Managed by Malcolm McLaren, and fronted by a fourteen year-old Anabella Lwin, Bow Wow Wow was essentially the great rhythm section behind the original Adam + The Ants; drum and bass with a pan African slant. A distant precursor to the controversial nature of blogging and the internet, this piratical celebration of "home-taping" caused considerable consternation and bankrolled outrage within the rank and file of the BPI - British Phonographic Industry - which led to it being effectively black-listed on the UK chart. Once again, too, EMI unwittingly found themselves at the centre of McLaren's machinations.
Anabella Lwin: vocals; Matthew Ashman: guitar;
Leigh Gorman: bass; Dave Barborossa: drums and percussion.
Leigh Gorman: bass; Dave Barborossa: drums and percussion.
▼ BOW WOW WOW: C-30; C-60; C-90; GO! from "C-30; C-60; C-90; Go! b/w Sun, Sea And Piracy" 45 + Cassette (EMI) 1980 (UK)
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Had a few BWW nugg's - Your Cassette Pet ciggy pack type thing, one of those squiggle shirts from World's End (worth a fortune now) which I swapped for something daft...but, I do wish I could that track down the copy of Smash Hits that had a multi-page BWW special with Anabella sprawled across a mixing desk.. Have you heard Baby Oh No FuFu Vince put me onto last year via this mix..
ReplyDeleteI vaguely recall the issue you allude to, I think.
ReplyDeleteIn hindsight, all the additional (calculated) controversy regards Anabella's age pales next to the rhythmic punch of this debut and the confrontational stance against the shameful dominance of corporate values.
Who am I trying to kid ? She was a fox.
Pheew - I was about the same age as Anabella at the time of those shots, had my hormones going off like microwave popcorn
ReplyDeletegrr, mediafire is down for upgrades.; have to hear this again later.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. It was down for longer than usual; and was behaving a little erratically after the event. Seems to be OK now.
ReplyDeleteyeah, gottit finally - nice to hear again.
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