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Adam Ant reveals the musical milestones in his life, in conversation with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2011.

Adam Ant reveals the musical milestones in his life, in conversation with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2011.

Adam was a key member in the nascent UK punk scene, before leading a band who eventually made him one of the biggest stars in the world - blending pop tunes with a punk sensibility and an inspired image that was part Byronic hero, part Beau Brummell and part Highwayman.

Matt Everitt speaks frankly to the man once known simply as Stuart Goddard, about the birth of punk, his emergence to become probably the most recognisable and successful major solo pop star of the early 80s, his spectacular and tragic fall from grace, and how he's been tackling Asperger's syndrome to return to the stage and recording studio.

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Wed 4 Jan 202301:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Adam and the Ants

    ANT MUSIC

    • ANT MUSIC.
    • CBS.
    • CBS-9352.

  • Adam and the Ants

    KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER

    • THE VERY BEST OF ADAM & THE ANTS.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 494-229-2.

  • Adam and the Ants

    DOG EAT DOG

    • KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER.
    • EPIC.
    • 3703-3.

  • Adam and the Ants

    CAR TROUBLE - PARTS 1 & 2

    • DIRK WEARS WHITE SOX.
    • SONY.
    • 517081-2.

  • Tommy Steele

    ROCK WITH THE CAVEMAN

    • THAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL.
    • EMI.
    • CDEMTVD-100.

  • The Beatles

    MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR

    • MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • SMMT-0.

  • Tiny Tim

    THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND

    • GOD BLESS TINY TIM - THE COMPLETE REPRISE STUDIO MASTERS AND MORE....
    • REPRISE.
    • 034977-8662 (3).

  • Dr. Feelgood

    SHE DOES IT RIGHT

    • DOWN BY THE JETTY.
    • GRAND.
    • CD-5.

  • Sex Pistols

    ANARCHY IN THE U.K.

    • NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS.
    • VIRGIN.
    • V-2086.

  • Adam and the Ants

    Day I Met God

    • Dirk Wears White Sox.
    • Columbia.
    • 5-170812.

  • Dave Berry

    LITTLE THINGS

    • THE BEST OF DAVE BERRY.
    • SEE FOR MILES.
    • SEECD-384.

  • Adam and the Ants

    Dog Eat Dog

    • THE VERY BEST OF ADAM AND THE ANTS.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 494-2298.

  • Adam and the Ants

    STAND & DELIVER

    • PRINCE CHARMING.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 474606-2.

  • Adam Ant

    GOODY TWO SHOES

    • THE VERY BEST OF ADAM & THE ANTS.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 494-229-2.

  • Adam and the Ants

    Prince Charming

    • Adam and The Ants.
    • CBS.
    • CBS-4500.

  • Adam Faith

    I Survived

    • I survive.
    • Angel Air.
    • B002TQ08KA.

  • The Stranglers

    Go Buddy Go

    • EMI.

Credits

ProducerHenry Real
PresenterMatt Everitt

Broadcasts

  • Sun 27 Feb 201112:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Mon 20 Nov 201704:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Sun 8 Sep 201904:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Thu 2 Apr 202001:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Wed 7 Apr 202101:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Wed 27 Jul 202201:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Wed 4 Jan 202301:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music

The first record I ever bought… by Noel Gallagher, Janelle Monae, Florence Welch, Thom Yorke, Elton John and many more

The first record I ever bought… by Noel Gallagher, Janelle Monae, Florence Welch, Thom Yorke, Elton John and many more

A selection of major artists reveal their first musical purchase.