Zerox

"Zerox"
Single by Adam and the Ants
from the album Dirk Wears White Sox
B-side"Whip in My Valise"
Released6 July 1979
GenrePost-punk[1]
Length3:45
LabelDo It Records
Songwriter(s)Adam Ant
Producer(s)Adam Ant
Adam and the Ants singles chronology
"Young Parisians"
(1978)
"Zerox"
(1979)
"Cartrouble"
(1980)
Music video
Zerox by Adam and the Ants on YouTube

"Zerox" (stylised as Zerøx) is an Adam and the Ants' stand-alone single written by Adam Ant. It was later included on the 1983 CBS reissue of the band's debut album Dirk Wears White Sox and as part of the bonus material on the 2004 Columbia Records Remaster. The line-up on this track include Dave Barbarossa on drums, Matthew Ashman on guitar & Andy Warren on bass guitar. The track has been included on the compilations Antics in the Forbidden Zone, Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant, The Very Best Of Adam And The Ants, Antbox, The Essential Adam Ant & Stand & Deliver: The Very Best of Adam & the Ants.

The cover portrays Image in Motion (1913),[2] a photograph by the Italian Futurist Anton Bragaglia, with the name of the band and the song superimposed over it.

  1. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Adam and the Ants". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 5–6. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  2. ^ Caroline Tisdall and Angelo Bozzolla, Futurism, Thames & Hudson, p. 139