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Photo of XTC; Barry Andrews, Terry Chambers, Colin Moulding and Andy Partridge (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns)
XTC mixed prog and punk, and it was named ’prunk’

By Dom Lawson Published

Their heyday wasn’t the best time to admit it, but Andy Partridge confirms the band were driven by Yes, BeBop Deluxe, Captain Beefheart and Todd Rundgren

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XTC studio portrait, 1980
A scuplture honouring local legends XTC has been unveiled in Swindon

By Fraser Lewry Published

The ceremony was followed by a performance by EXTC, featuring two members of the iconic XTC lineup

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XTC studio portrait, 1980
What happened when XTC's bass player accidentally wrote their first big hit

By Paul Lester Published

Making Plans for Nigel established XTC as the intelligent arm of the post-punk movement – and it's still being directed at current Nigels

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20 best reissues of 2025
The 20 best prog reissues of 2025

By Prog Magazine Published

Long-awaited cuts from Pink Floyd, Genesis, Rush, Mike Oldfield and many more got the deluxe treatment over the past 12 months. Is your favourite on our list?

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XTC – Drums And Wires
XTC’s art-rock classic Drums And Wires benefits from Steven Wilson's finesse

By James McNair Published

Their 1979 commercial breakthrough benefits from Wilson’s finesse, while Steve Lillywhite’s original mix remains daisy-fresh

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Steve Lillywhite in the recording studio
The albums produced by Steve Lillywhite you need to know, and one to avoid

By Alex Burrows Published

Buying guide Producer Steve Lillywhite has his fingerprints all over a number of top rock, post-punk, new wave and art-rock albums

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"The whole album shimmers with a sonic gloss that's brought it to the 21st century with no loss of historic integrity..." XTC's third album Drums And Wires gets new Steven Wilson Atmos mix

By Jerry Ewing Published

XTC's third album, Drums And Wires, will be released on heavyweight vinyl and CD/Blu-ray in September

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Colin Moulding on meeting Chris Squire at the worst moment, and declining to join Pink Floyd

By Jo Kendall Published

Jethro Tull and Atomic Rooster endured a difficult return from the breakup with Andy Partridge, but it led to a happy reunion with drummer Terry Chambers

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XTC announce Skylarking reissue with new Dolby Atmos mix from Steven Wilson

By Jerry Ewing Published

XTC's most commercially successful album Skylarking will be reissued on vinyl and CD/Blu-ray in September

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Andy Partridge at home with his hand over his mouth
“Colin Moulding was deemed the good-looking one who wrote the singalong stuff, so he mostly got the A-sides. And because I was the weird specky one, I used to get the B-sides”: XTC’s Andy Partridge looks back and forward

By Rob Hughes Published

Prog-pop mastermind on the power of failure, writing for the Monkees and more

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