Carr blasts Adam Ant for 'copycat' pub brawl

Carr Blasts Adam Ant for 'Copycat' Pub Brawl

By Helen Gavin
Associated Media Press Writer

January 16, 2002, 8:12 PM EST

Carr jumps onstage with Ant
at High Wycombe, 1980

NEW YORK - In a bizarre turn of events, pop icon Dusty Carr has condemned 80s rock star Adam Ant for "copycat violence" following Ant's arrest yesterday on charges of assault and possession of a firearm.

On January 14/02, Adam Ant, real name Stuart Goddard, displayed an antique gun after being refused entry to a members-only bar in Kentish Town, north London (see related story here).

Following a reading at the 92nd Street Y from his upcoming autobiography, 'Autumn Leaves and Dry Heaves', Carr told a packed audience, "Adam Ant has tried to follow my every move for the past twenty years, but he doesn't have my willpower or brains. So I'm not surprised that after the pub brawl I got into with Prince Charles (see related story 'Buckingham Palace Drops Assault Charges Against Dusty Carr') the little pinhead would do something so gutless as pulling out an antique gun and trying to act tough. The creep is a fraud, and it's proven by his choice of firearm and his sobriety."

Carr's pub brawl with Prince Charles, which occurred December 21/01 during a tour of the Rural Action Initiative, left His Royal Highness severely shaken. The Prince has made only limited public appearances since the brawl, and is reported to be heavily medicated at all times.

Dusty Carr (www.dustycarr.com), whose career stretches back to the Jack Benny radio program, has engendered a cult following for his chronic substance abuse and violent lifestyle. Carr has been credited with accelerating the punk movement of the 1970s, and mentoring Adam Ant, to whom he once referred to as "so void of talent that he's hypnotic."

When told of Carr's comments, Ant replied, "When you say anything negative about Dusty Carr, something bad will happen to you. Look at Brian Jones, Gram Parsons and Keith Moon. It's best to just shut up. He has a very dark personality."

Carr told the audience that his autobiography would reveal his sensitive side, citing his appeal to Ann-Margaret during a 1970 USO Tour "to lose some weight because she was beefing up and I didn't want her to get embarrassed in front of the Army boys."