XTC lead singer Andy Partridge was in the midst of a nasty divorce when he wrote this angry track with scathing lyrics like "S-H-I- *, is that how you spelled me in your dictionary?" "It's straightforward anger," Partridge told Daniel Rachel, author of The Art of Noise: Conversations with Great Songwriters. "Almost the second I'd finished writing the song I thought to myself, 'I feel better about that situation now and we don't necessarily have to record it, but dammit, I should demo it because it's not a bad song, and maybe it'… read more
XTC lead singer Andy Partridge was in the midst of a nasty divorce when he wrote this angry track with scathing lyrics like "S-H-I- *, is that h… read more
XTC lead singer Andy Partridge was in the midst of a nasty divorce when he wrote this angry track with scathing lyrics like "S-H-I- *, is that how you spelled me in your dictionary?… read more
XTC was a rock band from Swindon, England led by Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals). Active between the late 1970s and the mid 2000s, XTC's music ranged from jerky new wave/punk riffs to lushly-arranged progressive pop. They also drew heavily from vintage pop rock and psychedelia from the 1960s, genres which they began to explore more deeply after creating The Dukes of Stratosphear side-project. While XTC failed to maintain significant commercial success after the 1980s, they have earned a devoted cult following, influencing many alternative and… read more
XTC was a rock band from Swindon, England led by Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals). Active between the late 1970s and the mid 2000s, XTC's music range… read more
XTC was a rock band from Swindon, England led by Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals). Active between the late 1970s and the mid 2000s, XTC's music ranged from jerky new wave/punk riffs to lushly-arr… read more