Product Description

The book contains the discography of Spacemen 3 as well as early releases from Spectrum and Spiritualized as well as rare bootlegs and live recordings.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #281413 in Books
• Published on: 2004-06-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Customer Reviews

The Spacemen have landed
This is a great in depth look at the career of Late Eighties Drone rockers Spacemen 3. Starting with the initial stumbling inception of the band in Rugby going through their near break trhough success and ending with the dissolution of the band and the start of Spectrum and Spiritualised.

The author tells the story well allthough its quite clear Jason Pierce was not consultedthat much as his quotes seem to be culled from old interviews. But the book is not entirely from Pete Kembers' point of view as all the ex members are on hand to voice their version of events!

Spacemen 3 are one of my favourite bands but this book has infomed me graetly, I also didnt get to see them live but the description of the live performances and the music nearly makes up for it.

A couple of minor gripes Waterman Art Centre is not in Hammersmith but Brentford. And the ending Chapters concerning Spiritualised are a bit hurried and brief, its as though the author didn't know where to end his story.

A great book I was expecting a thin pamphlet not a 300 page masterpeice. Buy it and read whilst listening to all their albums and enjoy the trip!

Great Book on Greatest Band
I was amazed at the scope and detail of Morse's book on Spacemen 3. It's about time somebody resurrected this neglected Rugby group. They are the great noise fetishists of the 1980s, and the author attempts to explore this both in the narrative and with striking use of philosophy and personal recollection. Enriching and scandalous. What a great rock book should be.

Well written story of Rugby drone-rockers
Erik Morse's book is a detailed portrait of Spacemen 3, the drone rock masters of British indie scene. Morse has done an excellent job in tracing the influences, roots and truths behind the band, and it is not always as pretty story.
The conflicts, lies and fights behind the band made the group split as you probably know - Jason Pierce going his way with Spiritualized, Sonic Boom went on with his Spectrum/EAR projects.
The book is interesting and well researched but you have to be quite a big fan to enjoy it. I love Spacemen 3, but I found that some details could have been left out.