Undeterred, the band used the same photo on the cover of their follow-up extended play (EP) The Last of the Mohicans (1982), and the sleeve of the ' Go Wild in the Country' single. Photographed by Andy Earl, the cover caused outrage that led to an investigation by Scotland Yard, instigated by Lwin's mother. The album cover of their debut studio album, See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy! (1981) depicted the band recreating Édouard Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1863), with a then fourteen-year-old Lwin posing nude.

When Bow Wow Wow moved to RCA Records, controversy followed them over to their new label. Both tracks were on side 1 of the tape, making the second side blank, apparently so that the listener could follow Lwin's lead. The B-side, 'Sun, Sea and Piracy', also promoted home taping, then lying on a beach and enjoying the fruits of this labour. EMI did not promote the cassingle due to lyrics ('Off the radio I get constant flow/Hit it, pause it, record and play/Turn it, rewind and rub it away') that promoted home taping during an era when music piracy was a hot button issue and the use of cassette recorders to record music from the radio was still a controversial practice. Originally only released on cassette, it was the world's first-ever cassette single. Following her successful audition, he had her transfer from a mixed comprehensive school in London to the Sylvia Young Theatre School.īow Wow Wow signed a recording contract with EMI Records in July 1980, and released their first single, ' C♳0 C♶0 C♹0 Go!', shortly afterwards.

Liverpool session musician, music director and talent scout Dave Fishel heard thirteen year old Lwin singing along to the radio in a West Hampstead dry cleaners where she worked and he convinced McLaren to audition her. Main article: Bow Wow Wow EMI Records Īfter recording Dirk Wears White Sox (1979) as members of Adam and the Ants, Matthew Ashman and David Barbarossa plus new Ants bassist Leigh Gorman (who had replaced Andy Warren since the sessions) were persuaded by former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren to leave Adam Ant to form a new band under his management.

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