- The
Dukes of
Stratosphear were an
English rock band
formed in 1984 by Andy Partridge,
Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory, and Ian Gregory.
Modelled after psychedelic...
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Psonic Psunspot is the
second album by
English rock band the
Dukes of
Stratosphear,
released in 1987. Also
counted as XTC's
tenth studio album, it is a...
- 25 O'Clock is the
debut record by
English rock band the
Dukes of
Stratosphear and the
eighth studio album by XTC,
released on
April Fools Day 1985 through...
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Moulding and
guitarist Dave Gregory. A spin-off group, the
Dukes of
Stratosphear, was
invented as a one-off
excursion into 1960s-style psychedelia, but...
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Outside his work with XTC (and
their alter-ego side
project The
Dukes of
Stratosphear),
Moulding released a non-charting solo
single ("Too Many
Cooks in the...
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Cooking Vinyl for
their final two
albums in 1999 and 2000. The
Dukes of
Stratosphear A
Testimonial Dinner: The
Songs of XTC Left of the Dial:
Dispatches from...
- 1986
album Skylarking) and Brainiac's
Daughter (on the 1987
Dukes of
Stratosphear album Psonic Psunspots). The
character Xander Harris made
frequent references...
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include Magazine's Real Life (1978); XTC's
White Music (1978);
Dukes of
Stratosphear's 25 O'Clock and the Fall's This Nation's
Saving Grace (both 1985); the...
- "
Retrieved 2007-02-02. Dahlen,
Chris (2
April 2009). "The
Dukes of
Stratosphear: 25 O'Clock". Pitchfork.
Retrieved 2009-04-02. "Electric
Light Orchestra...
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generally regarded as
their finest work. Like XTC's
previous Dukes of
Stratosphear side project,
Skylarking was
heavily influenced by the
music of the 1960s...