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Pete Kember – Jason Pierce – Pete Bain – Sterling Roswell
Mary Anne / Come Together / Rollercoaster / Things’ll Never Be The Same / Take Me To The Other Side (Two attempts) / Starship / Revolution / Repeater / Suicide / Walkin’ With Jesus
Rosco’s last gig as a regular Spaceman.
Thanks to Kirill Maslov for the review from an unknown fanzine. Google Translate seems to have not done the best job on this one!
Text of fanzine review
Spacemen 3 est un groupe originaire de Rugby, au centre de l’Angleterre et a deja deux albums et deux maxis a son actif. Ce concert bruxellois du 9 février clotutait en apotheose une tournee de vingt-six dates, vingt-six explorations dans l’alchimie des cerveaux. En effet, les spectateurs presents ce soir-la a L’Ancienne Belgique auraient pu se croire victims d’une faille espace-temps et revenus du psychedelisme naissant. Jeux de lumieres stromboscopiques et kaleidoscopiques, distorsions de guitars saturees, beat hypnotique explosaient sur scene et dans les neurones du public.
Avec des compositions-fleuves (15 a 20 minutes) proches du Velvet Underground ou d’Amon Düül 2, Spacemen 3 entreprit la lobotomie frontale d-un parterre subjugué. Cette démarche singuliere, a contrecourant des modes musicales actuelles, se devait d’etre commentee: “Pour nous, le spychedelisme est un mode de vie; nous essayons toutes sortes de drogues, sauf les dangereuses comme le speed, et nous faisons part de nos experiences au public au travers de notre musique” precise leur leader Sonic Boom. Interroge sur une eventuelle resemblance avec le Pink Floyd des debuts, celui de Syd Barret, il s’en explique: “Il n’y a qu’ Interstellar Overdrive de leur premier album qu’on puisse rapprocher de notre musique. Nos experiences etant personnelles et donc uniques, notre musique qui les reflete l’est aussi.”
Au moment ou le psuchedelisme revient au gout du jour, Spacemen 3 semble avoir pris quelques longueurs d’avance.
Translation of fanzine review
Spacemen 3 are from Rugby, central England and have two albums and two EPs to their name already. This Brussels concert on February 9 ended in apotheosis a tour of twenty-six dates, twenty-six explorations in the alchemy of brains. Indeed, the spectators present that evening at L’Ancienne Belgique could have believed themselves victims of a space-time rift and returned from the nascent psychedelism. Stromboscopic and kaleidoscopic light play, saturated guitar distortions, hypnotic beat exploded on stage and in the audience’s neurons.
With river compositions (15 to 20 minutes) close to Velvet Underground or Amon Düül 2, Spacemen 3 undertook the frontal lobotomy of a subjugated parterre. This singular approach, going against current musical fashions, had to be commented on: “For us, spychedelism is a way of life; we try all kinds of drugs, except dangerous ones like speed, and we share our experiences with the public through our music, ”says their leader Sonic Boom. Asked about a possible resemblance to the early Pink Floyd, that of Syd Barret, he explains: “There is only Interstellar Overdrive from their first album that can be compared to our music. As our experiences are personal and therefore unique, so too is our music that reflects them. “
By the time psychedelism is back in style, Spacemen 3 seems to have taken a few steps ahead.