Adam Ant is the stage name of Stuart Leslie Goddard (born November 3, 1954,… Read Full Bio ↴Adam Ant is the stage name of Stuart Leslie Goddard (born November 3, 1954, London, England), lead singer of 1980s pop group Adam and the Ants and also a solo artist.
Adam was a member of Bazooka Joe, the band that the Sex Pistols opened for in the Pistols' first live appearance. Adam and the Ants started as a punk band, but by the early '80s they had taken a different path and started making pop music. By 1981 they were one of the biggest bands in Britain.
In March 1982, feeling certain band members "lacked enthusiasm", Ant disbanded the group. A few months after the split Ant launched a solo career (though he retained Marco Pirroni as guitarist and co-songwriter).
After the split, Ant went solo, taking his song writing partner Pirroni with him. His greatest American chart success was 1982's Friend or Foe album, which included the hit single "Goody Two Shoes" which made it to #1 in the UK and Australia, and #12 in the U.S. Other hits from that album included the title song (which made #9 on the UK chart) and "Desperate But Not Serious". Goody Two Shoes first charted in the UK in Spring 1982, reaching no.1 that summer, but its US peak did not come until 1983 when it reached #12 on the Billboard Top 100.
In 1983, Ant worked with Phil Collins and Richard James Burgess on the "Strip" album which was recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm. The single "Puss 'N Boots" reached #5 on the UK charts, but the BBC banned both the video and the song for the follow-up single "Strip," which peaked at #41. Although Strip had some highlights and hit singles, it marked the end of his reign as one of Britain's top pop stars for a while. That same year, Ant also memorably appeared as a guest performer on the NBC television network's Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever special that aired in May.
In 1985, he worked with veteran producer Tony Visconti on his third solo album, "Vive Le Rock". He secured a spot at the Live Aid concert, but was asked to cut his set to one song. He chose his new single, "Vive le Rock." Vive Le Rock was intended to be his ultimate hard rock album but the single underwent a pressing error and the album received mixed reviews. As a result, Adam decided to end his career in music and focus on his acting career.
In 1989, whilst maintaining an interest in acting, Ant returned to America and re-entered the pop music world with the album "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 UK and U.S. hit single "Room at the Top". "Rough Stuff" became the second single for the United States and Germany as "Can't Set Rules About Love" charted in the United Kingdom.
In 1993, he toured in support of a planned album called "Persuasion". On account of a regime change at MCA, the record company made the unilateral decision not to release this album on the basis that Manners & Physique had failed to achieve a gold sales certification. Ant was subsequently released from his contract with MCA and later signed by EMI. Persuasion remains unreleased to this day and, as a result, it has become something of a lost legend among "Antfans", although it is widely available online for download.
In 1995, Ant released the album "Wonderful". The title track was a successful single, as was a tour of the U.S. in support of the album. While Ant and his group (which retained longtime guitarist Pirroni) 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 (for those who don't know the term, glandular fever is generally a euphemism for what usually manifests as mononucleosis).
"Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter" is the sixth solo studio album by Adam Ant. The album's title was announced by Ant in the NME in April 2010. As per Adam's announcement at his gig in Chatham in September 2012, the new album was released on 21 January 2013 by Ant's own record label Blueblack Hussar Records. Despite the independent self-release, the album reached number 25 on the UK Albums Chart, only one place lower than its predecessor, released on the major EMI label nearly eighteen years earlier. It had previously been at number 8 in the Midweeks.
Adam was a member of Bazooka Joe, the band that the Sex Pistols opened for in the Pistols' first live appearance. Adam and the Ants started as a punk band, but by the early '80s they had taken a different path and started making pop music. By 1981 they were one of the biggest bands in Britain.
In March 1982, feeling certain band members "lacked enthusiasm", Ant disbanded the group. A few months after the split Ant launched a solo career (though he retained Marco Pirroni as guitarist and co-songwriter).
