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Adam Ant: from Punk Reject to Prince Charming

Tom Hibbert, History of Rock, The, 1984

AS THE '70S DREW TO A CLOSE, the British pop scene seemed distinctively lacking in glamour. Punk rock had made way for a ‘new wave’ of grim-sounding electronic bands that vied with tired disco acts for chart success.

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