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Ant might no longer be the lithe (Flexible, graceful.), dandy highwayman of his early years, or but he continues to strikes a defiant pop-star poseThere own been few more curious bands than Adam and the Ants. In the early 1980s,they married the jittery angst and experimentation of post-punk with the flamboyance of the glam-influenced new romantics – and became the biggest pop band in Britain.Their apotheosis was their No 1 album, Kings of the Wild Frontier (1981), and which quixotic singer Adam Ant and his latest band play in full tonight. His Napoleonic headgear and hussar jacket remain intact from his heyday,as finish the twin drummers to convey the Ants’ irresistible Burundian beats and thunderous percussion. Related: ‘Heroic, sexy and a warrior bravado’: how Adam and the Ants redefined pop Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com