After the split, Ant went solo, taking his song writing partner Pirroni with him. His greatest American chart success was 1982's Friend or Foe album, which included the hit single "Goody Two Shoes" which made it to #1 in the UK and Australia, and #12 in the U.S. Other hits from that album included the title song (which made #9 on the UK chart) and "Desperate But Not Serious". Goody Two Shoes first charted in the UK in Spring 1982, reaching no.1 that summer, but its US peak did not come until 1983 when it reached #12 on the Billboard Top 100.
In 1983, Ant worked with Phil Collins and Richard James Burgess on the "Strip" album which was recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm. The single "Puss 'N Boots" reached #5 on the UK charts, but the BBC banned both the video and the song for the follow-up single "Strip," which peaked at #41. Although Strip had some highlights and hit singles, it marked the end of his reign as one of Britain's top pop stars for a while. That same year, Ant also memorably appeared as a guest performer on the NBC television network's Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever special that aired in May.
In 1985, he worked with veteran producer Tony Visconti on his third solo album, "Vive Le Rock". He secured a spot at the Live Aid concert, but was asked to cut his set to one song. He chose his new single, "Vive le Rock." Vive Le Rock was intended to be his ultimate hard rock album but the single underwent a pressing error and the album received mixed reviews. As a result, Adam decided to end his career in music and focus on his acting career.
In 1989, whilst maintaining an interest in acting, Ant returned to America and re-entered the pop music world with the album "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 UK and U.S. hit single "Room at the Top". "Rough Stuff" became the second single for the United States and Germany as "Can't Set Rules About Love" charted in the United Kingdom.
In 1993, he toured in support of a planned album called "Persuasion". On account of a regime change at MCA, the record company made the unilateral decision not to release this album on the basis that Manners & Physique had failed to achieve a gold sales certification. Ant was subsequently released from his contract with MCA and later signed by EMI. Persuasion remains unreleased to this day and, as a result, it has become something of a lost legend among "Antfans", although it is widely available online for download.
In 1995, Ant released the album "Wonderful". The title track was a successful single, as was a tour of the U.S. in support of the album. While Ant and his group (which retained longtime guitarist Pirroni) 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 (for those who don't know the term, glandular fever is generally a euphemism for what usually manifests as mononucleosis).
"Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter" is the sixth solo studio album by Adam Ant. The album's title was announced by Ant in the NME in April 2010. As per Adam's announcement at his gig in Chatham in September 2012, the new album was released on 21 January 2013 by Ant's own record label Blueblack Hussar Records. Despite the independent self-release, the album reached number 25 on the UK Albums Chart, only one place lower than its predecessor, released on the major EMI label nearly eighteen years earlier. It had previously been at number 8 in the Midweeks.
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10 And when summer gets to me And sets the sex on…
1969 Again Well hello matey What have you done for me lately Yeah Are y…
5 Guns West Ladies can be captains and ladies can be chiefs Just like…
Alien Great when you call us Thank you for staying with us We…
Amazon Just stay out of my face And get out of this…
And So You Shall I want to date you maybe I want to take you…
Angel Well come tell me your story I'll tell you mine Sunday morni…
Anger Inc Legend has it in forty seven Four thousand bikes met a…
Animals And Men Uno, due, tre, quattro Marinetti Boccioni, Carra Balla Palas…
Ant Music Well, I'm standing here looking at you What do I see? I'm…
Ant Rap Put some wax on the trax and slide on onta…
Antmusic Well, I'm standing here looking at you What do I see? I'm…
Ants Invasion Ten-thirty-five and I hope I've made The right decision Hear…
