Line #51 Music/AdamAndTheAnts


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)
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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:
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35	* 2001 - ''ANTBOX''
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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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