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From: bllklly@uwmacc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Great bands nobody knows
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Date: Fri, 31-Aug-84 14:30:10 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 31 14:30:10 1984
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Is anyone else an Xtc fan?  They're an enigmatic band from an
unfashionable rural area of Britain.  Their music is best described as
"quirky pop", a term they hate.  They wander between rock and pop, playing
a lot with bizarre rhythms.  They combine the melodic and dissonant in a
way I think is great.  Their earlier records featured a lot more distorted
guitar, so they've been lumped in with punk/new wave, but no label really
fits right.  Best album in my opinion is Black Sea (one of their rockin'est
albums), English Settlement is similar and maybe more popular with critics.
Most recent album is Mummer, featuring some great acoustic songs (Love on a
Farmboy's Wages).  Songs you might have heard on FM before all the stations
were sterilized:  Generals & Majors, Taking Care of Nigel, Respectable
Street.  They don't tour, which lends to their obscurity--can't accuse
these guys of putting image before music!
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Bill Kelly
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1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706