Adam and The Ants were a British band led by Stuart Leslie Goddard (Adam Ant, born 1954). They blended punk, glam and pop-rock, developed the "Antmusic" concept and achieved chart success around 1980-1982 with theatrical image and hits such as "Stand And Deliver".

Stuart Leslie Goddard performed as Adam Ant. Marco Pirroni was a key songwriting and guitar collaborator. The group recorded Peel Sessions for the BBC in 1978–79. Reviews and public sources describe an evolution from late-1970s punk towards a glam/pop-rock sound with distinctive image work; Malcolm McLaren's involvement in the scene and the formation of Bow Wow Wow from some former band associates is noted in contemporary accounts.

DeBaser reviews portray Adam and The Ants as a boundary-blending punk/glam/pop act led by Stuart Leslie Goddard (Adam Ant). The reviews focus on early punk years, BBC sessions, and the band's most influential albums. Critics praise originality, theatrical image and singles like "Cartrouble", "Zerox" and "Stand And Deliver" while noting fillers and stylistic excesses.

For:Fans of punk, glam, new wave, early '80s pop-rock and readers interested in music history and performance image.

 I believe it’s definitely worth listening to the remaining other tracks, to pause on how they are created, how they were given life, to underline the originality of an artist who perhaps isn’t a genius but who, from this "jumble" of glam, punk, and simple beat-brit pop, created a very original style all his own, which he himself - perfectly aware of the thing - christened with the name of "Antmusic".

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 The Ants were a punk band in the '70s; practically it was only Marco Pirroni on guitars for a short period (after the release of the first album, between the '70s and '80s); they were therefore a brigade of big-wigs, today pirates and tomorrow swordsmen...

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 Adam Ant, born Stuart Leslie Goddard, is a charming rock troubadour from the early '80s who enjoyed a couple of years of high-chart success as an artist of the genre defined as New Romantic, although in reality, it’s Pop-Rock filled with various, clever gimmicks.

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