In 1977, XTC vocalist/guitarist Andy Partridge caught a video of the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the U.K.” at an HMV in his hometown of Swindon, England. At the time, John Lydon and co. were the next-big ...

There were a few songs before XTC's third album that hinted at something more than the workmanlike post-punk and New Wave that marked their earliest records. Like the 1978 single version of "This Is ...