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I’ve known for a long time that Spacemen 3 played a one-off gig at La Locomotive in Paris some time in the second half of 1988, but was never able to work out when it was. There’s a newsletter from May 1988 that says it is planned but not exactly when, and there was no …
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A review of the 2 January 1989 gig from the German fanzine Aardvark, February 1989 – text and translation on the gig page. Thanks to Kirill Maslov.
Something I’m planning to celebrate Pete & Jason’s significant birthday. More details soon – I hope some of you will be able to come.
A nice candid shot of Pete Kember, Pete Bain and Rosco taken on the day of their gig at Bedford Boys Club, 8 April 1987. Courtesy of Ben Robinson.
A flyer for the 6 June 1989 gig at the Twisted Wheel in Carlisle, courtesy of Gary Edgar.
A short interview from Cut, October 1987. This was already on the site, but thanks to the kind folks at the Cut Magazine Facebook group, I now know which issue it was in, have a better image, and a copy of the cover.
A remarkable essay by the author Richard Milward, published in the first issue of Loops, a joint venture between Domino Records and the publishers Faber.
A career overview from issue 14 of the music magazine Louder Than War, edited by John Robb.
A chapter from issue 31 of the U.S. book series Contemporary Musicians from Gale Group Inc. Mostly accurate, it seems to have sourced most of the info from the lengthy article in Magnet 26.
A nice Spacemen 3 career overview from the Shoegaze edition of Uncut magazine’s Ultimate Genre Guides. As the title of the magazine suggests, the band are viewed in the context of their influence on shoegaze while never claiming they were exactly part of it. Shame about the incorrect caption that goes with the photo on …
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