Wasp Star is the fourteenth and final studio album by the English rock band XTC, released 23 May 2000 on Cooking Vinyl/Idea Records. Defined by bandmember Andy Partridge as the "eclectric" counterpart
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Andrew John Partridge is an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer best known for co-founding the band XTC. He and Colin Moulding each acted as a songwriter and frontman for XTC, wit
Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
…2) is the fourteenth and final studio album by the English rock band XTC, released 23 May 2000 on Cooking Vinyl/Idea Records. Defined by bandmember Andy Partridge as the "eclectric" counterpart to 1999's Apple Venus Volume 1, it consists of rock-based material largely written between 1994 and 1996. Wasp Star…
Partridge in Toronto's Music Hall, February 1980
XTC performing live (from left: guitarist Dave Gregory and Partridge)
Partridge in the studio, c. 1988
Partridge-designed album cover for the Dukes of Stratosphear's 25 O'Clock (1985)