TERRY CHAMBERS, MELODY MAKER 18.8.79

COLIN MOULDING ASKS LARRY WHETHER HE THINKS XTC WILL PROVE TO BE
POPULAR WITH AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA.
"COLIN," LARRY REPLIES, WETTING HIS THROAT AGAIN, "JESUS CHRIST WAS THE SON
OF GOD. AND HE WAS NAILED TO TWO BITS OF WOOD. SO WHAT CHANCE HAVE YOU GOT
TO BEING LIKED BY EVERYONE?"

ALLAN JONES, MELODY MAKER 18.8.79

"IT'S INCREDIBLE, REALLY, ISN'T IT? I MEAN 'ERE WE ARE, FOUR CHAPS FROM
SWINDON. I MEAN - JUST BECAUSE I BANG THE DRUMS IN A POP GROUP, I'M BEING WINED
AND DINED IN A RESTAURANT HALFWAY UP TO HEAVEN...AND THE BASTARD'S GOING
ROUND AS WELL. I FEEL LIKE PRINCE CHARLES AT THE MOMENT...".

TERRY CHAMBERS, MELODY MAKER 18.8.79

THERE'S LOTS OF VULGAR BANTER, TAME AND NOT SO TAME INSULTS SWAPPED WITH A
CRUDELY RELIEVING PRIVATE LANGUAGE. THIS CHILDLIKE COMMITMENT TO
UNDERMINING THE CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE OF THEIR COLLEAGUES GOES ON
BACKSTAGE, IN RESTAURANTS, ON CAR JOURNEYS, IF NOT IN THEIR MUSIC - WHICH
CAN BE NONSENSICAL BUT NEVER ASININE.

PAUL MORLEY, NME 20.9.80

"...ANYWAY, SHE CAME BACKSTAGE AT THE MUDD CLUB - A REAL VAMP, SHE WAS.
DOG COLLAR, BLUE HAIR, WHITE FACE, LEATHER MINISKIRT, HANDCUFFS, BONDAGE
MAGAZINE UNDER ONE ARM. HER EYES SAID, "WHIP ME!" I THOUGHT,
'ELLO - SHE'S NOT HERE TO LEARN THE CHORDS TO 'ROADS GIRDLE THE GLOBE'...

ANDY PARTRIDGE, MELODY MAKER 8.3.81