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ADAM ANT<\/strong><\/p>\n

With its pop\/rock structure, but a bluesy, swampy feeling and hints of a southern drawl, you\u2019ve never heard pop icon and Grammy-nommer Adam Ant<\/strong> sound like this…<\/p>\n

[youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=77yDzIvk1PI]<\/p>\n

\u201cCool Zombie\u201d is the debut track from his first album in 17 years called \u201cAdam Ant is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner\u2019s Daughter\u201d (Album releases January 22, 2013 with North American tour dates announcing soon).<\/p>\n

Even more interesting is the \u201cCool Zombie\u201d backstory.\u00a0 Adam (www.Adam-Ant.com<\/a>) lived in Los Angeles for a while to pursue film roles, but most people don\u2019t know that he later lived in the tiny town of Dayton, Tennessee \u2013 almost by accident.\u00a0 Adam and his\u00a0girlfriend were on their way to Las Vegas to get married.\u00a0 But they made a detour, bought a house, started a family and opened a new chapter in life.<\/p>\n

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PRESS RELEASE<\/p>\n

POP ICON ADAM ANT RELEASES \u201cCOOL ZOMBIE\u201d, THE DEBUT SINGLE FROM HIS FIRST ALBUM IN 17 YEARS…<\/strong><\/p>\n

(LONDON) November 8, 2012 <\/strong>\u2013 After almost six weeks of sold-out shows in the USA, legendary pop icon Adam Ant is debuting \u201cCool Zombie\u201d today, the first track from the forthcoming release \u201cAdam Ant is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner\u2019s Daughter\u201d, his first album in 17 years (Releasing January 22, 2013). And, with its swampy, bluesy flavor that feels like a southern drawl, the song is unlike anything that fans have ever heard.<\/p>\n

\u201cCool Zombie\u201d is available through iTunes (https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/cool-zombie-single\/id572331718<\/a>), Amazon, Spotify and Rdio.<\/p>\n

Many people know that the GRAMMY-nominated artist, one of the most recognized faces of the 80s often known for his global hits including \u201cGoody Two Shoes\u201d, \u201cStand and Deliver\u201d, \u201cStrip\u201d and \u201cWonderful\u201d, lived in Los Angeles for several years while pursuing film roles.\u00a0 But most people never knew that later in life he quietly bought a house and lived in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee.\u00a0 \u201cCool Zombie\u201d speaks to this aspect of his life.<\/p>\n

“I lived in Tennessee for a couple of years,\u201d Adam explained.\u00a0 \u201cMy daughter, Lilly Caitlin, was born there. I decided that I was going to be like a house husband, so I was with her and changing nappies. That’s the hardest work I’ve ever done, the child-rearing thing. \u00a0But as Lily got older, I started to think about music.\u00a0 I missed it – the creative process and the live side of it.”<\/p>\n

\u201cCool Zombie\u201d is one of 17 songs on the new album that creates a musical autobiography about things that have happened in Adam\u2019s life and things that interest him.<\/p>\n

Adam has always been a musical chameleon who is no stranger to musical experimentation.\u00a0 From his early punk hits including \u201cPlastic Surgery\u201d and his post-punk heyday of \u201cGoody Two Shoes\u201d to his pop hit \u201cRoom At The Top\u201d and the adult-contemporary anthem \u201cWonderful\u201d, Adam is exploring yet another new musical path.\u00a0 As he did on his landmark \u201cKings of the Wild Frontier\u201d album, Adam again looks to America – this time with the musical lens aimed toward the American south.<\/p>\n

The song is also arranged in a pattern that is beyond the traditional path of verse\/chorus, verse\/chorus.\u00a0 The horn section of his post-punk period is long gone, but Adam maintains his signature style with two drummers and layers of classic vocal patterns\/yelps that feel reminiscent of a tribal chant.<\/p>\n

Adam and his band, \u201cThe Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse\u201d, are currently doing a UK and European tour, but watch for North American dates to be announced soon.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit www.Adam-Ant.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

