Post by CaptainFreedom on Jan 15, 2012 13:29:47 GMT -5
Was a British rock band from 1976 to 2005.
They enjoyed some minor success in their homeland and years later almost had a breakthrough in the states thanks to the surprise hit "Dear God".
When vocalist and leading man Andy Partridge got troubles with stage fright and anxiety the group went from being one England's finest live acts to become a full time studio band.
This could have been the end for the Swindon lads, but instead
XTC would later go on and produce some of the finest albums of the 80's and early 90's.
Sadly they never really got the commercial breakthrough they deserved.
A small taste from their musical career
Making Plans For Nigel
Drums & Wires (1979)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_59q3FvPgQ
Day In Day Out
Drums & Wires (1979)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4768WEVkVU
Roads Girdle The Globe
Drums & Wires (1979)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8OZ9bUPeYY
Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)
Black Sea (1980)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87rvv41c0wM
Travels In Nihilon
Black Sea (1980)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fve2fqtiF18
Towers of London
Black Sea (1980)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1EmU1k5Ue8
Runaways
English Settlement (1982)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziUgcimUkuA
Knuckle Down
English Settlement (1982)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgpuRXnwTZY&
Ball and Chain
English Settlement (1982)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtJPyeiUjk8&
Summer's Cauldron
Skylarking (1986)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHvvDyBoyMQ&
Sacrificial Bonfire
Skylarking (1986)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjaV60FHudo&
Dear God
Skylarking (1986)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHmTqoLjlXo&