 117 1995 Cyber Bandits Manny Film 118 1995 Batman The Animated Series Bert voice TV series 4 episode 5 The Lion and the Unicorn 119 1996 Lover s Knot Marvell Film 120 1996 Face Down Derek Fry Film for TV 121 1997 Junk Film short British1997 Never Mind The Buzzcocks Himself TV series 1 episode 8 122 1999 La Femme Nikita Simon Crachek TV series 3 episode 12 Threshold of Pain 123 1999 The Sylvester amp Tweety Mysteries Sir Charge A Lot voice TV series 4 episode 10 Whatever Happened to Shorty Twang 124 1999 Sweetwater Todd Badham Film for TV based on the 1960s band Sweetwater 125 2003 The Madness of Prince Charming Himself TV documentary Channel 4 7 2013 The Blueblack Hussar Himself Documentary on Ant s return to music in 2010 2011 directed by Jack Bond 126 2014 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Himself TV series 28 episode 5 127 Theatre Edit Year Title Role Notes Ref s 1985 Entertaining Mr Sloane Sloane 4 2571992 Be Bop a Lula none Ant was Theatrical Producer 106 1993 West Ant rehearsed the play but did not appear on stage due to a recurring knee injury 4 2921996 Funeral Games Caulfield 4 326Literature EditAnt Adam 2007 Stand and Deliver The Autobiography London Pan Books ISBN 978 0 330 44012 7 Awards and nominations EditYear Nominated work Award Result1982 Adam and the Ants Grammy Awards Best New Artist 128 NominatedKings of the Wild Frontier BRIT Awards Best British Album 129 Won Stand and Deliver Ivor Novello Awards Songwriters of the Year 130 Ivor Novello Award The Best Selling A Side 131 Won2008 Adam Ant Q Awards Q Icon 132 WonPersonal life EditAnt married Carol Mills in 1975 when they were both still students at Hornsey College of Art 4 92 and they divorced in 1982 He dated Amanda Donohoe between 1977 and 1981 Jamie Lee Curtis in 1983 and Heather Graham in the early 1990s 31 He featured a song about Vanity of Vanity 6 the female vocal group associated with Prince on the Strip album In 1997 Ant married Lorraine Gibson a 25 year old PR assistant for Vivienne Westwood The ceremony took place in Dayton Tennessee They divided their time between Dayton and London and on April 10 1998 the couple had a daughter Lily Caitlin Goddard The couple divorced four years later by 2002 133 Ant who does not own a television enjoys reading particularly historical novels He has tattoos depicting Lord Nelson s last prayer before the Battle of Trafalgar an image of his grandfather and a quotation from Oscar Wilde Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes 134 Mental health Issues Edit Ant has spoken candidly about his mental health issues and experiences with the effects of the illness 7 9 In 1975 when he was living with his first wife at her parents home in Muswell Hill he suffered from depression and developed anorexia I just didn t eat he has said of this period I wasn t attempting to slim I was attempting to kill myself He took an overdose of pills and after having his stomach pumped was sent to Colney Hatch psychiatric hospital in North London he was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder and discharged after three months 13 I was totally fucked up in the head Things went wrong and something snapped I just became a vegetable for three months I couldn t talk to people I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college 33 In 2002 Ant was poised to join the 1980s focused Here amp Now tour but was unable to do so after he was arrested and charged with throwing a car alternator through a window at the Prince of Wales pub in Camden and then threatening patrons with a starting pistol 4 312 315 Ant s court trial was held later that year at the Old Bailey in London The charges against him which included criminal damage and threatening members of the public were reduced to a single count of causing affray to which he pleaded guilty He was fined 500 and placed under a 12 month Community Rehabilitation Order for psychiatric care with a suspended sentence 135 136 In June 2003 it was reported that Ant had been arrested again on suspicion of criminal damage before it was decided that he should be hospitalised for treatment 4 319 137 138 On 18 May 2010 Ant was returned to psychiatric hospital where he remained until mid June subsequently returning home under outpatient supervision In his 31 December 2010 interview for The Sun Ant discussed the side effects of medication for his bipolar condition In the past I ve been a robot It s been an out of body experience Bipolar means up and down and that s me Music has always been the best medication I was on sodium valproate for seven years I couldn t get to sleep and I didn t make love for seven years My hair fell out and I couldn t pick up a book as I couldn t concentrate I didn t write a song or pick up a guitar in that time and piled on the weight I might as well have been dead I work very closely with my GP and any decisions I make are made with him 79 139 During an interview with BBC Radio 6 Music he declared that mental health needs a great deal of attention It s the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with 9 Ant is involved in the Black Dog campaign which promotes better understanding of mental illness 134 References Edit a b c Lachno James 27 April 2011 The rise and fall of Adam Ant Telegraph co uk Archived from the original on 8 April 2018 Retrieved 3 April 2018 Erlewine Stephen Thomas Adam Ant AllMusic Archived from the original on 14 March 2016 Retrieved 16 February 2016 Adam Ant announces Bravest of the Brave new album and single and gig 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