The Dukes of Stratosphear
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The Dukes of Stratosphear were an English psychedelic rock group formed in 1984 by Andy Partridge, Colinâ¯Moulding, Daveâ¯Gregory, and Ianâ¯Gregory, all members of XTC, who adopted pseudonyms Sir John Johns, The Red Curtain, Lord Cornelius Plum, and E.I.E.I. Owen. The bandâs breakthrough came with the 1985 miniâalbum 25â¯O'Clock, which sold twice as many copies as XTCâs The Big Express and entered the UK charts. In 1987, they released Psonicâ¯Psunspot, which again outsold XTCâs Skylarking in the UK; the two albums were later combined on the CD Chips from the Chocolate Fireball. The Dukes reunited briefly in 2003 for a charity single and in 2008 for a Eurostar promo, and their catalogue was remastered and reissued in 2019 as Psurroundabout Ride. Their work is noted for its faithful recreation of 1960s psychedelia and for influencing later neoâpsychedelic acts.
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- 25 O'Clock
- Your Gold Dress
- The Mole From The Ministry
- Little Lighthouse
- Have You Seen Jackie ?
- Vanishing Girl by XTC
- Pale And Precious
- The Affiliated
- Brainiac's Daughter by XTC
- Shiny Cage
- You're My Drug
- Collideascope
- You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)
- Bike Ride To The Moon
- My Love Explodes
- What In The World ?
