Spacemen 3

小簡介
八零年代的傳奇迷幻搖滾樂團，影響后世極度深遠，樂團兩大主腦Jason Pierce和Sonic Boom在1990年宣布理念不和而解散，從此分道揚鑣Sonic Boom組成了Spectrum，而Jason Pierce成立了幾乎成為個人代名詞的樂團Spiritualized。
SPACEMEN 3可能是八零年代至今把VIBRATILE GUITAR作最大膽實驗創(chuàng)新的迷幻團體。從第一張專輯“SOUND OF CONFUSION”的封面，那種腥紅昏眩直到第二張專輯“THE PERFECT PRESCRIPTION”，只見封面一圈又一圈的紫色螺旋紋便已令人目眩三分；正如SPACEMEN 3為他們自己的封面設計一樣，其音樂的迷幻昏醉性更是有過之而無不及。很明顯的，SPACEMEN 3為我們展現(xiàn)的是一個深度廣度均衡而錯綜複雜的聲音空間。曾經(jīng)在他們第三張專輯“PLAYING WITH FIRE ”問世后，有樂評家將其比喻為“SPACEMEN ODYSSEY”，由這個指稱上，我們不難想像，SPACEMEN 3在對於聲音的迷幻創(chuàng)新上，心態(tài)是如何的大膽，即手法又是如何的高明。
“SOUND OF CONFUSION”為SPACEMEN 3的第一張專輯，主唱JASON 他陰鬱低沉的嗓音，以及PETER GUNN隨時要與空氣共振的吉他反饋，不由得使我們瞭解到SPACEMEN 3被比喻成太空奧狄賽，原來在第一張專輯中便已強烈散發(fā)出此種先知指涉。與其后兩張專輯較大的不同是：SOUND OF CONFUSION的PERCUSSION佔著很重的比例，甚至可以說他是GUITAR FEEDBACK 顫抖迴旋之中的穩(wěn)定因子，清晰有力，適足與電子的剽悍抗衡。TAMBOURINE的固定起伏，為音樂增添一種額外的荒謬感。
SPACEMEN 3紛擾的聲音世界，在我進入之前，必經(jīng)一段漫長的美感距離；工業(yè)之聲帶給我們心理障礙，WHITE NOISE 給人冰冷模棱的刻板印象，都是在進入SPACEMEN 3之前所要排除的阻隔。SPACEMEN 3創(chuàng)造的是迷幻的無窮震顫，它不是要人在它的音樂中心恍神迷，而是跟著它的奇妙音符在它自己的次元中，不斷歷險，與空氣中的各種分子作多種可能的碰撞，在驚奇險遇之中隱含著華麗悠然。
Spacemen 3 were psychedelic in the loosest sense of the word; their guitar explorations were colorfully mind-altering, but not in the sense of the acid rock of the 60s. Instead, the band developed its own minimalistic psychedelia, relying on heavily distorted guitars to clash and produce their own harmonic overtones; frequently, they would lead up to walls of distortion with overamplified acoustic guitars and synths. Often the band would jam on one chord or play a series of songs, all in the same tempo and key. Though this approach was challenging, often bordering on the avant-garde, Spacemen 3 nevertheless gained a dedicated cult following. After releasing several albums in the late 80s, the band fell apart after in 1991.
In 1982, Sonic Boom (guitar, organ, vocals; born Pete Kember on November 19, 1965) and Jason Pierce (guitar, organ, vocals; also born November 19, 1965) formed Spacemen 3 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Sonic Boom and Pierce added a rhythm section comprised of Pete Baines and Rosco, and spent the next four years rehearsing and jamming. In 1986, the group released its debut album, Sound of Confusion, on Glass Records. At first the band sounded a bit like a punked-up garage rock band, but their music quickly evolved into their signature trance-like neo-psychedelia. Spacemen 3s second album, 1987s The Perfect Prescription, was the first to capture the groups distinctive style.
Following 1989s Playing With Fire, Baines and Rosco left the group to form their own band, the Darkside. They were replaced by Will Carruthers and Jon Mattock. Despite the addition of new blood to its lineup, the band was beginning to fray because of in-fighting between Sonic Boom and Pierce, as well as the formers increasing drug dependency. The new lineup struggled through a final album, 1991s Recurring, which featured Booms songs on side one and Pierces on side two. By the time of the release of Recurring, Pierce was performing with Carruthers and Mattock in a new band called Spiritualized. Shortly after the release of Recurring, Spacemen 3 split, and Spiritualized became Pierces full-time band, eventually earning a cult following of its own.