Adam and the Ants
The story of Adam and the Ants is a moral story of redemption; when you are hospitalized after attempting suicide, change your boring name, you son of a half-Gypsy father and former-cleaner-for-Paul-McCartney mother. Changing it to Adam Ant will of course, result in a string of successful international hits, even in sunburnt Australia, and your eventual status as MTV's "Sexiest Man Alive".
Continuing on this purely hypothetical theme, you might found your band after going to see one of Eric's other favourite bands, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and one day produce a song at odds with your usual output of what Eric's mum terms "boring drum sections", a song with horns, and a funky journalistic theme around the middle.
"On St Crispin's day!"
Moving on...
I found this slice of 80's heaven on a torrented "Rare 80's" compilation. The best way to describe it is Men At Work having the bastard (and presumably gay) lovechild of the Pet Shop Boys, in song form.
"Rhythm Method" - get it?
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