Marco Francesco Andrea Pirroni (born 27 April 1959, London, England) frequently credited simply as Marco, is a British guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He has worked with

Adam Ant Stuart Leslie Goddard, better known as Adam Ant (born 3 November 1954), is an English singer, musician, and actor. He gained popularity as the lead singer of new wave group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring 10 UK top ten ...

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Siouxsie and the Banshees Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin. They have been widely influential, both over their contemporaries and with later acts. ''Q'' magazine in ...

and many others from the late 1970s to the present day.

Siouxsie and the Banshees

A linchpin of the UK

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scene, Pirroni's first appearance on stage was with

in their début

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, at 1976's 100 Club Punk Festival. Future

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bassist

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was on drums.

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

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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 ''Kings of the Wild Frontier'' is the second album by English new wave band Adam and the Ants. It was released on 7 November 1980 by CBS Records in the UK and Epic records internationally. The album was the UK number 1 selling album in 1981 (a ...

'' and ''

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'', both made the Top 10 in the

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("Kings" #1; "Prince Charming" #2). 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 ("

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") and an album ('' Friend or Foe''), followed by four more Top 20 hits. Ant and Pirroni won two shared

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s for "

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The Wolfmen

Pirroni was a member of

the Wolfmen The Wolfmen are an English rock music band formed in 2004, and centred on Marco Pirroni (guitars, co-writer) and Chris Constantinou (bass guitar, lead vocals, co-writer). Background Constantinou began as a bass guitar player with Diz Watson unt ...

with Chris Constantinou. 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, ''Prisoners of Sodomy'' in 2011.

Personal life

After living in London's

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for several years, Pirroni relocated to north

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in 2013.

Discography

With

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* ''

'' (1980) * ''

'' (1981) With

* '' Friend or Foe'' (1982) * ''

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'' (1983) * ''

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'' (1985) * ''

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'' (1990) * ''

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'' (unreleased) * '' Wonderful'' (1995) * '' Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter'' (2013) - four tracks With

* ''

The Lion and the Cobra ''The Lion and the Cobra'' is the debut album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, released on 4 November 1987 by Ensign and Chrysalis Records. O'Connor recorded the album while in the later stages of pregnancy with her first child. The title of ...

'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1990) * ''

Universal Mother ''Universal Mother'' is the fourth album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, released on September 13, 1994. "That album was the first attempt to try to expose what was really underneath a lot of the anger of the other records," she explained. " ...

'' (1994) * '' How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?'' (2012) With

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* '' Outland'' (1987) With

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* ''Revenge of the Killer Slits'' (2006) With

The Wolfmen The Wolfmen are an English rock music band formed in 2004, and centred on Marco Pirroni (guitars, co-writer) and Chris Constantinou (bass guitar, lead vocals, co-writer). Background Constantinou began as a bass guitar player with Diz Watson unt ...

* ''Modernity Killed Every Night'' (2008) * ''Prisoners of Sodomy'' (2011) With Department S *"Wonderful Day" *"Is Vic There (Slight return)"

References

External links

Official MySpace for The Wolfmen
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