Formed to indulge their fascination with the psychedelic pop and rock of the late 1960s.
The Dukes of Stratosphear were a fictional English psychedelic-pop group who were, in reality, a side project and alter ego of XTC. Formed in 1984 in Swindon, Wiltshire, the Dukes allowed Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory to indulge their fascination with the psychedelic pop and rock of the late 1960s without the expectations attached to the XTC name.
This is a series of posts that will talk about some of my favorite Alternative Rock songs. See if you agree with any of these!
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana was written by band members Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl and released on September 10, 1991, as the lead single from their second album, Nevermind; produced by Butch Vig, the track emerged from a loud-quiet-loud dynamic inspired in part by the Pixies and was built around
Several big name acts and musicians would be forthcoming from this group!
Genesis, the English progressive rock band that would become one of the most commercially successful and artistically influential acts in rock history, formed at the end of the 1960s amid the creative ferment of British public school culture. The group originated at Charterhouse School in Surrey in 1967, where two separate songwriting duos—Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks on one side, and Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford on the other.
