English new wave band, from the beginning made up by Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and clothes designer Vivienne Westwood to promote a new fashion line. McLaren simply stole the drummer, guitarist and base player from Adam & The Ants and teamed them up with 14 year old Annabella Lwin, a girl they found at the local dry cleaning shop. The style initially created for the group was within the lines of that particular fashion promotion, but on this debute album they proved to be a lot more. The sound was unique for it's time and still is. Melodic and catchy pop melodies performed by loads of African drums, rythmic prog base and surf guitars. Annabella's lead vocals have been described as "girlish sqeals", but she could actually sing and has a very nice voice. It all comes together as very odd and powerful, yet almost romantic. Fav tracks "Chihuahua", "King Kong" and "Go Wild In The Country". First press UK cover (shown here) was considered too controversial. Annabella's mother sued McLaren for using a minor for immoral purposes and Scotland Yard was brought in. It was withdrawn and replaced with a less nude one in UK, but still issued issued like this in a couple of other countries. 1:st US (RCA AFL1-4147) came with same tracking in a different sleeve design. Allthough not much mentioned today the group still has some famous followers. The bands Red Hot Chili Peppers and No Doubt are big fans with many references to the group in their songs. It is also known that Sofia Coppola used Annabella Lwin as an inspiration for the main character in her film "Marie Antoinette". For more on the band also check
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