The band lineup is:
Sir John Johns - singing, guitar, brain buds
The Red Curtain - electric bass, song stuff
Lord Cornelius Plum - mellotron, piano, organ, fuzz-tone guitar
E.I.E.I. Owen - drum set
Still not ringing a bell? You might instead know these musicians as:
Andy Partridge
Colin Moulding
David Gregory
..otherwise known as XTC, along with Ian Gregory (David's brother.)
The Dukes of Stratosphear were an interesting diversion in XTC's musical history. Donning psuedonyms, they worked with producer John Leckie on two albums in the mid 1980s, of which "Psunspot" was their second. Under this secret arrangement, the members of XTC were able to dabble in the more psychedic pop influences of the 60s, without having the pressure of delivering "another" XTC record. When The Dukes released their first album, XTC repeatedly denied that they had authored these works, but by the time "Psunspot" was released, they were starting to admit openly that they were living a double musical life.
Favorite tracks: 1. Vanishing Girl, 4. You're a Good Man Albert Brown, 6. You're My Drug, 8. Brainiac's Daughter.
Label: Geffen Records
RIYL: XTC, The Three O'Clock, Todd Rundgren
Three stars.
myspace, XTC fansite writeup, wikipedia, AMG
Amazon: album
Rhapsody
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