Date:  Mon, 31 Jul 1995 10:24:56 -0400

From:  Jesse T Sheidlower <jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PANIX.COM>

Subject: Re: ecstasy, Ecstacy



> I know there's a _band_ spelled XTC, but I've never seen that spelling

> used for the drug. But I'm nothing like an expert here; your student may

> have better information.



I have seen the spelling "XTC" for the drug, but only very rarely. It

is worth pointing out, as long as we're in this discussion, that the

band XTC was established in (I believe) 1977 or '78, long before MDMA

hit the streets. The band's name therefore is patterned on S.E.

_ecstasy,_ not on the drug name.



Jesse Sheidlower

Random House Reference

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