Adam Ant is back in form with first new album in 17 years

[Jazzy]

Dayton, Tenn., may seem like the least likely place one would expect British rocker Adam Ant to live in the U.S., compared to New York or Los Angeles. But years after he took the U.K. by storm with such '80s hits as Stand and Deliver, Prince Charming and Antmusic as leader of Adam and the Ants, Ant and his then-fiancee were planning to travel to Las Vegas by car to get married. It was during a stopover at a little town that he came across a local ad for a house, he says.



I just thought, 'I really want to have a look at this,' Ant told CBSNews.com. There was something dreamy to it. I went up and it was kind of love at first sight. I've never seen such a beautiful view in my entire life. At that point, with that newlywed vibe in the air, it just seemed the right move to put down roots there.



His experiences in Tennessee provided the inspiration for his new song, Cool Zombie, off of Adam Ant is the BlueBlack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter, his first new album in 17 years. By the time I got out of music, he said, and I pursued some acting and wrote a book and had a family, I kind of exhausted it for myself. I always felt if I wasn't enjoying it, it was best to move out of it. The good thing about coming back to it now is I appreciate how lucky I am to be able to make music, and write music and perform to audiences. It never goes away. It was always something that was always underneath anything I did. You don't get the thrill from anything else than you do playing rock and roll live, or producing an album.

Full article with Cool Zombie video



Are any of you Adam Ant fans?

 

[DrLeftover]

I was going to post an Adam Ant song, or maybe THE Adam Ant song in this thread just to remind people who he was.





But there are some things even I won't do.

 

[seasidemike]

let hope has more than his one hit 17 years ago..