Adam was born Stuart Leslie Goddard on November the 3rd, 1954.

Adam came from a working class family background. Adam's grandfather was a full-blooded gypsy. His father was a chauffeur and his mother used to clean house for Paul McCartney. Adam was brought up in North London as an only child. They lived in just two little rooms without the luxuries of running tap water and private washroom facilities. They lived in a fashion to which the average working class London family has become accustomed to. Adam commented "I mean there is poor and then there is really poor. There was no luxury, but there was always food on the table. If we were ever desperate, then it was always concealed from me."

His parents divorced when he was seven and he was an only child until 1974 when his father's new wife had a child. A sister was born.

Education

In school, Adam studied History, French and Art. He had a real passion for painting and drawing. He later dropped the French from his study and concentrated more on his artistic talents. Adam attended Hornsey School of Art in London. His influences came from Peter Webb, (who taught courses in Erotic Art), and Allen Jones, who concentrated on sexual imagery artwork. This had a great impact on Adam. Jones' work was tight-designed and very erotic. Women were usually dressed in high heels, with rubber outfits and whips in hand. He subsequently went on to study graphic design and eventually this led him to create all of the Ants' designs and graphics for badges, , record sleeves, posters, etc.

Bazooka Joe & The B-Sides

At a course at school, Adam met a fellow named Danny was also an illustrator and was in a band called Bazooka Joe, named after the comic strip character and the bubble gum. Adam later joined Bazooka Joe, as a bass player in the early 70's. Like members of Bazooka Joe, Adam started playing around with his own name, changing it from gig to gig. He was once called himself 'Eddie Riff' . He started writing songs and the band would add general craziness to their performances like faking cardiac arrests, and starting 'pretend fights' on stage with fake blood. Adam eventually lost interest with Bazooka Joe and in 1975, he formed his own band called 'The B-sides'. He decided that he would be the front man for the band and sing himself. He wrote music and the band rehearsed a lot. But the B-Sides never performed and they had a major drawback - they never had a drummer. The songs that Adam wrote would later be the considered Antmusic.

The Name Change to 'ADAM ANT'
After experimenting with various names, Stuart finally settled on Adam because he'd seen paintings of the Garden of Eden and thought it would be a nice place to be. He decided on The Ants as insect names like the Beatles did well.