X-Teens

Area of the early-’80s explosion of Southern power pop, the X-Teens emulated the quirky wit and geeky stress of new wavers want Elvis Costello, XTC, and Speaking Minds. The group was shaped in Durham, NEW YORK, and included guitarist/vocalist Robert Bittle, keyboardist/vocalist Todd Jones, bassist/vocalist Kitty Moses, and drummer Ned Robie. Their debut discharge was the Don Dixon-produced EP Big Boy’s Fantasy, issued on the neighborhood Moonlight label in 1980. Regional legends Dixon and Mitch Easter both done the band’s self-titled initial album, that was released on Dolphin in 1983, many years after it had been originally finished. The follow-up, 1984’s Like and Politic, was the band’s biggest vendor, even scoring just a little MTV airplay using the one “Modification Gotta Arrive.” Nevertheless, that flavor of success resulted in internal tensions, as well as the X-Teens split in 1985. Jones and Robie shaped 4 Who Dared, while Bittle and Moses embarked independently project; neither attained the reputable underground profile of their previous vehicle.