Adam and the Ants

927,811 plays (104,016 listeners)

new wave, post-punk, 80s, new romantic, punk… see all

Adam & the Ants was a new wave band during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was one of the bands at the time that marked the transition from the 70s punk rock era to the new-wave post punk-music era. Although the band started off with a punk-influenced sound, it soon moved on to New Wave motivated by new sources such as the drum-heavy “Burundi Beat” heard on “Dog Eat Dog”.

Led by Adam Ant (real name Stuart Goddard), the band formed in 1977 in london, england, consisting of Lester Square (guitar), Andy Warren (bass guitar) and Paul Flanagan (drums). Square was replaced by Mark Gaumont early in the band’s career, before the release of their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox (1979, do it records). The album was somewhat dark, with post punk riffs and some vestiges of glam rock. The album was not a success, so Adam & the Ants hired Malcolm McLaren (manager of the Sex Pistols) to help with their image.

While preparing for their second album, McLaren convinced the Ants to leave Adam and form Bow Wow Wow. A new version of the Ants was formed by Marco Pirroni (guitar), Kevin Mooney (bass guitar) and two drummers, Terry Lee Miall and Merrick. Pirroni would go on to become an influential member of the group, and cowrite many of their songs with Adam Ant.

Kings of the Wild Frontier
Adam and the Ants
Buy
- Amazon
- eBay
Download
Prince Charming
Adam and the Ants
Buy
- Amazon
- eBay
Download
Prince Charming
Adam AND The Ants
Buy
- Amazon
- eBay
Download
Dirk Wears White Sox
Adam and the Ants
Buy
- Amazon
- eBay
Download

Top Tracks

1	Kings of the Wild Frontier full track	887
2	Prince Charming full track	757
3	Stand and Deliver full track	660
4	Antmusic full track	417
5	Dog Eat Dog full track	373
6	Los Rancheros full track	162
7	Deutscher Girls	159
8	Goody Two Shoes	143
9	Zerox full track	139
10	Jolly Roger	133
11	Killer in the Home full track	132
12	Beat My Guest full track	116
13	Ant Rap full track	107
14	Ants Invasion	106
15	Feed Me to the Lions	105

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).

xenarachne wrote:
Thursday morning

ahh man...fierce! The reason I ended up getting interested in 'different' clothes ;)

View Profile | Leave xenarachne a shout
happinessjake wrote:
last month

Hopefully all you antpeople have heard of Blue Monday...if so, then you should go here. If not, then you should read it, and go here ^^

View Profile | Leave happinessjake a shout
knittykitty wrote:
last month

I wore the first album out and had to buy a second when "Kings of the Wild Frontier" came out. I still love hearing it!

View Profile | Leave knittykitty a shout
evildemonchild4 wrote:
last month

very good, very addicting!

View Profile | Leave evildemonchild4 a shout
chamberry wrote:
last month

Ant music for sex people! Sex music for ant people!

View Profile | Leave chamberry a shout
filipe77dias wrote:
last month

Antwarrior from lisbon...hello to you all.

View Profile | Leave filipe77dias a shout
BatAttakk wrote:
last month

Jolly Roger!!

View Profile | Leave BatAttakk a shout
marcelomadrid wrote:
last month

If only Malcolm Maclaren hadn't have come along and messed things up by splitting the original band. Then they would have stayed good after 'Dirk...', instead of being total pish.

View Profile | Leave marcelomadrid a shout
CapnDred wrote:
last month

I would recommend Kings of the Wild Frontier to start with. It's my fave of theirs - Very unique and original, still with some of that punk sound, not quite as oblique, or jangly as Dirk Wears White Socks and slightly better produced, and not as New Wave/New Romantic as Prince Charming and not as silly.

View Profile | Leave CapnDred a shout
markyfarrell wrote:
August 2008

i've never listen to them. which is their best album to start with

View Profile | Leave markyfarrell a shout
Kitty5Kat wrote:
August 2008

Why would anyone put "female" as a tag for this band? It's just wrong!

View Profile | Leave Kitty5Kat a shout
HepatitisSundae wrote:
August 2008

they're so adorable! ;D

View Profile | Leave HepatitisSundae a shout
kimislegend wrote:
August 2008

adore.adore. x

View Profile | Leave kimislegend a shout
theapril-sea wrote:
August 2008

Adam Ant is amazing in Jubilee of Jarman<33

View Profile | Leave theapril-sea a shout
BeckaRawr wrote:
July 2008

they are so special to me...i have at least most of their albums XD i dress like them, when i can anyway. your conciuos will be mi-ine!!

View Profile | Leave BeckaRawr a shout
shazhun wrote:
July 2008

I was one of the lucky ones to see The Ants live several times, many, many years ago. The sound of the drums was ground shaking.

View Profile | Leave shazhun a shout
Awwwsugar wrote:
July 2008

My mum saw them live apparently the drums were immense (as you would imagine) i'm so jelous of her =/

View Profile | Leave Awwwsugar a shout
PutterWood wrote:
June 2008

Dirk Wears White Sox is some kinda great!

View Profile | Leave PutterWood a shout
DIYDamage wrote:
June 2008

Those hips, those costumes, that voice, those crazy/overtly sexual lyrics! I do believe I am madly in love... A definite new favorite.

View Profile | Leave DIYDamage a shout
HaloModeD wrote:
May 2008

I wear my Adam & The Ants hoodie just about every day.

View Profile | Leave HaloModeD a shout

12…4 Next

Adam and the Ants Radio

Including Adam Ant, Ultravox, ABC, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bow Wow Wow and more…

Listeners

Tedtrivia
Listening now
to Picasso Visita El…
october71
Listening now
to The Human Beings
amymarconi
Listening now
to S.E.X.
Zombie_Hog
Top Listener
gnatty
Top Listener
VelvetAmethyst
Top Listener

Recent Activity

Maia-San, ada_ardor, ada_lovelace and 1 other person added Adam and the Ants to their libraries. yesterday evening
coolcat77 unlinked Adam and the Ants from A Artists. yesterday evening
icaro2416 updated the Spanish wiki page for Adam and the Ants. (diff) yesterday afternoon
shelley0105 added Adam and the Ants to shelley0105’s library. yesterday morning
Kiarasault tagged Adam and the Ants with ‘new romantic’ and ‘80s’. yesterday morning
brittiej, Glaucis, tarheeldesserts and 15 other people added Adam and the Ants to their libraries. yesterday morning
El-Coco-Loco tagged Adam and the Ants with ‘new wave’. Thursday evening
DerekRutgers, Stumm54, stufiley and 8 other people added Adam and the Ants to their libraries. Thursday evening
BrevityK tagged Adam and the Ants with ‘innocent pleasures’. Wednesday morning
AmongDreams, Lucy14785, manitoba666 and 12 other people added Adam and the Ants to their libraries. Wednesday morning