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The Gun Show Blog - Trev's Pick of the Day (Spacehog)

Trev's Pick of the Day (Spacehog)

Posted: Oct 01, 2008

Today's band is Spacehog, is from Leeds, England and is heavily influenced by Queen, David Bowie, and T-Rex. The song is called: 'In the Meantime', and was the biggest hit off their first album, resident alien.

 

Spacehog's first album remains one of my all time favorite albums, and includes several interesting styles and sounds. Here's a few interesting facts about the album:

 

 

Resident Alien's secret track "Was it Likely?" consists entirely of Royston Langdon making strange sounds with his vocal chords.
Most of Resident Alien's basic tracks were cut live in a barn out in Woodstock, NY. It was intended to give the album the immediacy of live room recording.
Although Jonny Cragg makes his singing debut in "Skylark" on The Chinese Album, it is his voice that introduces "Space Is the Place" on Resident Alien.
The spoken line in the middle of Never Coming Down (Part II), "Everybody in the world is bent", comes from the 1969 movie 'The Italian Job'. The movie also features jail inmates clapping out the rhythm used in this song.

 

Royston Langdon was rumored to possibly be the replacement for Scott Weiland in the band Velvet Revolver, though, sadly, it didn't work out. If you want to visit their myspace and learn more - including their rumored reunion, and possible new album!

 

http://www.myspace.com/spacehogmusic

 

 

 

 

 

Spacehog


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