The album offers a fascinating look.
Adam ant dirk wears white sox white vinyl.
After this album half of these ants went onto form bow wow wow and adam then put together a new version of the ants that would become hugely successful barely a year later.
New wave post punk adam and the ants dirk wears white sox 1981 vinyl discogs explore.
It was released by do it in 1979.
Vinyl lp album reissue country.
Dirk wears white sox was the only lp by the original ants lineup.
Do it records ride 3 format.
Adam was a member of bazooka joe the band that the sex pistols opened for in the pistols first live appearance.
Dirk wears white sox a title that would be used later in the chorus of don t be square be there from kings of the wild frontier was the sole album from the original adam the ants a band who would largely become bow wow wow and who were more famous at the time for appearing in derek jarman s jubilee.
Abrasive to some engaging to others dirk wears white sox is an extremely creative and exciting artifact.
Although the kings of the wild frontier lp is what reeled me in dirk wears white sox is closer to the bone adam s original sound.
This has seemingly been scrapped reported that there were quality issues but potentially due to sales being lower than expected of the white vinyl.
Although the kings of the wild frontier lp is what reeled me in dirk wears white sox is closer to the bone adam s original sound.
Adam and the ants dirk wears white socks from digital tenderness dvd.
Adam ant dirk wears white sox vinyl.
I saw the jolly roger video on don kirshner s rock concert in the middle of the night on a snowy tv.
I have been a fan of adam ant since 1980.
It was love at first sight.
Adam ant adam ant the lead singer of 1980s pop group adam and the ants and is also a solo artist.
It was love at first sight.
A year or so later i discovered dirk wears white sox by the ants.
Dirk wears white sox is the debut studio album by english new wave band adam and the ants it was released on 30 november 1979 by record label do it it was the first number one album on the uk independent albums chart when the chart debuted in record week in 1980.
I think of the two lps as two personalities.
I think of the two lps as two personalities.
The album features a young adam ant exploring the fusion of punk glam and minimalist post punk and songs of alienation sex and brutality.