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March 21, 2007

1097: Adam Ant: Manic Depressive, 80's Icon, History Buff.

You wouldn't know him from Adam
(Adam Higginbotham, The Observer, Sept. 8, 2002.)

In the 80s he had 16 hit singles and sold 15m records... but since then he's lost his battle against clinical depression. Adam Higginbotham talks to Adam Ant about his journey from Top of the Pops to the Old Bailey

"He's always been interested in history. It upset him when people used to think that his outfits - 'Prince Charming', the 'Stand and Deliver' highwayman, the 'Kings of the Wild Frontier' Indian look - were pantomime get-ups. In fact, it was all based on painstaking research: commedia dell'arte, 18th-century fashion, the French Revolution. Now, he says, everything Georgian has become his hobby."

(click to read the rest of the article)

Edited to add: From the filming of the "Stand and Deliver" video...

Posted by ashley at March 21, 2007 11:32 AM

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