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Spiritualized are an English rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Jason Pierce (who often goes by the alias J. Spaceman) after the demise of his previous outfit, space-rockers Spacemen 3. The membership of Spiritualized has changed from album to album, with Pierce - who writes, composes and sings all of the band's material - being the only constant member.
BiographyFollowing a major breakdown in relations between Spacemen 3 co-frontmen Peter Kember and Jason Pierce, the group's bassist Will Carruthers, drummer Jonny Mattock and guitarist Mark Refoy decided to form a splinter group, before persuading Pierce to join alongside local friend Steve Evans to create Spiritualized. The band took their name from an adaptation of the text on the back label of a bottle of Pernod.
Evans was replaced on keyboards by Pierce's then-girlfriend Kate Radley for the follow-up single, "Run"/"I Want You". A number of singles followed, before the band, in early 1992, released their first LP Lazer Guided Melodies, which had been recorded in Rugby over the previous two years. A second album, Pure Phase, was released in 1995, and a third Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space emerged in 1997 to notable critical acclaim and commercial success. The musical style of Spiritualized relies heavily on sustained 'pedal' notes and drones. Lazer Guided Melodies and Pure Phase incorporate elements of the shoegazing style, drones and tremolo. The landmark Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space saw the influence of African-American gospel and blues beginning to show, while "walls of sound" modelled after the production styles of Phil Spector and Brian Wilson also made their presence felt. Such influences dominated Spiritualized's next album, Let It Come Down which included over 120 musicians playing live for Pierce. Amazing Grace favoured a more stripped down sound with the gospel, blues, and soul influences even more dominant than before. Mid-2007 will most likely see the sixth official album release by Spiritualized. Band membersJason Pierce has been the only constant band member. Only Pierce remains from the original line-up of the band. Will Carruthers left the band in 1992 and now records as a solo project under the name Freelovebabies, Carruthers was replaced by Rugby musician Sean Cook from local band Electrahead. Mark Refoy departed in 1994 to concentrate on his own fronted band Slipstream, he was initially replaced by Kevin Cowen from fellow Rugby band The Darkside, before Cowen himself left to be replaced first by John Coxon (Spring HeelJack, Betty Boo) and then later on by Michael Mooney (Coxon returned to replace Mooney following his eventual departure). Mattock played in The Breeders for a spell (during a lull in Spiritualized activities in 1991, he appears on the Safari ep) and left Spiritualized later in 1994 during the recording of Pure Phase, working as a session musician before joining Lupine Howl, he was replaced by Damon Reece. Radley appeared for some initial dates promoting Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, before leaving the band in 1997 after a spell of illness. She was replaced by thighpaulsandra from Julian Cope's live band. Ray Dickaty was also added to the band circa 1997.
Pierce then debuted a new (and current) line up of Spiritualized, featuring thighpaulsandra (keyboards), Doggen (guitar) , Kevin Bales, Tom Edwards (percussion), Martin Shallards. Ray Dickaty departed in 2003, and has appeared to play live with Refoy and Mattock in Slipstream. <timeline> TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy ImageSize = width:850 height:350 PlotArea = width:800 height:300 bottom:20 left:20 Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(1,1,1) id:grid1 value:rgb(0.5,0.5,0.5) id:grid2 value:gray(0.5) id:bars value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.9) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas Period = from:1988 till:2007 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1988 gridcolor:grid1 BarData= barset:Bands LineData = at:1990 color:grid2 layer:back at:1992 color:grid2 layer:back at:1995 color:grid2 layer:back at:1997 color:grid2 layer:back at:1999 color:grid2 layer:back PlotData=
width:15 fontsize:S textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4) color:bars barset:Bands from:1990 till:end text:"Jason Pierce" from:1994 till:1997 text:"John Coxon" from:1999 till:end text:"John Coxon" from:1990 till:1997 text:"Keyboard: Kate Radley" from:1997 till:end text:"thighpaulsandra" from:1990 till:1994 text:"Guitar: Mark Refoy" from:1995 till:1999 text:"Mike Mooney" from:1997 till:1999 text:"Gregg Hale" from:1999 till:end text:"Doggen" from:1990 till:1992 text:"Bass: Will Carruthers" from:1992 till:1999 text:"Sean Cook" from:1999 till:2003 text:"Martin Shallards" from:1990 till:1994 text:"Drums: Jonny Mattock" from:1995 till:1999 text:"Damon Reece" from:1999 till:2004 text:"Kev Bales" from:1999 till:end text:"Tom Edwards (Percussions)" at:1990 text: from:1997 till:2003 text:"Saxophone:Raymond Dickaty" at:1990 text: </timeline> DiscographyAlbums
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