The Wolfmen featuring the legendary Marco
Pirroni (Adam
and the Antz / Rema Rema / Models / Banshees)
and Chris Constantinou (Drill / Adam and
the Antz) have released their fiorst two singles on Damaged
Goods
The first one is a 4 track 10" featuring 'Jackie Says'
Up All Nighter' 'Needle In The Camel's Eye' (a Brian Eno
cover) & 'If You Talk Like That'.
The second single is 'Kama Sutra' backed with 'Tv's on
John Wayne Just Got Shot Again' and it's on 7" only.
Here's a nice biog from their site...
www.thewolfmen.net
"It's where The Velvet Underground, T-Rex, Adam &
The Ants and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas are plundered
to make retro rock and roll for the 23rd century..."
The Wolfmen formed in 2004 and centres around Marco Pirroni
(guitars, co-writer) and Chris Constantinou (bass, lead
vocals, co-writer). Both have quite a history.
For Chris it starts as bass player with Diz Watson, the
quintessential exponent of New Orleans/Professor Longhair-style
piano and barrel house blues. From there he moved to his
late 70s rock band Drill (who worked extensively with Chas
Chandler) and then Adam Ant, who he joined in 1982.
By that stage, Marco Pirroni - a lynchpin of the UK punk
scene from Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Models and Rema-Rema
- had taken Adam and The Ants to worldwide acclaim, co-writing
five number one singles and a further four top tens, with
Adam. When the Ants disbanded in 1982, Marco had remained
as Adam's co-writer and musical director, starting off with
a number one single (Goody Two Shoes) and album (Friend
or Foe), followed by nine more top 20 hits. The former gave
Marco his third Ivor Novello award.
Chris and Marco went their separate ways in the mid-90s,
with Chris forming the Miles Copeland-managed SF Go with
Danny Kustow (TRB, Glen Matlock), followed by a co-writing
project with Bow Wow Wow's Annabella Lwin, which spawned
the hit single Do What You Do (Sony, 1994), complete with
Farley & Heller and Junior Vasquez mixes. This lead
to a song writing partnership with multi-Ivor Novello winner
Guy Chambers, before Chris took centre stage with post-punk
outfit JackieOnAssid, releasing two albums (2001's 4Play
and 2002's Zip Me Up), touring extensively, soundtracking
award-winning British filmmaker Paul Hills' 2003 movie The
Poet and supporting Iggy Pop.
By the time they came back together to form The Wolfmen,
Marco had added co-writing and performing credits with Sinead
O'Connor to his CV, as well as releasing the acclaimed SEX:
Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die and Biba: Champagne and
Novocaine albums on his own label, Only Lover Left Alive.
The Wolfmen sees song writing duties being shared between
Chris and Marco. Chris Hughes - whose credits range from
Robert Plant to Paul McCartney - is also producing several
tracks. With a debut album nearing completion, the first
sounds of The Wolfmen are leaking out of a TV near you:
on major ad campaigns (including Heineken USA) and documentaries,
including NBC Universal/Bravo's I Predict A Riot, a ten
part series examining 30 years of UK riots from Brixton
1981 to Ikea 2005.
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