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Of course, it's a bit more complex than that. Spacemen 3 were an English [[Alternative Rock]]/[[Psychedelic Rock]] band active between 1982 and 1991. The band had a largely rotating lineup centered around core members Jason "J. Spaceman" Pierce and Peter "Sonic Boom" Kember. Notably enough, its last lineup included future Spiritualized members Will Carruthers, Jonny Mattock and Mark Refoy.
The band was known for its fanatical focus on minimalism and psychedelia, adopting the motto "taking drugs to make music to take drugs to" (later the name of a compilation). Their sound was based around droning guitars, feedback, monotonous rhythms, [[Creepy Monotone]] vocals and [[Epic Rocking|extended song lengths]]. Pierce and Kember shared an affinity for [[Shout
The band disbanded in 1991 amid worsening tensions between Pierce and Kember. Their last album, ''Recurring'', reflected this, with the two sides being recorded by the two separately in different studios. Pierce has since gone on to popularity, acclaim and success with [[Spiritualized]], while Kember founded Spectrum and did... <s>pretty much fuck all</s> weird drone music with [[My Bloody Valentine (
Opinions on Spacemen 3 tend to be split a few ways. Either: they are just as good as, better than or worse than [[Spiritualized]]. There's also the issue of their love of extreme repetition and long jamming. [[Your Mileage May Vary]]. Heavily.
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* [[Author Appeal]]: Most of their songs and titles revolve around medication, drugs, various moods and Christian symbolism.
* [[Concept Album]]: the sequence of tracks on ''The Perfect Prescription'' trace the trajectory of a trip: excited/nervous anticipation, then from Coming On to Peaking; followed by blissed-out torpor, onset of disconcerting symptoms...and finally, a plea to "Call the Doctor" ("'cause I think I had too much, babe")
* [[Cover Version]]: "Rollercoaster" by the 13th Floor Elevators, "Mary Anne" by Juicy Lucy, "Little Doll" by [[The Stooges]], "Starship" by [[
* [[Epic Rocking]]: "Rollercoaster", "OD Catastrophe", "Rollercoaster", "Transparent Radiation", "Things'll Never Be the Same", "Come Down Easy", "How Does It Feel?", "Suicide", "Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here)", "Sometimes", "Billy Whizz/Blue 1", "Starship", "Ecstasy Symphony" (the full 9-minute version included on ''Translucent Flashbacks'') and "Transparent Radiation (Flashback)". Tends to end up as [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] because of the insane, relentless repetition, but it's up to the listener, really.
** Taken to its logical conclusion with "An Evening Of Contemporary Sitar Music" on ''Dreamweapon'' - a ''forty-three-minute'' song consisting of [[Better Than It Sounds|one chord repeating over and over and over and over again]].
* [[Watch It Stoned]]
* [[Not Christian Rock]]: Same as with Spiritualized.
* [[Three Chords and
* [[Word Salad Title|Word Salad Titles]]: Frequent, with probably the best example being "Feelin' Just Fine (Head Full of Shit)".
** This could be a weird [[Shout
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