Matthew James Ashman was an English guitarist with Adam and the Ants and Bow Wow Wow.
10 Facts About Matthew Ashman
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Matthew Ashman died in 1995 after lapsing into a coma due to diabetes, aged 35.
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Matthew Ashman was influenced by jazz while learning guitar, and joined his first band, Staffix, after learning Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water".
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Matthew Ashman joined Adam and the Ants after leaving The Kameras in June 1978, playing guitar and singing backing vocals.
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Matthew Ashman toured the UK twice and visited Belgium, Germany and Italy.
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Matthew Ashman played guitar on Adam and the Ants' first single, "Young Parisians" and their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox.
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Likewise, Matthew Ashman shared songwriting credit with McLaren, Barbarossa and Gorman on seven of Your Cassette Pet's eight tracks.
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The next stop for Matthew Ashman was Agent Provocateur, and it was while a member of this band that he died due to complications arising from diabetes on 21 November 1995.
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Matthew Ashman was known for his iconic Gretsch White Falcon guitar and applying a spaghetti western guitar twang to Bow Wow Wow's music over Barbarossa's Burundi tribal drumming.
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Previously during Adam and the Ants, Matthew Ashman used a cherry red Gibson SG with a Marshall amp.