Describe a band as "the _______

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Because the shitstorm started here should be nurtured and encouraged to grow.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:51 (twenty-one years ago)

okay, since you asked for it, I wanna know, who is the black XTC?

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

don't ask me to explain either, 'cause I have no idea.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Fishbone.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

the negro problem would've loved it if someone called them the black xtc.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Outkast

― David Allen (David Allen), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Fishbone ironically enough are the black Mano Negra.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Dan Perry OTM

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Or Mano Negra are the non-black Fishbone, more accurately.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Primus are the doing-meth-on-a-fishing-boat XTC.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Sigur Ros are the Bizzarro World XTC.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)

XTC is the XTC.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Nickalicious is the drinking too much coffee today.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

What exactly is XTC that can make other bands the _____ XTC?

― Dominique (dleone), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Enuff Z'nuff was the pop metal XTC.

De La Soul was the hip hop XTC.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Air are the 33-played-at-78 XTC.

ha ha M@tt OTM with that last one

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

The Police are the rich XTC.

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha!

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)

The straw boater is the XTC of men's haberdashery.

― briania (briania), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

police OTM.

the beatles are the good XTC.
the fiery furnaces might be the post-9/11 XTC.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

The clamdigger is the 3/4 length trouser XTC.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

What exactly is XTC that can make other bands the _____ XTC?

This exercise can be playes with any band. This came about partially because I was amused at the fight created by the other thread and partially because even though this type of thing is now looked down upon as criminally-lazy crit shorthand, it's also massively fun to do and helps underline synergies between bands that you may not have considered as having a relationship before.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

The mooseknuckle is the slang term for female crotch XTC.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

INXS was the Australian XTC.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

The Police are the rich XTC.

Strikingly OTM.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

slow down, cowboy.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

shit. xpost to nick.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Tears for Fears are the geniunely sincere XTC.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, I'm suddenly inclined to say that The Brothers Johnson are the black XTC. I'm so out of my head at the moment though I'm afraid that's just ridiculous.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, I really meant for someone to actually outline what it is about XTC that they're applying to (or inferring from) other bands. I have a general idea, but I want someone to be specific.

― Dominique (dleone), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Gotcha.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

The Crickets are the 50s XTC.

― briania (briania), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Minutemen were the SST XTC

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

the beatles are the good XTC.
Bah!

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

REM are the USA XTC

― BWB, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

They Might Be Giants are the very slightly dorkier XTC.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Crickets: kinda wonky, studio slick, got more pop & less rock as they went on, increasingly emphasizing the gifts of their bespectacled, songwriting guitar player.

― briania (briania), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Jermaine is the Jackson XTC.

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Joe Jackson is the Warren Zevon XTC

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

shriekback are the ex-xtc

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

do XTC fans love "the ledge" and other l.buckingham new-wavey stuff? that seems to fill the same role in my mind as XTC does for its fans (buzzy, quirky, wired, weird, melodic).

also, by this logic, the first dB's album should make them a strong american-XTC contender.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

the kinks are the british xtc

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

(ummm..XTC are British)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i know that!

(but the kinks were british first!)

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

it IS true that compared to most british bands, the kinks were british.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

like, british squared.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

World Party were the less cynical XTC.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)

roxy music/eno are the pretentious xtc (and yet...)

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

David Lee Roth-era Van Halen were the American rock XTC

― frankE (frankE), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Big & Rich are the country XTC

― frankE (frankE), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

The Seldom Scene are the bluegrass XTC.

― briania (briania), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

REM are the progressing in relative slo-mo XTC

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Poison were the hair metal XTC.

― frankE (frankE), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

The Shins are the boring XTC

― OAH SEA BICH, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Ween are the Ween XTC

― OAH SEA BICH, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I was thinking of them as the chameleonic XTC.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

the futureheads are the today XTC

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

dogs die in hot cars are the DORKIER XTC

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

OMD are the ELO XTC

― BWB, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her is the female Japanese band whom I've never actually heard and I may have gotten the name slightly wrong but they are named after a song by XTC.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

XTC were the MOR GO4

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Anticon Inc. are the Terminator X-TC

― OAH SEA BICH, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

SSKHKH are actually the Japanese Sonic Youth despite the name

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

"Screaming Seagulls"

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe im wrong

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Sloan are the newfie XTC.

― briania (briania), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Most XTC-ish song recorded in the last few years = "Natural Disasters" by Enon

― darin, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I was gonna say, is Rush the Canadian XTC?

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

The monte cristo is the XTC of sandwiches.

― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Binder clips are the XTC of office supplies.

― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Rush is the XTC of over-the-counter inhalable intoxicants.

― briania (briania), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Van Dyke Parks is the XTC Brian Wilson.

― Dominique (dleone), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Six Feet Under is the Cannibal Corpse XTC.

― Mr Deeds (Mr Deeds), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Squeeze was the skinnier XTC.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 20:11 (twenty-one years ago)

::splutter, cough::::: fuck. beer all over my keyboard now.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Thread has been locked for perfect resolution.

― OAH SEA BICH, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 23:42 (twenty-one years ago)

sugarplastic are/were? the wannabe xtc.

― keith m (keithmcl), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 02:56 (twenty-one years ago)

INXS was the Australian XTC.

i can't make even the laziest connection here

― mentalist (mentalist), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 03:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw Sugarplastic once and thought they sounded more like NICK LOWE.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 03:31 (twenty-one years ago)

De La Soul are the Hip Hop XTC

― mentalist (mentalist), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 03:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Mars Volta are the drugged up proggy XTC

― mentalist (mentalist), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 03:33 (twenty-one years ago)

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