Big XTC fan . Saw them live at a relatively small club on Long Island on their first US tour . Dave Gregory had recently joined . Partridge is a genius and man does he possess not only the gift of gab but also wit ; he is a bit of a dick , though , and like most rock musicians lib as hell . My friend played drums on NONSUCH which to my ears their crowning achievement : they’d reached their apex.
Dave Mattacks, of Fairport Convention fame?
Speaking of drums, Terry Chambers was criminally underrated, and then he dropped of the face of the Earth (ok, he went to Australia).