Adam Ant Making A Comeback? Make Sure They Get Your Good Side Good Side
Dawn should be happy about this, since she luvs herself some Adam Ant. News out of the UK is that the rocker (real name: Stuart Goddard), who had to take some time off to address some problems, is set to make a comeback and has a new album in the works:
The Eighties pop star is now back on form after some mental problems and has penned a new album.
The as-yet untitled collection has sparked a furious bidding war among major labels.
I’m told: “Adam is back on track again. He’s had a difficult few years, but has finally found his focus.
His new material is really strong and he’s going to come back stronger than ever in the new year.”
He’s had some problems to deal with in the past several years:
In January 2002, he threw a car alternator through a pub window and threatened drinkers with an imitation firearm.
Then in June 2003, he tried to smash his neighbour’s patio door with a shovel and was later sectioned and spent six months in psychiatric care.
It turns out that he was suffering with bipolar disorder, first diagnosed when he was 21, and which had grown increasingly worse over the years until things finally boiled over:
Ant’s problems began in December 2001 when, during a Christmas party at London’s Regency Rooms, he had to be dragged from the stage after he refused to leave following a set of strange renditions of his 1980s hits.
It got worse. One Saturday afternoon in January 2002, he walked into the Prince of Wales pub in Kentish Town wearing a combat jacket and a white cowboy hat. Some locals made fun of his outfit and tauntingly whistled the theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Taking the credo “ridicule is nothing to be scared of” (from Prince Charming) too far, he later returned to the scene and threw a car alternator through the pub window, hitting a man on the head. He then pulled out a replica Second World War revolver and threatened to shoot approaching staff.
He was arrested, charged with intent to cause fear of violence and criminal damage, and released. But by the Monday night, a psychiatric team had come to his flat, and he was sectioned. “I’ve been abducted,” he told a reporter. “The whole thing’s a conspiracy.” After appearing at the Old Bailey in October 2002, he received a £500 fine and a 12-month community rehabilitation order.
But he wasn’t out of the woods yet. In June 2003, after several months in and out of hospital being treated for depression, Ant found himself once more in a secure ward. According to witnesses, after he hurled stones at windows near his Primrose Hill home, Ant headed off to the nearby Curly Dog café where he “ranted about children” before pulling down his trousers and curling up in a foetal position in the basement and saying he wanted to sleep. When the police arrived, he refused to come out.
“I just had a bad day, really,” Ant says in flat cockney tones, when I ask about the incident. “I’d been in hospital, I’d come out and I was just very unwell.”
In July 2003, Channel 4 aired The Madness of Prince Charming. With his assistance, it detailed Ant’s history of mental illness (at 21, he was diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder), anorexia and suicidal tendencies. It was one of the station’s most-watched programmes that year. “It was quite a heavy thing to do,” he says of the documentary. “But it got the best reaction of anything I’ve ever done. Everyone I meet says I’m really glad you said that, because someone in my family has got a mental illness.”
Hopefully he is back on track now and ready for a comeback. I’m not gonna lie, I had Goody Two Shoes on a 45 back in the day. Tell the truth, how many of you painted stripes on your face and tried to get the whole clothing vibe thing going with your cheap knockoffs from the mall? (non-interesting aside: I had a pair of pleather pants like the one model in the makeup chair is wearing)
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I thought he was SO hot back in the day. I hope his comeback works out for hm.
Comment by Rachel — October 8, 2008 @ 2:25 pm
I used to say that “Goody Two Shoes” was my theme song.
“You don’t drink, don’t smike/What do you do?
Subtle innuendos follow/must be something inside”
Yep, that describe me to a T.
Comment by J.R. LeMar — October 8, 2008 @ 9:49 pm
It was seriously only a few years ago that I figured out it was “subtle innuendos follow”. I just heard gibberish. “Such an innuendo ma-how.”
Did I just admit that out loud?
Comment by k — October 8, 2008 @ 10:42 pm
I saw him in concert sooo long ago. Ah the 80’s. He was so it in the 80’s. Sorry but the music back them was just the best. So fun.
Comment by Jessica — October 9, 2008 @ 3:34 am