Bow Wow Wow
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Bow Wow Wow, 1982, West Berlin
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| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | New wave, pop, worldbeat |
| Years active | 1980–1983, 1997–1998, 2003–2006, 2010-present |
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| Website | Facebook page |
| Members |
Leigh Gorman Chloe Demetria Zachary Throne Les Warner |
| Past members |
Annabella Lwin Matthew Ashman David Barbarossa Lieutenant Lush Dave Calhoun Eshan Khadaroo Phil Gough Adrian Young Devin Beaman Jimmy Magoon Dylan Thomas Matthew Fuller Sean Winchester |
Bow Wow Wow are an English 1980s new wave band, created by Malcolm McLaren. The group's music has been described as new wave, pop and worldbeat, characterized by an "African-derived drum sound".
In 1980, McLaren persuaded guitarist Matthew Ashman, drummer David Barbarossa (also known as Dave Barbe) and bassist Leigh Gorman, all then members of Adam and the Ants, to leave the founder of the band, Adam Ant, and form a new group. After a six-month audition process for a lead singer, the band enlisted Annabella Lwin. David Fishel, an acquaintance of McLaren's, discovered 13-year-old Lwin while she was working a Saturday job at her local dry cleaners.
The group's sound was a mix of her "girlish squeal," chants, surf instrumentals, pop melodies and Barbarossa's Burundi ritual music-influenced tom-tom drum beats.
They released their debut single, "C·30 C·60 C·90 Go", in July 1980 on record label EMI, originally solely as a cassette single and then also as a 7". A cassette-only album, Your Cassette Pet, followed in November.
In 1981, after splitting with EMI after a dispute, Bow Wow Wow signed with new A&R head Bill Kimber at RCA Records, where they had their first UK top 10 hit with "Go Wild in the Country" in early 1982.
Around the same time, Bow Wow Wow opened US dates for the Pretenders and the Police, and in spring of that year, the band were set to open a European tour for Queen (who were supporting their dance-oriented Hot Space album), but dropped off the tour before the dates were completed.
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