Adam Ant interview | New Wave | Adam and the Ants | Afternoon plus | 1982 

What so many people don’t realize is that Adam wrote his own songs with Marco, designed the sets of his live shows, designed his costumes, and that of the Ants as well, did his own make up (except for PC Revue and PC video), designed and storyboarded all his videos, designed his record sleeves and covers. The man is the epitome of a workaholic. Later, we would find out it was to keep the depression at bay. I just have so much respect for him. A true artist, who just happens to be devastatingly beautiful as well. Brilliant, mad genius ❤️

Looking forward to seeing Adam Ant, again, this Friday in Detroit!!

Speaks with such clarity and intelligence 👏

What a gorgeous and intelligent man !!!! 😊

Back when even famous successful stars came across as real people and the interview was watchable....better times

What a stunningly beautiful man and such grace. Reminding me of Cillian Murphy today, similar gentleness.

Gorgeous guy and so artistic - loved him xx

Always been very well spoken and intelligent. Such a shame that he and Marco fell out a while back. Still listen to his music fairly often 40 years on

Amazingly talented, great musician......songwriter....singer.... Can't believe this interview was 42 years ago. I remember the summer of 1983, aged 12, watching the Prince Charming Review over and over, day after day. And it's still great

Perfect body, perfect face, great mind! I want to run my fingers thru that hair!!! My gosh, he was perfection! I hate that he struggled with bipolar all his life but I guess he wouldn't have made it without it. I hope he does well for the rest of his career, he's a likeable guy.

Such an intelligent, articulate, charming and beautiful man

He is so gorgeous ❤️ I was only about 2yrs old but my cousins all loved him so much- posters etc! I can see why now I’m older!!

Love this man!!! ❤💛💜

This guy....this guy, is so awesome. He was huge then. He's come through some dark times. He's a survivor and a success. His fans love him, I think he's awesome. The guy basically created his own genre of music.

I'm currently reading his autobiography, and he had me laughing out loud almost from the first page! The fact that he managed to accomplish so much being bipolar is incredible; this guy didn't have an easy life!👍

Brave of him to talk about his MH issues back in 82, it was nowhere near to being accepted or understood then

Don’t you ever Don’t you ever Stop being dandy Showing me you’re handsome

Yes indeed, I could have watched this interview all night. Stuart aka Adam is so intelligent and so enjoyable to listen to on and off stage. So happy he is touring again and I hope to grab a show if he ever comes near Nashville or Chicago. Love em

How can someone be so handsome and fit at the same time? 🥵

Honesty is refreshing in this interview. Thanks for sharing.xx

Just gorgeous. Thanks for posting this.

fairly insightful bloke for his age. quite enjoyed this.

Stunning❤

Gorgeous xxxxxlove Adam

THIS IS A REAL LEGEND, WE LOVE YOU ADAM. ANTMUSIC FOR SEX PEOPLE, WE ARE THE FAMILY.

He knows how the industry works. Absolutely gorgeous. So talented. I'm from the Stand and Deliver days.

Much more intelligent people in music back then

Lord I was 15 and so into Adam and the Ants 😂

My teenage crush ❤

His English is Adorable... Lovely, indeed...!!! ❤😊🇬🇧

I was just watching an old Adam & The Ants music video for Prince Charming and it has Diana Dors featured in the video as a fairy godmother. Dandy Nicols is featured in the Ant Music video.

and even tho you fool your soul your conscience will be mine.... luv ya adamant

Adam you are Amazing you are Really prince charming

Great interview

Going to see him live march 2022 in leicester seen him six times live and I have a collection of 75 items of this superstar

His music stands on its own from Dirk WWS to today.

Excellent he always comes across well and Respectful very open honest and well read. But very much like a tortured troubled soul.

Is the white bar across all the faces in the background some kind of image-copyright problem? It's really peculiar.

Johnny Depp styled himself on this genius. Even if he didn't know it.!!

He and Jeff Buckley could have been brothers, separated by ten years.

He Done Some Acting Also The Equaliser,80s Northern Exposure,90s.

Such a beautiful man xx🎉

Clever move to shift away from the New Romantic style after being one of its leaders for 2 years, but his career faded away after this when he failed to break into the US market after an all or nothing expensive tour there, & had to rely on music more than image.

Bless. He was desperate to become a serious musician at this stage.

Very casual in this setting ole AA

Why do they cover blocking the images in the background?

Nice chat ☺

Saw this dude in mad max

😊💖

Stand or deliver money or your life 💖

👍😎🤓👍🤘

he's being interviewed by oliver reed's brother here, simon reed. That's my fascinating fact for the day! Covid 2021, it's making me waste time on the internet....

When you have seen Adam in all their music videos it’s kinda strange listening to a young all down to earth fellow here.

I think the presenter here is simon reed.

Oh, look at him so young. It's 20:24 right now. I think I was 11 when my brain first blew up the first time. I saw adamant on TV and then. Well, if you're a fan and you're a female, you know, it's all over. At that poand he'll be 70 this November, isn't it awesome? I don't think he'd ever do it. But I would be hard pressed to put into words. How disappointed I would be if he ever let someone put that face under the knife. There's no reason for it. You can't stop that kind of good looking. It aint ever gonna break so don't ever fix it. I pray I hope he has continued success and will be around for a long time

Out of interest, why is all the background blurred out? Great interview!

Im tripping bawlz! Adams been a serious victim. His dad worked with Sydney Cook!

Trivia: The interviewer is the brother of actor Oliver Reed.

Adam Ant or adamant?

I’ve listened to him for over 40 years and it just dawned on me that he looks like a cross between scott Weiland and Kirk Cameron lol

Read Mark Redmayne's 'Antmusic' biography of Adam and the Ants. It's a captivating read (much better than Adam's own biography). His breakdown of the end of Adam and the Ants in early 1982 exposes Adam's strengths and weaknesses. The 'Prince Charming' album is only saved by the 2 Number One singles on it, and the rest of it has rightly been cast into the dustbin of musical history. Which is in absolute juxtaposition to the 'Kings of the Wild Frontier' LP. Adam and the Ants were unsigned in early 1980. Within a year they had supreme dominance of the UK charts. Then Adam trashed the formula which gave him the success he so craved and his career nosedived. His references to Sinatra and Brando are now laughable, but that shouldn't have been the case. He had what it took to be a global superstar well into the end of the 80s, but he blew it by not focusing upon the fans he said he cared for so much. In sacking his Ants and going it alone (as such), he alienated his key audience, and even though 'Goody Two Shoes' was his third number one and a global hit, this was riding on the coattails of his previous bands success. He was in no way established enough to become a solo act. His co-songwriter - Marco Pirroni and Ants lead guitarist - was as much to blame for this untimely demise of the band, as was Adam (Pirroni refused to tour any longer and Adam was sick of yet another problematic bass player, in Gary Tibbs). No one could expect anyone to keep the mass appeal going for much longer than a 3-year period, but failing to write that crucial killer second album (with this line up), and then sacking his band, was with hindsight completely insane. Hubris destroys many of a promising career. Adam's success was a victim of his own very bad choices.

Nothing fake here. No advisers, PR machine or rehearsed answers

Gone is the make-up. Not quite.

Car trouble.

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