- Jason Pierce (Jason Spaceman)
- Pete Kember (Sonic Boom)
- William Carruthers
- Stewart "Rosco" Roswell
- Jon Mattock
- Natty Brecker
- Pete "Bassman" Bain
- Steve Evans
Influences
- The Stooges
- The Who
- The Velvet Underground
- Suicide
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Spacemen 3 were psychedelic in the loosest sense of the word; their guitar explorations were colorfully mind-altering, but not in the sense of the acid rock of the '60s. Instead, the band developed its own minimalistic psychedelia, relying on heavily distorted guitars to clash and produce their own harmonic overtones; frequently, they would lead up to walls of distortion with overamplified acoustic guitars and synths. Often the band would jam on one chord or play a series of songs, all in the same tempo and key. Though this approach was challenging, often bordering on the avant-garde, Spacemen 3 nevertheless gained a dedicated cult following. After releasing several albums in the late '80s, the band fell apart after in 1991.
In 1982, Sonic Boom (guitar, organ, vocals; born Pete Kember on November 19, 1965) and Jason Pierce (guitar, organ, vocals; also born November 19, 1965) formed Spacemen 3 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Sonic Boom and Pierce added a rhythm section comprised of Pete Baines and Rosco, and spent the next four years rehearsing and jamming. In 1986, the group released its debut album, Sound of Confusion, on Glass Records. At first the band sounded a bit like a punked-up garage rock band, but their music quickly evolved into their signature trance-like neo-psychedelia. Spacemen 3's second album, 1987's The Perfect Prescription, was the first to capture the group's distinctive style.
Following 1989's Playing With Fire, Baines and Rosco left the group to form their own band, the Darkside. They were replaced by Will Carruthers and Jon Mattock. Despite the addition of new blood to its lineup, the band was beginning to fray because of in-fighting between Sonic Boom and Pierce, as well as the former's increasing drug dependency. The new lineup struggled through a final album, 1991's Recurring, which featured Boom's songs on side one and Pierce's on side two. By the time of the release of Recurring, Pierce was performing with Carruthers and Mattock in a new band called Spiritualized. Shortly after the release of Recurring, Spacemen 3 split, and Spiritualized became Pierce's full-time band, eventually earning a cult following of its own.
An assymetrical airline carousel created a high-pitched haunted voice brought on by the friction of rubbing and it sounded like a big wet finger circling the rim of a giant wine-glass.
We have a newly-hatched egg we'd like to share with you.
'Another Deal' is the first single from the forthcoming Palace Of Pleasure album, scheduled for release in August/September 2008.
The single will be available as download only (iTunes etc.), but you can download it for free for a limited period at: www.myspace.com/palaceofpleasure
Yes, I managed to miss the release of the first PoP single since I joined the band (and my first single release ever!), but that's what happens when you're in the middle of the north Atlantic, running around in viking clothes. Anyway, I hope you'll follow my belated advice and check out our new tune. Download it for free and start dancing! :D
New FREE DOWNLOAD on Rack & Ruin Records : HAROLD NONO - “the death of barra” EP
“Glitches, orchestral flourishes, brittle beauty and gleeful nastiness! The death of barra EP is a haunting collection of tracks that'll have you grinning like a loon whilst nervously looking over your shoulder. Harold Nono has perfectly captured the sound of a travelling orchestra that has run away to the mountains and shacked up with a wandering band of scratched records…”
available at : http://www.rackandruinrecords.com/haroldnono.php
A couple of years ago I did a cover of 2:35 and meant to send it to you, but never got around to it. If you are interested in hearing it, go to this page.
http://www.myspace.com/mechanicalspirits76
Also, Thanks so much for all the music you contributed to Human Consciousness.
I have put some new songs up...they are all very different to match my schizophrenic musical thoughts. Hope you like them. If you do, if you don't let me know...I like to be kept informed.
Nous participons à un concours de reprises Rough Trade, nous avons choisi "Geoffrey Ingram" des Television Personalities ! Vous pouvez l'écouter sur notre page.
We are taking part to a cover-versions contest organized by Rough Trade, we have covered Television Personalities' "Geoffrey Ingram" ! You can listen to it on our page.
