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Adam and the Ants were an English new wave band active during the late 1970s and
early 1980s. The group, which lasted from 1977 to 1982, existed in two incarnations, both fronted by Adam Ant. The first, founded in May 1977 and known simply as The Ants until November that year, achieved considerable cult popularity during the transition from the punk rock era to the post-punk and new wave era and were noted for their high camp and overtly sexualised stage performances and songs. The final line-up of this first incarnation – Dave Barbarossa, Matthew Ashman and Leigh Gorman – left the band in January 1980 at the suggestion of then-de facto manager Malcolm McLaren, to form the instrumentalist personnel of the controversial Bow Wow Wow.
The second incarnation of Adam and the Ants featured guitarist Marco Pirroni and drummer-producer Chris Hughes and was noted for its use of Burundi drums. It lasted from February 1980 to March 1982 and achieved major commercial success in the UK and abroad.
Adam Ant is a British post-punk, new wave artist. He was the lead singer of Adam & the Ants until their split in early 1982, by which time they had recorded three studio albums. Ant, however, would go solo, and release an additional five studio albums throughout the 1980s and early 1990s (one other album recorded during this period remains unreleased). After a gap of nearly 18 years, his sixth solo studio album was released in early 2013.
His greatest UK chart success was Adam & the Ants’ 1980 album Kings of the Wild Frontier which was number one in the UK Album Chart for a total of twelve weeks. However, it was the follow-up album, Prince Charming which produced the biggest hit singles with “Stand and Deliver” and the title track, achieving five weeks and four weeks respectively as number one singles on the UK Singles Chart.
In the United States, Ant’s biggest chart success was his solo debut, 1982’s Friend or Foe album, which reached the Top 20 on the Billboard 200. It also included the hit single “Goody Two Shoes” which was a Top 20 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as a third number one single for Ant on the UK Singles Chart.
Their British Hit Singles, years, and top positions are:
- Young Parisians – 1978
- Zerox – 1979
- Cartrouble – 1980
- Kings of the Wild Frontier – 1980 – 48
- Dog Eat Dog-1980 – 4
- Antmusic – 1980 – 2
- Young Parisians – 1980 – 9
- Zerox – 1981 – 45
- Cartrouble – 1981 – 33
- Kings of the Wild Frontier – 1981 – 2
- Stand and Deliver – 1981 – 1
- Prince Charming – 1981 – 1
- Ant Rap – 1981 – 3
- Deutscher Girls – 1982 – 13
- Friends – 1982 – 46
- Goody Two Shoes – 1982 – 1
- Friend or Foe – 1982 – 9
- Desperate But Not Serious – 1982 – 33
- Puss ‘n Boots – 1983 – 5
- Strip – 1983 – 41
- Apollo 9 – 1984 – 13
- Vive Le Rock – 1985 – 50
- Room at the Top – 1990 – 13
- Rough Stuff – 1990
- Can’t Set Rules About Love – 1990 – 47
- Wonderful -1995 – 32
- Gotta Be a Sin – 1995 – 45
- Cool Zombie – 2012 – 154
Info from Wikipedia
