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Rugby, Warwickshire (1984 – 1991)
Spacemen 3 were an English neo-psychedelic/space rock band formed in 1984 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Jason Pierce (aka J Spaceman) and Peter Kember (aka Sonic Boom). Their first album, Sound of Confusion (1986), was not successful commercially, but it attracted a loyal fanbase. Its follow-up, 1987’s Perfect Prescription, is a concept album mirroring the highs and lows of a drug trip. It expanded the group’s core of fans and is generally considered their masterpiece.
Playing With Fire (1989) expanded on the psychedelic and drone themes of the earlier albums; its second single, “Revolution,” reached #1 on the UK indie charts. But soon after, a combination of personnel changes, drug problems and inttraband 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 (Mudhoney would later return the favour with a cover of Spacemen 3’s ‘Revolution’). It was their most popular record, but by its release Kember and Pierce had already formed new bands, Spectrum,were self described “noise experimentation” 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.
Playing With Fire (1989) expanded on the psychedelic and drone themes of the earlier albums; its second single, “Revolution,” reached #1 on the UK indie charts. But soon after, a combination of personnel changes, drug problems and inttraband 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 (Mudhoney would later return the favour with a cover of Spacemen 3’s ‘Revolution’). It was their most popular record, but by its release Kember and Pierce had already formed new bands, Spectrum,were self described “noise experimentation” 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.
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ahtlast wrote:
also, would anybody know any japanese band that is to some extent similar to spacemen 3?
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ahtlast wrote:
their later stuff is a bit meh tho.
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ahtlast wrote:
don't go chronoligically, start with perfect prescription they work your way back and only then front. that way you will be happy, appreciative of their earlier roughness and amazed how while they developed, they still kept character, like the sun, that is as beautiful now as it will be in the throes of it's demise, when it finally explodes, like a supernova.
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od_catastrophe wrote:
Go chronologically. It will show their development from a Stooges-esque sound to their a more psychedelic-trance like sound
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Groves89 wrote:
The Perfect Prescription
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PKLotus wrote:
What's the best album to start with them?
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Lautreamont wrote:
GREAT PSYCH!!!! https://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-WHIRLINGS/206935879343447
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Jurrecane wrote:
Took me some time to get into this band, but maaan!
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DuhAlex wrote:
psychedelic greatness
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solar_anus wrote:
This is rad: http://thesoundsofconfusion.tumblr.com/post/15032878699/dj-spacemanmicks-ode-to-spacemen-3
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kosowska wrote:
purity love suicide accuracy revolution
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secret_nick wrote:
Mmmmmmmmm.
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kwokwokwo wrote:
Гагарин тихо курит в сторонке....
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leeisfreee wrote:
tremolo goodness
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Smirnon wrote:
hey they dedicated a song to him it's all good
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RussellChap wrote:
Although I like them Alan Vega should have a word with Sonic Boom about royalties ;-)
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oaquard wrote:
Dreamweapon invokes the muses.
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spacematador wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Spaceboyz+clique just join it
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poeq wrote:
this is good without and with weed
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didyoufindyou wrote:
it took me awhile to get into this band.. maybe because i didn't have any weed at the time. i fucking love it now
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