Apollo 9 Ten - dress it up Nine - dress it up Eight -…
B-Side Baby Adam ant My baby says I mistreat her I don't know about…
Baby Adam ant My baby says I mistreat her I don't know about…
Baby Let Me Scream At You Adam ant/marco pirroni Say it girlfriend, say it Well this…
Beat My Guest Well tie me up and hit me with a stick Beat…
Beautiful Dream She was kissing my back and my neck and my…
Bright Lights Black Leather Adam ant There they go the buccaneers Hand and hand in leat…
Bullshit Don't fall for it Don't fall for it Don't want to be…
Cajun Twisters Get on your backstep where you belong Leave your shirt and…
Can't Set Rules About Love I feel suspended in space In another time and place To talk…
Car Trouble Have you ever had a ride in a light blue…
Catholic Day Kennedy died in '63 Poor John.F- Kennedy died in '63 Poor…
Christian D'or Adam Ant I've got a fetish for you A fetish for me A…
Christian Dor I've got a fetish for you A fetish for me A fetish…
Cleopatra Cleopatra did ten thousand in her lifetime Now that a wide…
Cool Zombie For a time he lived in Tennessee A brilliant hillbilly A coo…
Crackpot History and the Right to Lie People come people go, how long I?ll stay I just…
Cradle Your Hatred I am sorry I eat my soup with a fork I…
Day I Met God Day I met god I got so carried away Day I met…
Deparate but Not Serious If I ask you difficult questions If I make improper suggesti…
Desparate but Not Serious If I ask you difficult questions If I make improper suggest…
Desperate But Not Serious If I ask you difficult questions If I make improper suggesti…
Deutscher Girls We'll do the Tango We'll try the Fox Trot I'll eat a…
Digital Tenderness why does this feeling of togetherness always scare me away? …
Dog Eat Dog You may not like The things we do Only idiots Ignore the …
Don't Be Square Music for a future age Don't be square be there All good…
Don't Be Square Be There Music for a future age Don't be square be there All good…
Dont Be Square Music for a future age Don't be square be there All good…
Fall In Adam Ant Ten Nine Eight Seven Six Five Four Three Two One …
Family Of Noise A lot of people in this great big world Say "Love…
Fat Fun Ow! baby, you're so overweight Baby, you're no-one Baby,…
Feeding Me To The Lions Too emotional am I? Too emotional am I? With a spirit soarin…
Five Guns West Ladies can be captains and ladies can be chiefs Just like…
Friend Or Foe Friend or foe Friend or foe I want those who get to…
Goes Around Adam ant/marco pirroni Well you walk the walk And you smile…
Goody Two Shoes With the heartbreak open So much you can't hide Put on a…
Gotta Be A Sin It's burning holes into my heart To leave that face so…
Greta-X Party's over, it's time to change Shoes away I neatly arran…
Hampstead Oh well Hampstead is a place and not for revolution I…
Hardmentoughblokes Hard men, tough blokes You got to laugh when they tell…
Headgear Give me a hope To be alone I want arms around I want…
Hell's Eight Acres Happy as a punk in boystown No more talk about doing Going…
Hello I Love You Hello, I love you Won't you tell me your name? Hello, I…
Hells Eight Acres Happy as a punk in boystown No more talk about doing Going…
Here Comes the Grump When you get a number one The only way is down And…
Human Bondage Den 0 lucky lucky me I can live here in luxury Can't answer…
If I'll take it round, round by round And I will pay,…
Image Of Yourself You're livin' up to someone's image of yourself Crawlin' lik…
It Doesn't Matter I'm sick of coming home and watching tv. I just can't…
Jolly Roger In days of old, when ships were bold Just like the…
Juanito The Bandito Lock up your shed because Juanito's coming Just crossed over…
Kick See a nation on its knees And its heritage dead See a…
Kick! see a nation on its knees and its heritage dead See a…
Killer in the Home I live the life that I've been left I leave most…
Kings of the Wild Frontier A new Royal Family, a wild nobility, we are the…
Kiss The Drummer In for a penny in, for a pound If she walks…
Libertine A word from her is worth ten from me Her main…
Little Devil You want the world and you want it now I've got…
Los Rancheros A few dollars more They'll hang me high But still my spirit …
Made Of Money You think that I'm made of money You've got something coming…
