Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3 rarely needed more than two chords. In the English town of Rugby, Peter 'Sonic Boom' Kember and Jason Pierce stretched simple riffs into long, droning, tremolo-soaked trances, inspired by the Stooges, the Velvet Underground and gospel.
The Perfect Prescription moved from hazy bliss to churning noise, and Playing with Fire reached for hymn-like stillness on 'Lord Can You Hear Me?' and roaring chaos on 'Suicide'.
Tension between Kember and Pierce split them around the time of Recurring in 1991, with Pierce going on to Spiritualized and Kember to Spectrum.
If you like Spacemen 3 you should check out: Spiritualized, 13th Floor Elevators, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, MC5, Les Rallizes Dénudés, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Angels, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive
