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Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom (1990 – present)
Spiritualized is an English rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom by Jason Pierce, who often goes by the alias J. Spaceman, after the spectacular demise of the Spacemen 3 outfit. The membership of Spiritualized changes from album to album, with Pierce being the only constant factor.
The first Spiritualized release was a space rock-esque cover of
Any Way That You Want Me in 1990, a record which heralded the official split of Spacemen 3 following contractual wrangles over the band’s name. Of the final Spacemen 3 line up, bassist Will Carruthers, drummer Jonny Mattock and session guitarist Mark Refoy joined Pierce in the first phase of Spiritualized (for the debut LP, Lazer Guided Melodies), alongside his then girlfriend Kate Radley. None of the original line up remains - Carruthers tried for a solo career, Mattock played for a spell in The Breeders (and later Lupine Howl), Refoy formed Slipstream(his replacement was John Coxon) and Radley married Richard Ashcroft of The Verve. A later cohort of Spiritualized backing musicians - Sean Cook, Damon Reece and Michael Mooney - formed Lupine Howl following summary dismissal by Pierce.
Sax player Ray ‘Moonshake’ Dickaty was added to the lineup in 1997, and Gregg Hale (guitar) also augmented the band in 1997 and 1998.
Retaining only keyboardist Thighpaulsandra (keyboards)a replacement for Kate Radley, Jason Pierce then debuted a new (and current) line up of Spiritualized, introducing classical percussionist Tom Edwards and former Julian Cope string arranger Martin Schellard on bass guitar.
The first Spiritualized release was a space rock-esque cover of
Any Way That You Want Me in 1990, a record which heralded the official split of Spacemen 3 following contractual wrangles over the band’s name. Of the final Spacemen 3 line up, bassist Will Carruthers, drummer Jonny Mattock and session guitarist Mark Refoy joined Pierce in the first phase of Spiritualized (for the debut LP, Lazer Guided Melodies), alongside his then girlfriend Kate Radley. None of the original line up remains - Carruthers tried for a solo career, Mattock played for a spell in The Breeders (and later Lupine Howl), Refoy formed Slipstream(his replacement was John Coxon) and Radley married Richard Ashcroft of The Verve. A later cohort of Spiritualized backing musicians - Sean Cook, Damon Reece and Michael Mooney - formed Lupine Howl following summary dismissal by Pierce.Sax player Ray ‘Moonshake’ Dickaty was added to the lineup in 1997, and Gregg Hale (guitar) also augmented the band in 1997 and 1998.
Retaining only keyboardist Thighpaulsandra (keyboards)a replacement for Kate Radley, Jason Pierce then debuted a new (and current) line up of Spiritualized, introducing classical percussionist Tom Edwards and former Julian Cope string arranger Martin Schellard on bass guitar.
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Come Together
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I Think I'm in Love
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Broken Heart
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Electricity
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Home of the Brave
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Sweet Talk
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The Individual
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Death Take Your Fiddle
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I Gotta Fire
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Shoutbox
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Kiss_Da_Kraken wrote:
Live bootleg here: http://clandestinesoundlab.blogspot.com/2007/12/spiritualized-acoustic-mainline-union.html
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Josepz wrote:
taking drugs to make music to take drugs to...
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stormchasar wrote:
hahahaha
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PFGrifter wrote:
it's crap dude sorry.. try watching some good shows like The Wire or pretty much anything on HBO.
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riigo wrote:
prison break sucks
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JTP88 wrote:
prison break is a shitty show... WAIT WHAT?
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PFGrifter wrote:
prison break is a shitty show.. sad that his music is associated with it
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Hypa-Link wrote:
Lay it doooooooowwwwwn sloooooooooow. And yea PB is the reason I heard his song, if you guys say this isn't his best, I can't wait to hear the rest of his music.
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Gilaventi wrote:
The British Rock Artists League has run for two successful seasons now. Now we need 4 new artists to begin Season 3, so click here and vote for Spiritualized!
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BUD2THECHUD wrote:
Hearing him live was an experience I'll never forget. I recommend catching him while he is touring. The two Spacemen 3 songs he played were also a big big big plus. "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" was utterly beautiful live. I teared up at the show. Good stuff.
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Taykim256 wrote:
all I want in life's a little bit of love to take the pain away
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osmark wrote:
this is some good shtuff
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Budenbroki wrote:
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space,broken heart and let it flow you ought to listen ;)
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BUD2THECHUD wrote:
They call me the breeze. You better run run run run.....
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janelesque wrote:
i'm listening to let it come down in the wee hours of the night and it's perfect.
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lolaustinlol wrote:
lay it down slow isn't THAT good of a song. the whole A & E album is better, not to mention ladies and gentlemen.
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agreyarea wrote:
can't wait for the 'ladies and gentleman' gigs later this year. Jason still rules.
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riigo wrote:
on fire sitting on fire i gotta fire soul on fire
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hypehat wrote:
You mean more songs about Jesus
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soundhead801 wrote:
You mean more songs about Heroin.
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Events
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Jul
16
Latitude Festival 2009
Henham Park, Beccles, Suffolk, United Kingdom
287 shouts
| 437 attendees
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Jul
17
Spiritualized
Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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| 13 attendees
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Jul
24
Primal Scream
Festival Big Top, Galway, Ireland
2 shouts
| 8 attendees
News
Spiritualized Harmonies
24 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/spiritualized
The Spiritualized micro site Harmonies, built last year, is a Top 5 finalist for the SXSW Interactive / Web awards next month. http://spiritualizedharmonies. …
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24 Sep 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/spiritualized
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