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January 16, 2002

Adam Ant Committed After Arrest

Singer to be held for observation prior to trial for nightclub incident
November 3, 1999

This Day in Rock

Adam Ant
March 9, 1999

Serious But Not Desperate

Adam & the Ants guitarist quashes reunion rumors; "Antbox" retrospective

Recordings and Reviews

Wonderful

A toothsome prancer in Apache war paint and buccaneer drag, Adam Ant delivered the kickiest high-concept camp rock since T. Rex. Ant music – twang guitar, Bo Diddley beats, gigolo teasing – ruled England for one long tinsel moment in the early '80s. But since Manners and Physique...

1995 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Strip

1983

Friend Or Foe

1982

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Biography

The undisputed leaders of Britain's short-lived, fantasy-oriented New Romantic movement of the early '80s, Adam and the Ants were less well appreciated stateside. Using their music as only one facet of an imaginary world, complete with self-promoting mottos like "Antmusic for Sexpeople" and their own vocabulary (fans were Antpeople), these cheeky swashbucklers took England by storm. Late in 1980, ...

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