XT Force

solo mayhem from Goofy Guys ringleader

1993      XT

1994     All Hallow’s Eve

1995     Afflicted w/ Small Pox

               33-45-78 (EP)

1997     Lloyd

singles available from iTunes:

Fight Test

Iceberg Ahead

Local League

Suits

That’s My Brother

In late ’98, while working on a follow up to his fourth album, XT suffered catastrophic damage to tapes of his work in progress. At the time, he estimates having about two complete reels of material recorded, some complete songs, some merely sketches. Considering he has yet to issue another release under his name in any form, it’s safe to say he never really recovered from this loss.

Still, rumblings have begun to surface that a career reboot is in the works. Then again, there have been false starts before – in the summer of 2003, he found one of the two reels that had been presumed permanently lost, though was disappointed to discover  that most of the material was not as good as he remembered. Thus, it was back to the proverbial drawing board. Always using his solo efforts either for down moments or for material that his primary band, Goofy Guys, had passed on, he also found himself occupied with getting that group on its feet again after a lengthy hiatus.

Following the release of a Flaming Lips cover in 2003 (Fight Test), XT went twelve years without releasing any completely new solo music. Even though placing a few songs to date on our various compilation discs, these all date back to the aborted late 90s sessions. Finally, in 2015, he did reemerge with the excellent and wholly new single, Suits, and 2020 brought Mallwave. He has also contributed a handful of fresh offerings to the latest Exquisite Noise compilations.

Despite these setbacks, XT insists he is hard at work on a full length solo effort, with a handful of songs completed already. A late 2024 release date is unlikely, but possible.

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