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 Rugby, Warwickshire, England | | Genre(s) | Alternative rock
Space rock
Neo-Psychedelia | | Years active | 1982–1991 | | Label(s) | Glass Records, Arista Records | | Members | | Jason Pierce, Peter Kember, Pete Bain/Bassman, Natty Brooker, Sterling Roswell/Rosco, Will Carruthers, Jonny Mattock, Mark Refoy | Spacemen 3 were an English rock band who formed in 1982 and whose career spanned from the post-punk to acid house eras. This highly influential group’s minimal sound, characterised by droning guitars, softly sung/spoken vocals and sparse or monolithic drumming would be adopted by the shoegazing movement that would eventually dominate the underground. Their sound also formed the basis for post-rock. Spacemen 3 consisted of the core of Jason Pierce and Peter Kember (Pierce sometimes credited as J. Spaceman and Kember usually known as Sonic Boom), who formed the group in Rugby, Warwickshire, having met at art college. Other members of what would become a fluid lineup over the years included Pete Bain (Bassman, also of the Darkside), Natty Brooker, Sterling Roswell (Rosco), Will Carruthers and Jonny Mattock (also of Slipstream). Image File history File linksMetadata Spacemen3. ...
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Jason pierce(born 19 November 1965 Rugby, England, UK ) the band member of spaceman 3 and spiritualized. ...
Peter Kember (born 19 November 1965) is a British musician, more usually known as Sonic Boom. ...
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Slipstream were formed in 1994 after Mark Refoy was dismissed from the inaugural line-up of Spiritualized. ...
Slipstream were formed in 1994 after Mark Refoy was dismissed from the inaugural line-up of Spiritualized. ...
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Peter Kember (born 19 November 1965) is a British musician, more usually known as Sonic Boom. ...
Rugby is a market town in the county of Warwickshire in the West Midlands of England, on the River Avon. ...
The Darkside was one of several bands to emerge following the break-up of Spacemen 3 and adhered to a dark psychedelic yet more overtly pop-orientated template than their progenitor. ...
Sterling Roswell (AKA Rosco) was a member of Spacemen 3 and is now a solo artist. ...
Will Carruthers playing his £70 Encore electro-acoustic guitar. ...
[1]Jon Mattock is a drummer and percussionist from Northampton who is/has been a member of, or played with, Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, Lupine Howl, Slipstream, Massive Attack, Freelovebabies, The Breeders, Coffee, Age of Obsession and many more. ...
Slipstream were formed in 1994 after Mark Refoy was dismissed from the inaugural line-up of Spiritualized. ...
From the outset Spacemen 3 had a very defined set of aesthetic principles. They based almost their entire sound on their own concept of minimalism—droning guitars, feedback, as few chords as possible, pounding drums—with their motto “Taking drugs to make music to take drugs to”. Their minimalism bled into their stage show as well. Sitting down to play their guitars and covered in the spinning colours of a cheap psychedelic light show, their stage “act” was very anti-performance. Another striking aspect of Spacemen 3 was their willingness to share their influences. Song titles, lyrics and interviews were peppered with references to bands and artists they believed shared their “minimal is maximal” aesthetic. The Velvet Underground, the Rolling Stones, the Stooges, the MC5, early Captain Beefheart, out-there jazz legend Sun Ra, the Silver Apples, garage punk of the 1960s such as the 13th Floor Elevators, Red Krayola, and the Electric Prunes; the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean and other surf bands; ’80s rockabilly groups the Cramps, the Gun Club, Tav Falco; blues and gospel acts like Muddy Waters, the Staple Singers and John Lee Hooker; and the production techniques of Joe Meek, Brian Wilson and Delia Derbyshire were just some of the names mentioned by the band. This article is about the rock band. ...
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History After several years of local gigs and club nights, they recorded their first album in 1986 on Glass Records. Sound of Confusion attracted a loyal fanbase; its follow-up, The Perfect Prescription, expanded the group’s core of fans and is generally considered their masterpiece. Sound of Consuion is the first studio release by influential space rock group Spacemen 3, released in 1986 on Glass Records. ...
The Perfect Prescription is the second studio album by Spacemen 3. ...
In 1989 Playing with Fire, which expanded on the psychedelic and drone themes of the earlier albums, was released. Its second single, “Revolution”, reached #1 on the UK independent chart. But soon after, a combination of personnel changes, drug problems and intra-band tension (especially between Kember and Pierce) began to break the band apart. Recurring, released in 1991, was their last proper album, though its recording reflected the split between Pierce and Kember as each recorded their own side of the album in different studios, with a cover of Mudhoney’s “When Tomorrow Hits” to separate them . It was their most popular release, but by its release Kember and Pierce had already formed new bands, Spectrum and Spiritualized, respectively. The final conflict that contributed to the split was Pierce’s decision to release a cover of the Troggs’ “Any Way That You Want Me” as the first Spiritualized single, which Kember had been wanting to cover for years. For the Kevin Federline album, see Playing with Fire (Kevin Federline album). ...
