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Adam and the Ants is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Wang Chung, The Fixx, Malcolm McLaren, Sex Pistols and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Those roots explain a lot about how Adam and the Ants arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Adam Ant, ABC, Thompson Twins, The Boomtown Rats and The Undertones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Culture Club, Limahl, INXS, Ed O'Brien and Chumbawamba, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Adam and the Ants, reaching back through Wang Chung and forward to Culture Club. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Adam and the Ants were an English rock band that formed in London in 1977. Two versions of the band, both fronted by Adam Ant, existed between 1977 and 1982. The first phase began when the band were founded in May 1977 and were called the Ants until November of that year. They later changed their style from punk rock to post-punk and new wave and released one album. The final line-up of this version consisted of Dave Barbarossa, Matthew Ashman, and Leigh Gorman—all of whom left the band in January 1980 at the suggestion of manager Malcolm McLaren to form Bow Wow Wow.
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Adam and the Ants connections
Adam and the Ants grew out of Wang Chung, The Fixx, Malcolm McLaren and Sex Pistols, shares an orbit with Adam Ant, ABC, Thompson Twins and The Boomtown Rats, went on to shape Culture Club, Limahl, INXS and Ed O'Brien. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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