Author archives: ian3edmond

Great live photo of Pete from the 6 March 1989 Hacienda gig, shared by Richard Davis (Facebook).

The C86 podcast has a recent two-part interview with Pete Kember which is well worth checking out. A fair bit on Spacemen 3, and quite a lot of other ground covered too. Part OnePart Two

From the Facebook group for the venue, a flyer and review of the Duchess of York gig from 28 February 1989.

Delighted to have got the nod from the original editor to post the contents of both issues of the Spacemen 3 fanzine Outer Limits. These were very exciting fanzines to own in the pre-internet age when information was hard to come by. Both issues came with a variety of interesting extras, which have also been …

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Finally added what I hope is a comprehensive discography to the site. Many thanks to all that helped put this together, but particularly to Mark Lascelles and Andy Rigg.

Vera Buzz appears to have been the official fanzine of the venue where Spacemen 3 played on 12 March 1987. This issue has a preview of the gig. The text is partly adapted from the Spacemen 3 interview in the Northampton Mercury and Herald, which I presume had been sent out as part of the …

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Always an absolute pleasure to find a live photo that hasn’t done the rounds before. This is from the gig at ULU on 20 May 1988, Pete Bain’s last gig. Shame that the angle isn’t better, but that’s a minor quibble. Courtesy of Simon Young – thanks Simon!

The trailer for the forthcoming biopic of Alan McGee, Creation Stories, has just appeared on YouTube. And towards the end, McGee is seen wearing an iconic T-shirt. Very authentic looking, if it’s not an original, although I don’t think I’ve seen a long sleeve version before. McGee was a big fan of Spacemen 3, and …

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Added a review of the 20 May 1988 ULU gig, taken from the 28 May Melody Maker. Shame it’s not a better one! With many thanks to @nothingelseon on Twitter.

Looks like Spiritualized are in the process of re-releasing their first four albums. Check out their official website, where you can order Lazer Guided Melodies and various other bits of tie-in merchandise.