About Adam Ant<\/strong><\/p>\n

www.adam-ant.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter @AdamAofficial<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Adam-Ant\/69349615331<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In October, 1980, millions of UK viewers saw the blazing performance on Top of the Pops by Adam and the Ants.\u00a0 After three minutes of \u2018Dog Eat Dog\u2019, the phenomenon immediately began and they would dominate the charts for several years.\u00a0 But this was no overnight success.\u00a0 It had been the culmination of years of toil starting at Hornsey College of Art where Adam had teamed up with some friends to form the band Bazooka Joe. With Adam on bass, they played around London and, in 1975, Adam\u2019s life changed when he saw The Sex Pistols play their first-ever gig supporting Bazooka Joe at St. Martins College of Art.\u00a0 He formed The Ants and built a huge cult following despite being unpopular with the established press and in 1979 they released their debut album, \u2018Dirk Wears White S\u00f8x\u2019 that topped the independent chart.\u00a0 In 1980, the Ants left Adam to work with former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren.<\/p>\n

Adam put his ideas for a new \u2018warrior\u2019 sound into practice and soon had a fresh band including two drummers.\u00a0 They signed a major-label deal and recorded the album \u2018Kings of the Wild Frontier\u2019 that became a huge hit, spent 12 weeks at number one and won a \u2018Best New Artist\u2019 Brit Award.\u00a0 Antmania swept the nation.\u00a0 \u2018Stand and Deliver\u2019 hit the number-one spot for five weeks and earned Adam an Ivor Novello award.\u00a0 \u2018Prince Charming\u2019 also hit number one and another 12 singles went Top 30.\u00a0 At one point, Adam had eight singles in the top 40 in one week!\u00a0 \u2018Goody Two Shoes\u2019 crowned both the UK and Australian charts.\u00a0 In the USA, Adam earned a \u2018Best New Artist\u2019 GRAMMY nomination in 1982.<\/p>\n

His first solo album, \u2018Friend or Foe\u2019, continued Adam\u2019s success in the USA, delivering three top-twenty hits on the Billboard Top 100 and in 1983 he appeared on NBC Television Network\u2019s \u2018Motown 25 Special\u2019 alongside Michael Jackson who performed his moonwalk dance for the first time.\u00a0 Adam\u2019s second solo album, \u2018Strip\u2019, produced the top-five UK hit \u2018Puss in Boots\u2019, but the BBC banned the video and the song for the follow-up single \u2018Strip\u2019.\u00a0 While recording his third solo album \u2019Vive Le Rock\u2019 with producer Tony Visconti, Adam started an acting career by\u00a0appearing in a theatre production.\u00a0 In 1985 Adam performed \u2018Vive Le Rock\u2019 at Live Aid and the next few years were devoted to acting in films including Nomads, Love Bites<\/em> and Slam Dance<\/em> and TV shows such as The Equalizer, Tales from the Crypt<\/em> and Sledge Hammer!<\/em><\/p>\n

During the 1990s Adam, again, split his time between chasing film\/TV roles while recording \u2018Manners and Physique\u2019 that included the hit \u2018Room at the Top\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0 <\/strong>The follow-up album, \u2018Persuasion\u2019, remains in limbo without an official release to this day, but in 1994 Adam recorded \u2018Wonderful\u2019 in London\u2019s Abbey Road studios to be issued the following year with its self-titled single and the follow-up \u2018Gotta Be A Sin\u2019 which were accompanied with successful tours of the UK and the United States.\u00a0 It would be twelve years before Adam would play live again, acoustically, in 2006, where he read extracts from his autobiography \u2018Stand & Deliver\u2019. <\/strong>The book laid bare Adam\u2019s childhood and his well-documented mental-health battles.\u00a0 In 2008, Adam received the \u2018Q Music Icon Award\u2019 alongside fellow recipients Paul McCartney and Bryan Ferry.<\/p>\n

This rekindled recognition resulted in a series of gigs in 2010 and Adam selected a new band. Adam Ant and The Good, the Mad and the Lovely Posse played to thousands last year and, after his successful tour of Australia and largely sold-out USA tour, Adam\u2019s UK tour begins on November\u00a01, 2012 in advance of the release of his new album, \u201cAdam Ant is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner\u2019s Daughter\u201d in January, 2013.\u00a0 The new album is a type of musical autobiography that features 17 musical stories about Adam\u2019s life and things that interest him.\u00a0 \u201cCool Zombie\u201d, the first single, released in November, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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