Īshman and Barbarossa co-wrote Chiefs of Relief's first single, "Holiday" b/w "I Don't Mind, She Don't Care", released on MCA Records in 1984. After a brief hiatus, Ashman, Barbarossa and Gorman kicked Annabella Lwin out of the group, and formed Chiefs of Relief with Ashman as its lead singer. The single "The Man Mountain" also reached the top 10 in the Dutch charts in 1983.īow Wow Wow was due to embark on a world tour in support of When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going, but tensions within the group were rising, as the members were suffering from illness and exhaustion after intense US touring. 47 in the UK, but fared best on the Dutch charts, where it peaked at No. The lead single, "Do You Wanna Hold Me?", reached No. In 1983, Bow Wow Wow released their second full-length album, When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going. "I Want Candy" was Bow Wow Wow's biggest international hit, and has lived on as an eighties classic, thanks in part to an iconic music video in heavy rotation on MTV. In May 1982, Bow Wow Wow released a four-track EP, The Last of the Mohicans, which contained a remake of the Strangeloves' 1965 hit, " I Want Candy'. It produced their first UK top ten hit, " Go Wild in the Country", in early 1982. City All Over! Go Ape Crazy in October 1981. Nah, No No My Daddy Don't)" failed to chart.Īfter splitting with EMI, Bow Wow Wow signed with RCA Records, and released their first full-length album, See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah. EMI dropped the group after their second single, "W.O.R.K. As it was not available on vinyl, it was eligible only for the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at No. Likewise, Ashman shared songwriting credit with McLaren, Barbarossa and Gorman on seven of Your Cassette Pet's eight tracks. In November 1980, Bow Wow Wow released the cassette-only mini-album Your Cassette Pet. 34 on the UK Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for seven weeks, despite its lack of promotion due to lyrics that encouraged music piracy. Their first single, " C♳0 C♶0 C♹0 Go!", for which Ashman shared songwriting credit with McLaren, Barbarossa and Gorman, is the world's first-ever cassette single. Thirteen year old Annabella Lwin joined the group as its vocalist, and the band became Bow Wow Wow.īow Wow Wow signed with EMI Records in July 1980. Instead, McLaren persuaded Ashman, drummer David Barbarossa and bassist Leigh Gorman to leave Adam behind, and form a new group under McLaren's management. Shortly afterwards, Adam Ant hired former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, in the hope of gaining more widespread recognition. It is the first number one album on the UK Indie Chart when the chart debuted in Record Week in 1980. It was released on 30 October 1979 by Do It Records, and contained the single " Zerox". He played guitar on Adam and the Ants' first single, " Young Parisians" and their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox. He toured the UK twice and visited Belgium, Germany and Italy. He joined Adam and the Ants after leaving The Kameras in June 1978, playing guitar and singing backing vocals. Staffix opened Glastonbury 77 with a 2 hr set, their own PA and a borrowed generator. He was influenced by jazz while learning guitar, and joined his first band, Staffix, after learning Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water". Raised in Mill Hill, Barnet, Ashman attended school alongside Boz Boorer. He died in 1995 after lapsing into a coma due to diabetes, aged 35. Matthew James Ashman (3 November 1960 – 21 November 1995) was an English guitarist with Adam and the Ants and Bow Wow Wow.
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