Wasn't it that Andy grew tired of the Island fucking around with Cydonia and decided getting on the dole was more attractive than record label buggery?
Wasn't it Andy that LX accused of having a coke problem ("booger sugar") and being the one who "leaked" the pre-release Cydonia CD-Rs ("spy in the camp")?
Cydonia wasn't worth the plastic it was burned to.
Oh, please. Putting aside the fact that I totally disagree with your statement, I definitely think the changes that happened between v2 and the final (i.e., "the Andy edits") were all for the better. I'm not siding with LX & Co. against Andy (especially since Smiley kind of debunked the "Andy's leaking CD-Rs" myth), but I think we definitely need to get over the fact that he's out the band. What's he done lately, anyway? As much as I like the stuff he did with the Orb, I'd much rather listen to the Orb's post-Andy output than Andy's post-Orb output, if I had to choose... JG np: Doormouse - the album?