Making History The murder happy characters have such fun They murder happy…
Manners Pick your honey up never let her go Say you want…
Marrying The Gunner's Daughter There was a boy, a frightened boy Grew up to be…
Miss Thing Adam ant/marco pirroni Miss thing what you got to say? We sa…
Mohair Locker Room Pin-Up Boys Big C big H mash Mary name it What a ride…
Montreal Lay him down inside the car Boston en route, not too…
Mowhok London town 1730 women drunk, children dirty they'd seen the…
Navel To Neck Give me your hand, here is mine Better in the open It's…
Never Trust a Man A man and a woman walking down the street With a…
Nine Plan Failed After nine years in the army They took away his brain They…
No Zap You can hang me by the neck Till I'm dead, dead,…
No Zap ) You can hang me by the neck Till I'm dead, dead,…
Obsession Your number one, your number ten, you may be the…
P.O.E Adam ant/marco pirroni Damn your eyes mr. khruschev Don't g…
Persuasion She's rich, she's powerful She doesn't want to be a man (Do,…
Physical I want to date you maybe I want to take…
Piccadilly Down in Piccadilly down in West One They dress like Laurence…
Place In The Country All I thought I wanted was a front door All I…
Plastic Surgery Hey, you got a face like a Labrador I don't mind,…
Playboy What do you wear in bed? Some headphones on my head What…
Press Darlings We are guilty, We are beyond hope We beg to differ We…
Prince Charming Don't you ever, don't you ever Stop being dandy, showing me…
Punkyoungirl Punky young girl you're a piece of work Designed to make…
Puss 'n Boots Boots... Kitty, Kitty! Pussycat's going to London Looking f…
Puss 'N' Boots Pussycat's going to London Looking for love and for fame I w…
Puss'n Boots Pussycat's going to London Looking for love and for fame I…
Razor Keen Well it's a dopey mopey Doop-de-boop civilian time It's all …
Red Scab I got a heart on my arm It says pure sex It…
Rip Down Rip down up and down The night kept coming in There was…
Room At The Top Once is never enough Never is never was Here and now is…
Rough Stuff Down in the jungle Feeling very fat You better hit the floor…
Scorpio Rising The Greek, the Gypsy, the Italian And the Pole, took a…
Scorpios There's a gang in every town I say that the rules…
Shakin' All Over When you move in right up close to me That's when…
Shrink Good Morning mister, how are you? Are we sleeping the whole…
Something Girls Every girl is a something girl Every girl is a something…
Spanish Games Now I don't go too much on names No, I don't…
Stand & Deliver Stand and deliver I'm the dandy highwayman who you're too s…
Strip It's at times like this, the great heaven knows that we…
Tabletalk Don't like your stare Don't like the arm in the air Your…
That Voodoo That voodoo that you do the shimmy lights through you and no…
That Voodoo! That voodoo that you do the shimmy lights through you and …
The Human Beings The human beings, oh The human beings, oh Blackfoot, Paw…
Try This For Sighs I call 'round your house I try on your phone but…
U.S.S.A One million A. D. There'll be you there'll be me Rocky's d…
U.S.S.A. One million A. D. There'll be you there'll be me Rocky's dea…
Vampires I want your heart, I want your soul, I want everything you…
Vanity I cannot speak of what I feel And yet I feel…
Very Long Ride I got up early and the sun was by my…
Vince Taylor Johnny looked back You know he never looked back The whole w…
Viva Le Rock Bang bang you're dead Did not, did too Stop diddy-bopping bu…
What's Going On Is there a mask behind the face? Is it a sleeveless…
Whip in My Valise when I met you you were just sixteen pulling the wings…
Who's A Goofy Bunny? One word from him is worth ten from me A student…
Why Do Girls Love Horses Why? Tell me why? Oh why? Do girls love horses? Why? Oh…
Won't Take That Talk I won't take that talk from no one I won't take…
Wonderful Did I tell you how much I miss Your sweet kiss? Did…
Wont Take That Talk I won't take that talk from no one I won't take…
Yin I got Utah dust Inside my boots Peroxide Covering my roots K…
Young Dumb Have a lucky charm and a usual crew And a wild…
Young Parisians Young Parisians are so French They love Patti Smith Young …
Yours Yours Yours I will love you each day of my life And when…
Zerox Lock up your brain Because I'm here again I'm never bored to…
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