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Spacemen 3 Profile: Formed in 1982 in the town of Rugby by  Pete Kember  ( Sonic Boom (2) ) and  Jason Pierce ( J. Spaceman ), Spacemen 3 were to become one of the most important bands of the eighties, with their offshoots destined to spread out and become equally as vital in the nineties. Spacemen 3 and  Jesus And Mary Chain  were the godfathers of the shoegazer and drone-rock scene which blossomed in the U.K. at the close of the '80s. But while both bands showed an obvious affinity for the pioneering sounds of  The Velvet Underground , they otherwise found different sources of inspiration, with S3 masterminds Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) and J Spaceman (Jason Pierce) eschewing the  The Beach Boys influenced pop symphonics favored by the J&MC's Reid Brothers and instead channeling noisy minimalists ranging from  Sonic Youth  to  Red Krayola  to  Suicide . Less  Sites: Twitter ,  web.archive.o...