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Swindon, England (1972 – 2006)

XTC were an influential rock band (starting out as a post-punk outfit but eventually developing into a sound that was a mix of new wave and alternative/college rock) which formed Swindon, England in 1972. For most of their career, the band consisted of Andy Partridge (vocals, guitar), Colin Moulding (vocals, bass) and Dave Gregory (guitar, keyboards). Gregory replaced founding keyboardist Barry Andrews in 1978 and left himself in 1999. After co-founding drummer Terry Chambers left in 1983, the band did not hire a drummer to replace him and instead hired session drummers on an album-to-album basis.

First coming together in 1972, the core duo of Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals) went through numerous band names (including The Helium Kidz and Star Park) over the next five years. Drawing influence from the New York Dolls and the emerging New York punk scene, they played glam rock with homemade costumes and slowly built up a following. Drummer Terry Chambers joined in 1973. Keyboard player Barry Andrews followed in 1976, and the band finally settled on a name: XTC. By this time, the punk rock movement was in full swing, and XTC had found their style, a unique brand of hyperactive pop mixed with funk, punk, ska, reggae, and art rock.

The touring years, 1977–82

In 1977 XTC was signed by Virgin Records. They recorded the 3D EP that summer, and followed it up with their debut LP White Music in January 1978.

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5	Earn Enough for Us	316
6	Summer's Cauldron	289
7	Life Begins At The Hop full track	265
8	That's Really Super, Supergirl	261
9	Ballet for a Rainy Day	244
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tupacschef wrote:
yesterday morning

Buying Skylarking on vinyl was probably the smartest thing I did last year.

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Scarlett1991 wrote:
last week

fantastic band.

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AndreaVolta wrote:
last month

wonderland demo ♥

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Lyrradsemaj wrote:
last month

MOST Orgasmic.

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Glamypunk wrote:
last month

Love <3

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goodbadkitty wrote:
last month

i almost forgot =how much i love this band. just sinsational!!!

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WellDressedMan wrote:
last month

One of the Best Bands ever, great music and lyrics that say so much

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fromsoultosoul wrote:
last month

This is Pop!

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Gargoyle2500 wrote:
last month

There's an awesome XTC live show you can hear. Google it, It's from April 17th 1981 in Philadelphia. The crowd called them out for two encores!

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MarsAudiacKB wrote:
last month

XTC have so many great, great songs that it is difficult to fathom.

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Gargoyle2500 wrote:
December 2009

Statue Of Liberty is the song that made me really want to learn how to sing.

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mydesperateicon wrote:
December 2009

scarecrow people ♥

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mewsic156 wrote:
December 2009

Andy Partridge or Collin Moulding, who do you prefer?

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bigpaulchen wrote:
December 2009

The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead...

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dardar227 wrote:
December 2009

Way underrated. Andy Partridge wrote pure magic. One the the best writers in music.

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Scarlett1991 wrote:
December 2009

Really a great band! (:

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jall7871 wrote:
December 2009

ecstasy!!!!!

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OlavOrganist wrote:
December 2009

This band somehow took a long time to get into, hardly even liked it at first, but now it's becoming one of my favourites fast. Can't stop listening to them, lovely music.

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pricey123 wrote:
December 2009

grossy2: do you mean the damned had the first punk record in the uk in 1977 or overall? (the ramones released their first album in 1976, although im not sure about the uk release date)

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staplefish wrote:
December 2009

I am colin moulding's teeth

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