1 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adam_and_the_ants_3958.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:300:The best known Adam and the Ants lineup]] |
3 | ->''"I got Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee, Gary Tibbs and yours truly"'' |
4 | -->--"Ant Rap", ''Music/PrinceCharming'' |
5 | |
6 | Adam and the Ants were a British rock band that had two incarnations, both fronted by Music/AdamAnt. The first ran from 1977-1980 and featured: |
7 | * Matthew Ashman (guitar and backing vocals) |
8 | * David Barbarossa (drums) |
9 | * Leigh Gorman (bass guitar) |
10 | |
11 | The second incarnation spanned 1980-1982, and featured: |
12 | * Chris Merrick Hughes (drums / record producer) |
13 | * Terry Lee Miall (drums) |
14 | * Kevin Mooney (bass guitar) |
15 | * Marco Pirroni (guitar) |
16 | |
17 | ---- |
18 | !!Studio Discography: |
19 | |
20 | * 1979 - ''Music/DirkWearsWhiteSox'' |
21 | * 1980 - ''Music/KingsOfTheWildFrontier'' |
22 | * 1981 - ''Music/PrinceCharming'' |
23 | |
24 | !!Compilation Albums: |
25 | |
26 | * 1990 - ''Antics in the Forbidden Zone'' |
27 | * 1994 - ''Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant'' |
28 | * 1994 - ''B-Side Babies'' |
29 | * 1990 - ''The Very Best of Adam and the Ants'' |
30 | * 2006 - ''Stand and Deliver'' |
31 | * 2007 - ''Dandy Highwaymen (The Best of..)'' |
32 | |
33 | !!Box Sets: |
34 | |
35 | * 2001 - ''ANTBOX'' |
36 | |
37 | ---- |
38 | !!Tropes that apply to the band and their career as a whole (Note: See the individual album pages for their specific tropes) |
39 | * ArtistAndTheBand: Adam (Ant) and the Ants (the other guys). |
40 | * DressedToPlunder: The general Ants aesthetic. Sashes, big buckled belts, long leather boots and puffy sleeved shirts. |
41 | * GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant'', ''The Very Best of Adam and the Ants'', ''Dandy Highwaymen (The Best of..)''. |
42 | * IntercourseWithYou: |
43 | ** "Physical (You're So)" |
44 | --> ''I want you hard in my arms''\ |
45 | ''So soft on my bed'' |
46 | ** "Don't Be Square (Be There)" |
47 | --> ''Antmusic for sex people''\ |
48 | ''Sex music for antpeople'' |
49 | * LiveAlbum: ''Adam and the Ants Live at the Marquee 1978'' |
50 | * NewRomantic: While musically closer to Glam Punk, their second incarnation was considered part of the scene. |
51 | * NewWaveMusic |
52 | * PostPunk: ''Music/DirkWearsWhiteSox'' is on the gloomier, artier side of British Punk. |
53 | * PunkRock: Were part of the British Punk scene in the late 70s, though Adam had his issues with it, stating in "B-Side Baby": |
54 | --> ''I think 'Punk' is an overused word, as a matter of fact'' |
55 | * ShoutOut: Happens several times in their songs just before a guitar solo, where Adam will call out to guitarist Marco, or say for example, "You'd better listen to Marco". |
56 | * StageNames: Music/AdamAnt AKA Stuart Leslie Goddard and Merrick AKA Chris Hughes. |
57 | * TakeThat: "B-Side Baby" has one to PunkRock and [[Music/{{Ramones}} Joey Ramone]]: |
58 | --> ''I think 'Punk' is an overused word, as a matter of fact''\ |
59 | ''I hate Joey Ramone when he says he's gonna beat on a-''\ |
60 | ''He's going to find himself down an alley with his face beaten flat''\ |
61 | ''And a spray job in bright pink letters, saying "B-R-A-T spells"'' |
62 | * XtremeKoolLetterz: |
63 | ** All the Ants albums have 'ADAM' written as 'AⱭAM' |
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