* Rosco, drummer in the British band Spacemen 3

The album Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music by the band Spacemen 3 is influenced by La Monte Young's concept of Dream Music, evidenced by their inclusion of his notes on the jacket.

Space rock looked back to progressive roots, with drone-heavy and minimalist acts like Spacemen 3 in the 1980s, Spectrum and Spiritualized, and later groups including Flying Saucer Attack, Godspeed You Black Emperor!

Spacemen 3 covered " Starship " on their 1987 album " The Perfect Prescription ," crediting it to both MC5 and Sun Ra.

In the 1980s-1990s, the 13th Floor Elevators influenced important bands such as Primal Scream and Spacemen 3, both of whom covered their songs, and 14 Iced Bears who use an electric jug on their single " Beautiful Child ".

Seminal 1980s drone / space-rock band Spacemen 3 were hugely influenced by the 13th Floor Elevators, covering Roller Coaster twice, for debut album Sound of Confusion and as a 17 minute version for debut EP " Walkin ' With Jesus ".

Other artists that have been identified as influences on shoegazing include The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, Spacemen 3, The Chameleons, The Cure, Bauhaus, Galaxie 500, and The Smiths.

Spacemen 3 were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce.

Spacemen 3 came to prominence on the independent music scene around 1989, gaining a cult following.

Still a trio, they changed their name to Spacemen 3.

Despite having played fewer than ten gigs, Spacemen 3 decided to produce a demo tape.

This material-which included early iterations of the songs " Walkin ’ with Jesus ", " Come Down Easy " and " Thing'll Never be the Same " – was used for a short demo tape entitled For All The Fucked Up Children Of The World We Give You Spacemen 3.

Spacemen 3 ’ s music at this stage had a loose, swampy Blues feel ; some songs included harmonica and slide guitar, and their style sounded akin to The Cramps.

Around 1984 and 1985, Spacemen 3 were doing gigs every two or three months on the local Rugby / Northampton / Coventry circuit, and had a regular spot at The Black Lion public house in Northampton.

By summer 1985, Spacemen 3 were headlining at The Black Lion and becoming one of the biggest local bands.

" 50s, 60s and 70s punk " records were played and it soon provided a live venue for Spacemen 3 and various other local bands.

At one their gigs at The Black Lion in 1985, they came to the attention of Pat Fish, the leader of the recording band The Jazz Butcher ; he felt Spacemen 3 were " extraordinary " and " like nothing else ".

In November 1985, Spacemen 3 played a gig at a leisure centre in Coventry to an audience of less than ten people.

Despite being a 4-piece again, they would retain the name ' Spacemen 3 '.

In January 1986, Spacemen 3 attended the home studio of Carlo Morocco at Piddington, outside Northampton, to record their new demo tape.

Spacemen 3 managed to obtain a record deal shortly after producing their new demos.

Spacemen 3 signed a three-year, two-album recording contract with Glass Records in early 1986.

Spacemen 3 were sent to record their first album, Sound of Confusion, at the studios of Bob Lamb in the King ’ s Heath area of Birmingham.

During 1986, Spacemen 3 made live performances every few weeks.

To follow up their album, Spacemen 3 made their first single: " Walkin ' with Jesus ".

Spacemen 3 performed live on about twenty occasions during 1987.

At a gig 15 November 1988, advertised as ' Sonic Boom and Jason of Spacemen 3 ', only Kember and Carruthers performed ; Pierce spent the whole time at the bar with Kate Radley, whom he was now living with.

Spacemen 3 recorded and performed numerous covers and re-workings of other band's songs, particularly earlier on in their history, and this was indicative of their influences.

The Spacemen 3 song " Suicide " was a clear acknowledgement of one of their influences: when performed live it was usually introduced as " this song is dedicated to Martin Rev and Alan Vega – Suicide ".

For the purposes of live performances, Spacemen 3 played their more powerful or heavier-and therefore mostly older-songs, featuring little from Playing With Fire ; although the odd softer song was played occasionally.

This was a cover of a song by The Troggs which Spacemen 3 had demoed in 1988 during their Playing With Fire sessions.

*" Revolution " ( Spacemen 3 song ), 1989

* A song by Spacemen 3 on the album Playing with Fire

New bassist Will Carruthers made his first live appearance with Spacemen 3 at London Dingwalls on 20 June, where they were supported by My Bloody Valentine.

On 19 August, Spacemen 3 gave an unusual live performance.

Refoy made his first live performance with Spacemen 3 at their Rugby ' homecoming ' gig on 20 July.

On 14 November 1989, the four remaining Spacemen 3 band members met to discuss finishing the album and arranging future live dates.

Both Kember and Pierce continue to perform some Spacemen 3 songs live ( e. g. " Transparent Radiation ", " Revolution ", " Suicide ", " Set Me Free ", " Che " and " Let Me Down Gently " ; and " Walkin ' with Jesus ", " Amen " and " Lord Can You Hear Me?

Two live albums were released in 1995: Live In Europe 1989 ( also released in 1995 as Spacemen Are Go!

The former has been described as " far better than the more ragged earlier Spacemen 3 live album, 1988's Performance ( Stewart Mason, AllMusic ).

While Parker ’ s previous recordings were all over the musical map, the new group focused on their psychedelic rock influences, combining Kite ’ s films, a homemade light show, and an excessively loud sound volume to create a multi-sensory live experience … akin to what the Butthole Surfers, My Bloody Valentine, Spacemen 3, and The Flaming Lips were doing at the time.

In his liner notes, Spacemen 3 member Sonic Boom says this release presents the album's songs in their " full guitar laden versions with all the layers of beautifully streamlined guitar — considered by us to be too hard to replicate live and therefore reduced for the original release.