Marco Pirroni

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Marco Francesco Andrea Pirroni (born 27 April 1959)<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> frequently credited simply as Marco,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a British guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He has worked with Adam Ant, Sinéad O'Connor, Siouxsie and the Banshees and many others from the late 1970s to the present day.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Early years

Born to Italian parents<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in Camden Town, London,<ref name=":0" /> Pirroni made his first appearance on stage with Siouxsie and the Banshees in their début gig, at 100 Club Punk Festival in 1976. Sid Vicious, future bassist for the Sex Pistols, was on drums.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Pirroni also formed a short-lived punk rock band called the Models with future fellow Ants member Terry Lee Miall<ref>Stand & Deliver Adam Ant Hodder & Stoughton 2006</ref><ref>The Official Adam Ant Story James Maw, Futura 1981</ref> and future Wolfgang Press member Mick Allen, plus singer Cliff Fox. They recorded a Peel Session and released the single (the first of Marco's career) "Freeze"/"Man of the Year" on the Step Forward label in 1977. After his departure from The Models, Pirroni started a new project, Rema-Rema, a short-lived London punk rock group, consisting of Gary Asquith (guitar/vocals), Marco Pirroni, Michael Allen (bass/vocals), Mark Cox (keyboards) and Dorothy Prior (drums, generally known only as "Max").<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band released a four-track EP, Wheel in the Roses (released 1980 on 4AD), featured one side of studio recordings and another of live material. However, the group dissolved when Marco Pirroni joined Adam and the Ants.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Wycombe Gigs - The Models at The Nags Head 28th May 1977 - Retrieved October 20, 2023</ref>

Adam and the Ants/Adam Ant

Pirroni was lead guitarist and co-songwriter in the second incarnation of Adam and the Ants, co-penning two UK number one singles and a further four Top Ten hits, with Ant. The two albums he co-wrote for Adam and the Ants, Kings of the Wild Frontier and Prince Charming, both made the Top 10 in the UK Albums Chart ("Kings" number 1; "Prince Charming" number 2).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

When Adam and the Ants disbanded in 1982, Pirroni was retained as Adam Ant's co-writer and studio guitarist; they produced another number-one single ("Goody Two Shoes") and an album (Friend or Foe), followed by four more Top 20 hits. Ant and Pirroni won two shared Ivor Novello Awards for "Stand and Deliver". <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Wolfmen

Pirroni was a member of the Wolfmen with Chris Constantinou.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They released one EP, several singles, wrote music for television advertisements and released a début album, entitled Modernity Killed Every Night. The Wolfmen released their second album, Married to the Eiffel Tower, in 2011.