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Under the additional pseudonym of Terry and the Lovemen, XTC appeared on its own tribute album A Testimonial Dinner and thanked the Dukes of Stratosphear for the loan of their instruments.
The Dukes of Stratosphear was a pseudonym used by the British rock band XTC in the late 1980s.
The two albums were released on a single CD under the title Chips from the Chocolate Fireball: An Anthology simultaneous with the release of the second vinyl album.
Under the additional pseudonym of Terry and the Lovemen, XTC appeared on its own tribute album A Testimonial Dinner and thanked the Dukes of Stratosphear for the loan of their instruments.
Despite two decades of seperation, the Dukes effortlessly maintain the quirky, acid-freshness exhibited (invented?) on Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
In later interviews,Andy claimed that the Dukes had all died in a horrible bus crash,so that no more Dukes albums could be expected.
Well, in a way they did form "Dukes of Stratosphear" since the line-up included a fourth member (their producer I think) when XTC at that time were a three-piece band.
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