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Andy Partridge answers readers' questions SWINDON music legend (butchers pronounce it leg-end, he tells us) Andy Partridge kindly volunteered to answer a range of questions on music-related topics from our readers.

He first rose to fame with XTC in 1977 at the tip of the punk explosion and is still a highly respected member of the music community.

Everyone will remember hits such as Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me), and Senses Working Overtime and now, after 30 years, XTC and Andy have more than 30 albums to their name.

As well as being a singer, songwriter and guitarist, Andy has been a record producer, run his own label, been a broadcaster on radio, appeared on numerous TV programmes and written songs for other artists, as well as penning film and TV music.

So scroll through the questions and answers at your leisure - you never know, you might learn something!

Give that man a kiss!

5:02pm Monday 10th November 2008

Q. Hello Andy, I usually bow to the superior general knowledge abilities of my husband but is he right on this one? He is a big Can fan and he thinks he heard that your favourite singer is Kenji 'Damo' Suzuki, is he right again or is he barking up the wrong tree?

What if we win Last Band Standing?

3:06pm Friday 31st October 2008

We’re an unsigned band from Swindon and we’ve entered a National Competition for unsigned bands.

Theft, pure and simple

11:33am Monday 27th October 2008

Considering the actual musical market how do you feel about piracy?

Mr Cab Driver

11:29am Monday 27th October 2008

I once saw you driving a cab..why are you haunting me in my sleep?

Going back to basics?

11:19am Monday 27th October 2008

Would you ever consider doing a entire solo acoustic album?

Sounds familiar?

10:10am Monday 13th October 2008

Crowded House's Weather With You, do you think the whole song is based on the instrumental coda of Garden Of Earthly Delights or is it just me?

Tuneful gibberish

11:01am Monday 6th October 2008

Q. Mr. Partridge, Two outstanding bits of jabberwocky from your songbook are the gibberish you utter intermittently in "Snowman" and "Beating of Hearts".

Fuzzy Warbles post script

10:44am Monday 6th October 2008

Q. Hi, Andy, long-time fan and forum lurker Kendley here, saying hello from America.

What's in a name?

10:42am Monday 6th October 2008

Q. Hola Andy: Is there some copyright over the “XTC” name, because I saw a web site call www.xtc.cl about a brand new energy drink, also there´s a lot of merchandising over it (with the XTC on Wheel covers, t-shirts and so on) maybe you guys are losing some money……..