Track-by-track information from the Bomp Records liner motes: "By the end of 1985, Spacemen 3 found themselves in a frustrating dilemma. After three years together, Spacemen 3 was the premiere band of the growing Rugby scene. Their notorious live shows generated attention in the local music press and with the fans, but an actual recording contract remained elusive. Getting people interested in twenty-minute showers of pure guitar white-noise was rather difficult and if that didn't scare the labels away, the band's radical public stance in favor of intelligent drug use… read more
Track-by-track information from the Bomp Records liner motes: "By the end of 1985, Spacemen 3 found themselves in a frustrating dilemma. After t… read more
Track-by-track information from the Bomp Records liner motes: "By the end of 1985, Spacemen 3 found themselves in a frustrating dilemma. After three years together, Spacemen 3 was t… read more
Spacemen 3 were an English neo-psychedelicspace rock band formed in 1984 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Jason Pierce (a.k.a. J. Spaceman) and Peter Kember (a.k.a. Sonic Boom). Their first album, Sound of Confusion (1986), was not successful commercially, but it attracted a loyal fan base. 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 s… read more