Drone music, also known as drone-based music, drone ambient or ambient drone, dronescape or dronology, and sometimes simply as drone, is a musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained sounds, notes, or tones-clusters – called drones. ...
Recurring was the fourth and final Spacemen 3 studio album released while the band was together. ...
Mudhoney is a grunge band, formed in Seattle in 1988. ...
Peter Kember (born 19 November 1965) is a British musician, more usually known as Sonic Boom. ...
Spiritualized is an English rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Jason Pierce (who often goes by the alias J. Spaceman) after the demise of his previous outfit, space-rockers Spacemen 3. ...
The Troggs were a successful English rock band of the 1960s, who had a number of hits in Britain and America, including their most famous song, Wild Thing. The Troggs were from the town of Andover in southern England. ...
Since the breakup there have been a stream of semi-legitimate albums, early demos and live recordings, many of which have been issued by the Kember-affiliated Space Age Recordings. Highlights include Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music, a 45-minute drone piece performed in front of a live audience; Forged Prescriptions, a collection of The Perfect Prescription demos and alternate versions (Kember claims in the liner notes that the alternate versions reproduce the layers of guitars they recorded but later removed because they felt they’d never be able to reproduce them live); and the band’s singles compilation, which is perhaps the best introduction to the breadth of their work. Forged Prescriptions is a 2-CD album by Spacemen 3, containing the entirety of their album The Perfect Prescription as well as alternate and demo versions of the same songs. ...
In 1998, a tribute album was released on Rocket Girl, which included tracks by Mogwai and Low. Kember’s Spectrum has toured under the banner “Songs the Spacemen Taught Us”, while Pierce routinely includes their songs in his Spiritualized set. In 2004, US journalist Erik Morse published his account of the band’s life and work, Dreamweapon: Spacemen 3 and the Birth of Spiritualized. For the Swiss progressive house producer who releases under the name Moogwai, see Chab. ...
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Members of the band went on to form Spiritualized, the Darkside and Spectrum (AKA Sonic Boom). Spiritualized carry on, to critical acclaim, though they have largely discarded the dark psychedelic edge. Sonic has also been on the road, playing gigs in London and occasional tours in the US as E.A.R. (Experimental Audio Research), which features synthesizers heavily. The Darkside split, while Rosco (AKA Steerling Roswell) went on to form the Steerling Roswell Blues Band and now is currently in the Gimps.
Discography
Albums Sound of Consuion is the first studio release by influential space rock group Spacemen 3, released in 1986 on Glass Records. ...
See also: Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 // 1986 - Goo Goo Dolls are formed in Buffalo, New York. ...
The Perfect Prescription is the second studio album by Spacemen 3. ...
See also: Musical groups established in 1987 Record labels established in 1987 // January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ...
Performance is the first live album from Spacemen 3, documenting a set from the Perfect Prescription tour. ...
See also: Musical groups established in 1988 Record labels established in 1988 // Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra. ...
For the Kevin Federline album, see Playing with Fire (Kevin Federline album). ...
See also: 1989 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1989 Record labels established in 1989 // January 7 - Genesis 88 and Sunrise/Back to the Future stage large-scale illegal Acid House party in London January 14 - Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССРexclusively in Russia. ...
Recurring was the fourth and final Spacemen 3 studio album released while the band was together. ...
See also: 1991 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels established in 1991 // 1991 was the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. ...
See also: 1995 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1995 Record labels established in 1995 // January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. ...
Live, demo or unofficial albums - Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To (1990) (Sound of Confusion demos)
- Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music (1990) (A live drone performance)
- Losing Touch with Your Mind (1991) (A collection of alternate versions)
- For All the Fucked-Up Children of This World We Give You Spacemen 3 (1995) (A collection of very early demos)
- Spacemen Are Go! (1995) (A live album culled from Playing with Fire–era live shows)
- Revolution or Heroin (1995) (A live album recorded at the University of London Union c. 1988)
- Forged Prescriptions (2004) (Perfect Prescription–era demos and alternate versions)
See also: 1990 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1990 Record labels established in 1990 list of years in music // January 21 - MTVs Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze February 6 - Billy Idol is involved in a serious motorcycle accident, resulting in several broken bones. ...
See also: 1990 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1990 Record labels established in 1990 list of years in music // January 21 - MTVs Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze February 6 - Billy Idol is involved in a serious motorcycle accident, resulting in several broken bones. ...
See also: 1991 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels established in 1991 // 1991 was the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. ...
See also: 1995 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1995 Record labels established in 1995 // January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. ...
See also: 1995 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1995 Record labels established in 1995 // January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. ...
See also: 1995 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1995 Record labels established in 1995 // January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. ...
University of London Union. ...
Forged Prescriptions is a 2-CD album by Spacemen 3, containing the entirety of their album The Perfect Prescription as well as alternate and demo versions of the same songs. ...
See also: 2004 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2004 Record labels established in 2004 2000s in music. ...
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