The band spent six months looking for a lead singer before discovering 14-year-old Annabella Lwin working at her local dry cleaners!Īs you can see from the photo above, the very young singer was featured partially nude.People were starting to say she looked like me, now people say she looks like jeramy because of. In 1980, McLaren persuaded guitarist Matthew Ashman, drummer David Barbarossa and bassist Leigh Gorman to leave Adam and the Ants and form a new group. The band didn’t last long, but Adam Ant has staged a number of comebacks over the years, and I will always love to listen to “Ant Music!” Now here is a great transition: let’s meet the band who went from Adam Ant to this young singer!Īnnabella Lwin’s story is a fascinating one which begins with a mass defection from Adam Ant’s band!īow Wow Wow was created by legendary Music Promoter Malcolm McLaren to promote his and then girlfriend/business partner Vivienne Westwood’s New Romantic fashion lines. Here’s the “very 80’s” music video for their breakthrough hit “Ant Music!” Soon after, Adam And The Ants were formed! I love how brash they were: “that music’s lost its taste” indeed, so they announced a new flavor! One of the 80’s most colorful front men was Adam Ant! Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard) played bass in a pub rock group called Bazooka Joe – and here’s a great bit of trivia – they were the band that headlined when Sex Pistols played their first concert in 1975! That music’s lost its taste so try another flavor…” “Unplug the jukebox, and do us all a favor… “I Ran” and “Wishing” were huge hits, but even with the unique hair, the Seagulls weren’t destined to stay in the air for long…speaking of unique 80’s hair, imagine how much more unique it becomes when you add face paint: The song “D.N.A.” won a Grammy Award in 1983 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Here is the great music video for “I Ran!” Their songs were catchy, pure british power pop with a ton of synthesizers. A number of colorful albums ensued, including the smash hit “I Ran!” The band’s look and musical style was very reminiscent of the 80’s “new wave” trend… Mike’s colorful hair got the band a lot of attention. They had ridiculous hair styles, face paint and wild band names, but they made some great “Brit pop!” Let’s take a look that three bands with great hair!Ī Flock of Seagulls were what wikipedia called an “English new wave and synth pop band” – and that fits their bill exactly! The band was formed in Liverpool by brothers Michael “Mike” Score (keyboards, vocals) and Alister “Ali” James Score (drums), along with Francis Lee “Frank” Maudsley (bass) and Paul Reynolds (guitar).
Seagulls! Ant Music! Bow Wow Wow! Welcome To 80’s “Animal” Brit-Pop!
It was a time of rebellion in music, with angry rock from “The Clash” running headlong into a new “hairstyle” of music! Time to return to a time when music had synthesizers, wild wild hair and a distinctly British beat! Band: A Flock of Seagulls (Mike Score in the centre).
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