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Dave Gregory was recruited. Critical acclaim for albums like Skylarking (1986) and Oranges And Lemons (1989) failed to translate into sales. After a seven-year lay-off, Partridge and Moulding revived XTC in 1999. Styles & Forms | Seventies | Rock Personalities | Yes | Seventies | Rock ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

or just pop down the shops for a packet of biscuits. He also had the last laugh; despite the many sightings and occasional door-stepping photographer a multitude of bands from XTC to Blur could refer to a concise body of work and – lest we forget – classic photos and images of his Sixties’ prime. What is astounding is that without ...

Source: Pink Floyd Revealed, by Ian Shirley

Alt-rock guitarist John Frusciante (b. 1970) was born into a musical family in Queens, New York. While living in Los Angeles after his parents’ divorce, Frusciante became involved with the city’s punk-rock scene. Frusciante was particularly inspired by The Germs, teaching himself to play the songs on their first album before taking guitar lessons. He studied Jeff Beck ...

Source: Rock Guitar Heroes, consultant editor Rusty Cutchin

After one album, 1978’s Germ Free Adolescents, X-Ray Spex split up and Poly Styrene joined the Hare Krishna movement. Styles & Forms | Seventies | Rock Personalities | XTC | Seventies | Rock ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

By the early 1990s British pop and alternative fans were crying out for homegrown pop that combined old-fashioned rock charisma with lyrics and a definitively British sound, to counteract the manufactured teen acts, Euro-dance novelties and US imports. This arrived in the mid-1990s in the shape of Britpop: a wave of guitar bands with short, sharp pop songs. ...

Source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music, general editor Paul Du Noyer

featured the band intercut with images of hang-gliders and an American-Indian boy who learns to soar like an eagle. This won an MTV Best Concept video award in 1988 beating XTC, INXS, U2 and George Harrison who were also shortlisted. ‘On The Turning Away’ and ‘One Slip’ were less potent single material but released anyway. December Gilmour/Waters’ Dispute Settled ...

Source: Pink Floyd Revealed, by Ian Shirley

February The Remains Of The Ramones After the detours of the previous two albums, Subterranean Jungle, released on 28 February 1983, was welcomed as something of a return to what The Ramones did best, if not exactly a return to vintage form. Producers Ritchie Cordell and Glen Kolotkin, heads of the power-pop and punk label Bomp ...

Source: Punk: The Brutal Truth, by Hugh Fielder and Mike Gent
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