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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.
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  • Groves89

    Let's hope not

    yesterday evening
  • Dylanisgod2

    new album brought britpop back

    Monday evening
  • bousval

    I sell my three days TICKET for the PRIMAVERASOUND festival. I sell it for 150€ (instead of 200€ now). If you are interested, send me a last FM message or email me. My gmail account is llaloux. The exchange will be done in Barcelona.

    Monday morning
  • Ro-beer-val

    The 10 best albums of 2012 so far (Os 10 melhores àlbuns do primeiro semestre (TENDÊNCIA INDIE) http://tendenciaindie.blogspot.com.br/2012/05/10-best-albums-of-2012-so-far-os-10.html

    Sunday evening
  • Confessions87

    Wow, the new record sounds great in the sun. Walking around London, sounds pretty sweeeet :-)

    Saturday morning
  • DaniloFerrreira

    get what you deserve

    Thursday morning
  • creeco

    Jason pierce has always been sitting down in the background during concerts with spiritualized as far as i know.

    last week
  • akyndofgreanish

    I have a couple tickets for the Fillmore show if anyone's interested.

    last week
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Ladies and Gentlemen Sepcial Edition

20 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/spiritualized

Label: ATP RecordingsCat No: ATPRCD36Format:  Collectors Edition CD Box setPre Sale Date: Monday 23rd November 2009Release Date: Wednesday 16th December 2009Label: ATP Recordings / …

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