Editing Adam Ant (section)

==Early life==
Stuart Goddard was born in [[Marylebone]], [[London]], the only child of Leslie Alfred Goddard and Betty Kathleen Smith. His father had served in the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) and worked as a chauffeur, and his mother was an embroiderer for [[Norman Hartnell]].<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|4}} His home was two rooms in the De Walden buildings, [[St John's Wood]].<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|5}} He recalls: "There was no luxury, but there was always food on the table." He is of partial [[Romani people|Romani]] descent; his maternal grandfather, Walter Albany Smith, was [[Romanichal]].<ref name= "SD Autobio">{{cite book| last= Ant| first= A.| title= Stand and Deliver: The Autobiography| location= London| publisher= Pan Books| year= 2007| isbn= 978-0-330-44012-7}}</ref>{{rp|10}} This heritage became a basis for a theme in his later work: a concern for oppressed minorities.

Goddard's parents divorced when he was seven years old<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|35}} and his mother supported him by working as a domestic cleaner, being briefly employed by [[Paul McCartney]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Spears |url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/80s/adam-ant-interview-how-tennessee-and-paul-mccartney-influenced-the-dandy/2132026 |title=Adam Ant interview: How Tennessee and Paul McCartney influenced the Dandy Highwayman |work=Tampa Bay Times; Tampabay.com |date=18 July 2013 |access-date=20 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225223208/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/80s/adam-ant-interview-how-tennessee-and-paul-mccartney-influenced-the-dandy/2132026 |archive-date=25 December 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Goddard's first school was Robinsfield Infants School, where he created a considerable stir by throwing a brick through the head-teacher's office window on two consecutive days.<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|28}} In the aftermath of this incident, Goddard was placed under the supervision of teacher Joanna Saloman, who encouraged him to develop his abilities in art and whom he later credited as the first person to show him he could be creative.<ref>The Official Adam Ant Story, James Maw, Futura Publications 1981</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=2003|title=The Madness of Prince Charming|url=https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=madness+of+prince+charming&search_type=&aq=0&oq=madness+of+prince+|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217154047/http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=madness+of+prince+charming&search_type=&aq=0&oq=madness+of+prince+|archive-date=17 December 2013|access-date=27 October 2008|website=YouTube|publisher=Channel 4 Television}}</ref>

Goddard then attended Barrow Hill Junior School where he boxed and was a member of the cricket team.<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|32}} He passed the [[eleven plus exam]] to gain a place at [[St Marylebone Grammar School]],<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|56}} an all-boys school, where he enjoyed history, played [[rugby football|rugby]],<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|57}} and became a school [[prefect]].<ref name=":0" /> After passing six [[O levels]] and three [[A levels]], in English, History and Art,<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|72}} Goddard attended [[Hornsey College of Art]] to study graphic design, and was a student of art historian Peter Webb for a time.<ref>{{cite book| last= Walker| first= John| year= 1987| chapter-url= http://www.artdesigncafe.com/Adam-Ant-art-school-1987| chapter= Adam Ant: music + art school| title= Cross-Overs: Art into Pop, Pop into Art| access-date= 6 February 2012| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120801235705/http://www.artdesigncafe.com/Adam-Ant-art-school-1987| archive-date= 1 August 2012| url-status= dead}}</ref> He dropped out of Hornsey, short of completing his BA, to focus on a career in music.<ref name= "SD Autobio" />{{rp|4}}

===Early musical career===
The first band Goddard joined was [[Bazooka Joe (band)|Bazooka Joe]], in which he played bass guitar.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> He has said that the idea of Adam Ant came to him after watching the [[Sex Pistols]] play their first gig opening for Bazooka Joe at [[Saint Martin's School of Art]] in 1975: "After seeing the Pistols, I wanted to do something different, be someone else, but couldn't work out what and [whom]."<ref name="SD Autobio" /><sup>: 92, 94</sup>

He renamed himself Adam Ant, choosing the name because "I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because [[Adam]] was the [[Adam and Eve|first man]]. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive."<ref name=":1" /> He formed his own band, the B-Sides, with [[Lester Square]] and [[Andy Warren (British musician)|Andy Warren]].<ref name="SD Autobio" /><sup>: 94</sup> In 1977, together with drummer Paul Flanagan, they went on to form Adam and the Ants (initially named just "The Ants"), with the inaugural band meeting held in the audience at a [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] performance at [[The Roxy (Covent Garden)|The Roxy]] in London's [[Covent Garden]].<ref>Antconcerts & Events list section, Antcatalogue – distributed with [[Kings of the Wild Frontier]] LP, CBS 1980</ref>