Terry Hall, best known as the frontman of British ska band The Specials, would not be an obvious choice when thinking of fans of pop music. As one of the pioneers of the 2 tone, ska revival of the ...

A small but enthusiastic crowd witnessed the weird and wonderful music of XTC at the Strand Theatre in ... Chambers left the band in 1982 after 10 years of service and five splendid studio albums.

The song Complicated Game appeared on the album “Drums and Wires” (1979) by the English band XTC, who aimed to synthesize the influences of early punk, dub, pop and new wave. Originally the last track ...

Goodbye, Old Friend.” Allen went on to form the new wave band Shriekback in 1981 with Barry Andrews (of XTC). The bassist also performed with The Elastic Purejoy and Low Pop Suicide, plus ...