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    Spacemen 3 were an English rock band, formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire, by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce, known respectively under their pseudonyms...
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  • Performance is the first live album from Spacemen 3, documenting a set from the Perfect Prescription tour. It was recorded on February 6, 1988, at De Melkweg...
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    Warwickshire, by Jason Pierce (often known as J. Spaceman), formerly of Spacemen 3. After several line up-changes, in 1999, the band centred on Pierce (vocals...
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  • Playing with Fire is the third studio album by Spacemen 3, released in February 1989. The original CD version included two live bonus tracks recorded in...
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  • ("cosmic music") scene. Later, the style was taken up in the mid-1980s by Spacemen 3, whose "drone-heavy" sound was avowedly inspired by and intended to accommodate...
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    Peter Kember (category Spacemen 3 members)
    member, vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist of alternative rock band Spacemen 3, lasting from 1982 until the band's dissolution in 1991. He is now based...
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  • The Perfect Prescription (category Spacemen 3 albums)
    Prescription is the second studio album by British neo-psychedelic band Spacemen 3, released in 1987. It is a concept album, "a vision of a drug trip from...
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    Jason Pierce (category Spacemen 3 members)
    band Spacemen 3 with Peter Kember from 1982 until 1991. He has worked under the name J. Spaceman. In between his work with Spiritualized and Spacemen 3, Pierce...
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  • "Hypnotized" is the fourth single from the English alternative rock band Spacemen 3 and the band's first single to enter the UK charts. It charted at position...
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  • formed around Peter Kember (a.k.a. Sonic Boom), formerly of Spacemen 3. While Spacemen 3 were a relatively traditional rock and roll band with strong...
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  • "Honey", by Lovers Electric, from the album Whatever You Want "Honey", by Spacemen 3, from the album Playing with Fire "Honey", by the band System of a Down...
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  • Transparent Radiation (category Spacemen 3 albums)
    Transparent Radiation is an EP by the British alternative rock band Spacemen 3. It was released in July 1987 on 12-inch vinyl. The title track is a cover...
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  • Will Carruthers (category Spacemen 3 members)
    best known for playing bass in the influential alternative rock bands Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized. Carruthers moved to Rugby in 1977, and joined St Mark's...
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  • artists in various genres, including Bruce Springsteen, the Fleshtones, Spacemen 3, and Peaches. Suicide was the first group to sign to Marty Thau's Red...
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  • City" is the fifth and last single from the English alternative rock band Spacemen 3. It entered the UK charts at position #88. It was released in January...
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    Primal Scream, the Shamen, Lime Spiders, the Jesus and Mary Chain and Spacemen 3, all of whom covered their songs, and 14 Iced Bears who use an electric...
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    rock, and "spacey psychedelic rock". They have been compared to Suicide, Spacemen 3, Loop, The Velvet Underground, The Doors, Soft Machine, Guru Guru, The...
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  • Sound of Confusion (category Spacemen 3 albums)
    Sound of Confusion is the first studio album by space rock group Spacemen 3, released in July 1986 on Glass Records. Four of the seven songs are cover...
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  • Directions to See a Ghost (Light in the Attic). Mid-Eighties echoes of Spacemen 3 and the Jesus and Mary Chain also roll through the scoured-guitar sustain...
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  • Darkside) were an indie rock band formed in 1989 by former members of Spacemen 3. After releasing two studio albums they split up in 1993. The band formed...
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    recording the album with Pete Kember (a.k.a. Sonic Boom), formerly of Spacemen 3 and Spectrum, serving as producer/guru, and long-time friend Billy Bennett...
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  • Manual. Critics drew comparisons with Kraftwerk, Neu!, Stereolab, and Spacemen 3. Organised Sound EP, (1997), Surveillance Into Your Home EP, (1997), Plastic...
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  • features tracks from artists such as the Velvet Underground, Felt, Suicide, Spacemen 3, and Disco Inferno. It also features an exclusive MGMT's cover of the...
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  • Receiving comparisons with White Light/White Heat-era Velvet Underground and Spacemen 3, the band signed a two-album deal with the renowned indie label Bomp!...
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    starting their careers there. In the 1980s the influential rock band Spacemen 3 was formed in Rugby by the local musicians Jason Pierce and Pete Kember...
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    esoteric psychedelic substances. Their sound has been likened to Pink Floyd, Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine amongst others. Allmusic describes Bardo Pond...
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  • Monroe, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The 13th Floor Elevators, Pentangle, Spacemen 3, Country Joe McDonald, John Statz, Spirit of the West with The Wonder...
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  • textures would impact shoegaze. Those bands included the House of Love, Spacemen 3, and Loop, the latter two of whom were notable influences on shoegazers...
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    of the more prominent artists: the Church, Nick Saloman's Bevis Frond, Spacemen 3, Robyn Hitchcock, Mercury Rev, the Flaming Lips, and Super Furry Animals...
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  • Recurring (album) (category Spacemen 3 albums)
    Recurring is the fourth and final Spacemen 3 studio album, released in early 1991 on Fire Records. The band had broken up prior to the release of the album...
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